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Parton Saints of 2009

Well it is that time of year when The Pious Sodality of Church Ladies chooses your patron saint for the year 2009. Mine is listed below. If you wish to have your own patron for the year go on over…

All Saints of Scotland

I am so happy that I found this information. This is a very important work and I am glad it is now available. Christ is shown at the top center of this icon stretching forth His arms with a blessing.…

Feast of St. Benedict

Today on the Roman calendar is the feast of St. Benedict. As some of you may know I spent several years in a Benedictine monastery as a professed member, hence the name of this blog by the way. The Orthodox…

Pope Benedict on St. Benedict

Recently Pope Benedict gave a talk on St. Benedict of Nursia the patron of his papacy. As a former Benedictine I have a special place in my heart for St. Benedict who both churches call the father of Western Monasticism.…

St. Valentine

Today is St. Valentine’s day. Note it is spelled Valentine and not Valentimes as so often pronounced. How I remember as a child writing out the little valentines that I would bring to school on this day and each of…

11 December ~ St. Daniel the Stylite

This Saint was from the village of Marutha in the region of Samosata in Mesopotamia. He became a monk at the age of twelve. After visiting Saint Symeon the Stylite (see Sept. 1) and receiving his blessing, he was moved…

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