There are plenty of Saints whose feast days are celebrated this week...
I've updated a previous post with a few new links.
The Church honours St Sixtus II and Companions, martyred in Rome on 6 August AD 258. Sixtus had been Pope for just under a year.
This article charts the life and death of Sixtus and his companions and also remembers more recent martyrs.
I've updated a previous post with a few new links.
The Church honours St Sixtus II and Companions, martyred in Rome on 6 August AD 258. Sixtus had been Pope for just under a year.
This article charts the life and death of Sixtus and his companions and also remembers more recent martyrs.
Wednesday
St. Mary Mackillop
St. Mary Mackillop
Sister Mary MacKillop (1842-1909), Australia's first saint (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
She had formidable courage - We need more like her today.
More articles here
Short video of Mary Mackillop below
Wednesday is the Feast of St. Dominic
Boticelli's St Dominic Source |
Pope Benedict XVI talked here about St Dominic in 2012 here
and a daily dose of Dominican audiopodcasts on the scriptures with reflections from different speakers can be found here.
and a daily dose of Dominican audiopodcasts on the scriptures with reflections from different speakers can be found here.
Catholic artistic tradition
assigns saints particular symbols that denote the Saint's martyrdom,
miracles, or circumstances of their lives. These symbols serve to identify the
saints, and aids to memory of a Saint's life and actions, and as symbols of
spiritual ideals.
St Theresa Benedicta of the Cross/ Edith Stein,
Virgin, Martyr, martyred on this day in 1942 in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
More from here "Sister Teresa Benedicta a Croce, "a blessed martyr ... an example of a heroic follower of Christ" (insightscoop.typepad.com)
Check out the facebook page here from the Carmelite sisters in Illinois who have celebrated the life of Edith Stein with some of beautiful meditation aids that highlight her thoughts and wisdom.
Saturday
Interesting Reflections
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