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Author: Celestine Claret

Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, August 6

Posted on August 6, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

247views 1shareCatholic Feast. This feast was extended to the entire Church by the Spanish Pope Calixto III, to commemorate the victory of the Cross on the walls of Belgrade, where the proud…

Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary of the Snows, August 5

Posted on August 5, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

34views 1shareDedication of the patriarchal basilica of Saint Mary Major, named that way for being the greatest of all the temples in Rome consecrated to the Mother of God. It is also…

Saint Dominic of Guzman, August 4

Posted on August 4, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

35views 1shareConfessor The fervent preacher of the Christian faith; the Holy athlete, gentle to his own, terrible to his enemies, was born in the happy town of Caleruega, in the province of…

The Invention of St. Stephen Or The Discovery Of His Relics, August 3

Posted on August 3, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

107views 1shareCatholic Feast. Protomartyr. At the beginning of the century the sacred relics of the Holy Protomartyr were discovered, and solemnly transferred to Jerusalem. This is the feast that the Church celebrates…

Saint Stephen, August 2

Posted on August 2, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

41views 1sharePope and Martyr He declared the repetition of baptism unlawful and invalid, even in the case of heretics who had validly received it. Just celebrating, he was beheaded in his own…

Saint Alphonsus Maria of Ligouri, August 2

Posted on August 2, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

33views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor When the wave of impiety grew and announced the frightful storm of the revolution, God raised up Saint Alphonsus so that, for himself and for his Redemptorist…

St. Peter in Chains, August 1

Posted on August 1, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

63views 1shareTwice Saint Peter was chained: in Jerusalem, by order of Herod Agrippa, when the Angel took him out of prison and in Rome, by order of Nero, before being crucified. Both…

Saint Ignatius of Loyola July 31

Posted on July 31, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

129views 2sharesConfessor. He fought for his homeland, Spain, in the citadel of Pamplona (1521). The Reading of the Life of Christ and of the Saints changed him from a torn and vain…

Saints Abdon and Sennen July 30

Posted on July 30, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

105views 5sharesMartyrs. They were two Christian Persian nobles, who buried in their garden the bodies of the martyrs, for which they were imprisoned. Driven to Rome, and brought before idols, they spat…

Saint Felix and companions July 29

Posted on July 29, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

48views 1sharePope and Martyrs. Saint Felix was martyred by the Arian emperor Constantius, in the middle of the fourth century; at the beginning of the same century, the three brothers Simplicio, Faustino…

Saint Martha July 29

Posted on July 29, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

65views 1shareVirgin. Sister of Mary and of Lazarus, she was eager to serve the divine Guest in her house in Bethany; being an image of people who consecrate themselves to God in…

Catherine Thomas, July 28 (in Spain)

Posted on July 28, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

73views 1shareVirgin. (1574). Also known as Saint Catherine of Palma. A native of Valldemuza, on the island of Mallorca, a combination of rare bodily beauty with a great purity of soul. She…

Pope Saint Innocent I, July 28

Posted on July 28, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

267views 1sharePope and Confessor. Saint Innocent I ruled the Church for fifteen years in the time of Saint Augustine. He condemned Pelagianism, which denied the need for grace. In his time Rome…

Pope Saint Victor I, July 28

Posted on July 28, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

411views 2sharesPope and Martyr. He ruled the Church with holy decrees and gave his blood for his sheep in the year 197. During his reign, there was a disagreement as to what…

Saints Nazarius and Celsus, July 28

Posted on July 28, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

142views 2sharesMartyrs. They were martyred in Milan in Nero’s time. Saint Ambrose discovered the bodies of these two martyrs and sent the relics to the Basilica of the Apostles. Saint Paulinus of…

Commemoration of Saint Pantaleon, July 27

Posted on July 27, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

154views 1shareMartyr. A native of Nicomedia, he was a distinguished physician. Converted to Christianity, he soon converted his own father, and dedicated himself to bringing the Gentiles to the only true faith….

Saint Anne, July 26

Posted on July 27, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

96views 1shareMother of Most Holy Mary. Among all women, Anne was chosen so that in her womb the mother of God would be conceived without original sin. Saint Anne was a descendant…

Our Lady of Mount Carmel July 16

Posted on July 16, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

112views 2sharesCatholic Feast. From Mount Carmel there appeared in Europe in the 13th century, along with the Crusaders, some hermits called Brothers of Saint Mary of Mount Carmel. Its rule was approved…

Saint Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor July 15

Posted on July 15, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

302views 1shareConfessor. At the end of the dark tenth century, the glowing star rises in Germania, pouring out splendours of sanctity from the heights of the imperial throne. With a rare example…

Saint Bonaventure July 14

Posted on July 14, 2021October 4, 2022 by Celestine Claret

151views 3sharesBishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church. The Seraphic Doctor, glory of the Franciscan family, was a Master of Theology at the University of Paris, a most prolific writer, General of…

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