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2Vermont · « **Reply #30 on:** February 02, 2024, 03:32:04 PM »

Miseremini,

Would you know of any good books/pamphlets on St Valentine? For adults, not children.

Miseremini · « **Reply #31 on:** February 02, 2024, 04:15:20 PM »

I'll look.

Miseremini · « **Reply #32 on:** February 03, 2024, 11:51:41 AM »

St. Blaise, bishop of Sebaste, was beheaded after terrible torments, under Licinius in 317.

~Roman Catholic Daily Missal

The Blessing of Throats

The day after Candlemas marks the feast of St. Blaise. On this day it has been the practice in the Church to perform a blessing of the throats.
Before he was made Bishop of Sebaste (the modern day city of Sivas), St. Blaise practiced as a physician. Much later, he was captured for the Faith, and en route to prison, he encountered a boy who was choking from a fish bone stuck in his throat. After praying over him, the boy was cured. Due to these two facts, St. Blaise is a patron saint of physicians.
Because of St. Blaise’s miraculous intercession for this young boy, the Church composed a special blessing for throats to be performed on his feast day. This sacramental, just like any other, is a proof that the Church’s motherly care and concern is not only for the spiritual good of the faithful through the Mass and the sacraments, but also for their smaller daily needs. The timing of this blessing is also rather opportune, since sickness is not uncommon around this time of year. In addition to ailments of the throat, this blessing also wishes a deliverance from every other evil, both material and spiritual.
Such a blessing is termed a “sacramental”. Sacramentals are not absolutely necessary for us, because Our Lord didn’t institute them to give grace of themselves as the sacraments do. But they do give grace according to the devotion with which they are received. They are also very helpful in encouraging us to live out our Faith more fully, helping us to see that everything we do should become an act of worship, an opportunity for sanctification. Another example of sacramentals is the procession of the preceding day on Candlemas.
Let us strive to receive this blessing of St Blaise with renewed fervor, especially having in mind the intention of the Church – to deliver us from all evils.

Miseremini · « **Reply #33 on:** February 05, 2024, 12:33:20 PM »

Feast of St. Agatha

Born in Sicily of noble parents, St. Agatha suffered dreadful torture at the hands of her persecutors, but she was healed on the following night by St. Peter in a vision. Other sufferings were inflicted upon her, and from these she died in 254.

~Roman Catholic Daily Missal

Miseremini · « **Reply #34 on:** February 08, 2024, 02:14:57 PM »

With St. Felix of Valois, St. John of Matha founded the Order of the Trinitarians for the ransoming of captives who had fallen into the hands of the Mohammedans. He died in 1213.

~Roman Catholic Daily Missal

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