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January 17
And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that it was good. – Genesis 1:25 Before there was Doctor Dolittle, there was St. Anthony Abad, patron saint of the animal kingdom. St. Anthony the Hermit, or St. Anthony the Great, was born in Egypt in 251 AD and lived …Read more 
January 3 St. Genevieve of Paris Today is St. Genevieve’s feast day. She’s honored as the Patron Saint of Paris. St. Genevieve became a nun at the tender age of 15 and devoted the rest of her life—another 65 years—to Christ. The secret of her longevity may have been her diet. She didn’t eat much more than barley bread and beans, and according to her biography, only twice a week, Sundays and Thursdays. She loosened this …Read more 
December 25 Behold! the angels said, ‘Oh Mary! God gives you glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter, and in (the company of) those nearest to God. – Qur’an 3:45 Nativity, Gerard von Honthorst (1590-1656) Today we celebrate Jesus Christ’s 2011th birthday. Actually, no. We don’t know the year Jesus was born. But it’s believed he …Read more 
December 12
“…one may no longer consider himself a Christian, but you cannot truly be considered a Mexican unless you believe in the Virgin of Guadalupe.” – Carlos Fuentes It’s been said that Mexico came into being not in 1821–the year Spain recognized its independence–but nearly 300 years earlier, in 1531, when a recently widowed peasant-farmer named Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, beheld the most spectacular vision in Mexican history. Guadalupe On December 9, …Read more 
December 8 Today, December 8, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I know what you expectant mothers are thinking. The Immaculate Conception is December 8. Jesus was born on December 25. A 17-day pregnancy? How do I get in on that!?! Well, you can’t. Contrary to popular belief, in the Roman Catholic Church the Immaculate Conception refers not to the conception of Jesus, but to that of Mother Mary. The Feast of …Read more 
St. Andrew The fourth Sunday before Christmas marks the beginning of the liturgical calendar in much of the Western Church. Advent Sunday corresponds to the Sunday nearest Saint Andrew’s Day (November 30). Advent comes from the Latin Adventus,meaning ‘arrival’. During Advent Christians prepare for both the anniversary the birth of Christ, as celebrated on December 25, and the anticipation of the Second Coming. The first records of what we now call Advent date from 5th and 6th …Read more 
November 2 …For it’s the turn of the year and All Souls’ night, When the dead can hear and the dead have sight… Edith Wharton, All Souls All Souls Day – Aladar Korosfoi-Kriesch Whereas All Saints Day recognizes the departed whose souls have found refuge in Heaven, All Souls Day remembers those restless spirits still lingering in Purgatory. All Souls Day originated not in Rome but France. Around 820 Amalarius of Metz (northwest …Read more 
November 1 Every day of the Catholic calendar honors at least one Saint. But for all those Saints who just weren’t saintly enough to get their own day, there’s All Saints Day. Okay, not exactly. Medieval liturgists traced All Saints Day in the Catholic Church to the consecration of the Pantheon, originally a pagan temple built by Emperor Hadrian around 125 AD. The Pantheon honored the Roman, well, Pantheon (literally, “All Gods”.) On May 13, 609 or …Read more |
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