Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of The Blessed Virgin Mary!
Even during this tough time we should still celebrate the Most Holy Spouse of Mary, St. Joseph who is one of the patrons of the BLACKCATHOLIC apostolate! From today’s Mass preface: “For this just man was given by youas spouse to the Virgin Mother of Godand set as a wise and faithful servantin charge of…
Blessing of Throats at the Seminary
Happy feast day of St. Blaise! Today we had the blessing of the throats after Mass. Did you get your throat blessed today? St. Blaise pray for us! Painting of St. Blaise presumably in Public Domain.
Relics on Relics on Relics on . . .
I don’t know if other seminaries out there do something similar to mine, but at my seminary (Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology ran by the Benedictine Monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey) we have this part of the year called “J-Term,” which covers most of January (hence “J”-Term), and it starts when we come…
Happy Feast of All Saints!
I’ve once heard a simple but profound way of describing the Church that fits today’s Feast – “The Catholic Church: Here comes everybody!” May the Saints of every race and tongue in Heaven cry out with the faithful of every race and tongue on Earth, “Holy, Holy, Holy LORD God of Host! Heaven and Earth…
From a follower: Video on St. Maurice, the first Black Saint!
A follower messaged me this video about a Black Catholic Saint whose feast day is today! According to the video (History Channel) St. Maurice is venerated as the first Black saint! He was the leader of the Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century, and he and his legion refused to worship false Roman gods…
ARTICLE SHARE: Incorruptibility and the Saints [Fr. Z’s Blog]
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If you have ever wondered about the incorrupt bodies of some saints and have asked if it was important for sainthood or a guaranteed sign of it, a reader of Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z)’s great blog tossed a similar question to his QUAERITUR box, and I would like to share bits of it here.…