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Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols
Bagdad: The noble army of martyrs praise thee
You all have heard by now about the terrorist attack on the Catholic Church in Bagdad. Here is The Catholic Herald on the attack. Christians have been taking it on the chin in Iraq for a very long time. 9 … Read More →
Posted in New Evangelization, Saints: Stories & Symbols, The future and our choices
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Tagged Al Qaeda, Bagdad, martyrs
18 Comments
18 Comments
Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, pray for us!
Today is the Feast of Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, martyrs! Hurray! Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, pray for us in our time of political correctness run amok. Intercede for us in this time of fear and tension. Ask God to grant … Read More →
Posted in Saints: Stories & Symbols, The future and our choices
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Tagged Sharia law, Sts. Nunilo and Alodia
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5 Comments
Today is the vigil!
This is the vigil of the Feast of Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, martyrs! Are you getting ready to have some paella? Perhaps Cardinal Mendoza brandy?
Have a Placid day!
Today in the traditional Roman calendar it is the feast of the 3rd c. Sicilian martyrs St. Placid and companions, slain during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian. Today in the revised calendar is the feast of Sts. Placid and … Read More →
Posted in Just Too Cool, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Geneviève Gallois, St. Placid
7 Comments
7 Comments
St. Francis about priests
From The Testament of St. Francis: “…the Lord gave me, and gives me still, such faith in priests who live according to the rite of the holy Roman Church because of their orders that, were they to persecute me, I … Read More →
St. Jerome’s final resting place
I have posted this is years past, but I worked so hard on it when I originally wrote it that I want to get as much mileage out of it as I can. Besides, there are new readers here all … Read More →
QUAERITUR: Can I buy a relic?
From a reader: I wanted to know if it is permissible to buy relics. I know that Canon Law says that it is absolutely wrong to sell them. But what about buying them? Also, how do I go about confirming … Read More →
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged relics
7 Comments
7 Comments
The Mail: Every Englishman should be proud of John Henry Newman’s beatification
From The Mail comes this piece about the Bl. John Henry Newman by Conrad Black. Why today’s beatification of John Henry Newman is something every Englishman should be proud of, by CONRAD BLACK By Conrad Black Pope Benedict XVI’S beatification … Read More →
Doctor of the Church…. Newman?
Fr. Lombardi suggests that John Henry Newman could be made "Doctor of the Church". Doctors of the Church must be saints and they must embody in their lives, in a significant way, something about who the Church is as teacher. … Read More →
Benedict XVI’s Sermon for the Beatification of John Henry Card. Newman
Benedict XVI has beatified John Henry Card. Newman. Here is the workmanlike sermon he delivered at the Mass. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, This day that has brought us together here in Birmingham is a most auspicious one. In … Read More →
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity, Saints: Stories & Symbols
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Tagged Bl. John Henry Newman
22 Comments
22 Comments
TheCavalierHatherly on Does it feel to you as if something is building to an explosive point? : “To be read in nasal tones, to the harmonica’s dulcet buzz: “Come gather round people, In communion with Rome, And…”
