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by bcadmin | Jun 24, 2020 | Memorial of the Passion of St. John the Baptist, News, Saints with Funny Names, Spirituality, St. John the Baptist, Susie Lloyd | 0 |
John isn’t exactly a funny name to us but when St. John the Baptist was born, his relatives were scratching their heads over it. “Where did that come from? Nobody else in the family has that name.” “Elizabeth dear, shouldn’t the boy be named after his …
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 2, 2020 | Diocletian, Faustinus, News, Saints with Funny Names, Spirituality, St. Agathopodes, St. Paul, St. Theodulus, Susie Lloyd | 0 |
This is the tale of two holy lives and two … not so holy ones. Sts. Theodulus and Agathopodes (died 303, feast day April 5) were members of the clergy in the church at Thessalonica (a.k.a. Salonica) in Greece. The bustling city was part of the R…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 19, 2020 | News, Saints with Funny Names, Solemnity of St. Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Spirituality, St. Joseph, Susie Lloyd, The Holy Family of Jesus | 0 |
We interrupt this Eastern Rite calendar to bring you St. Joseph. Why? Because St. Joseph (feast day March 19 on the Western calendar, patron of the universal Church) does not have a separate feast day on the Eastern calendar. This may lead you to wonde…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2020 | Bible, Jesus, Letter to Philemon, News, Saints with Funny Names, Spirituality, St. Onesimus, St. Paul the Apostle, St. Philemon, Susie Lloyd | 0 |
After having the benefit of 2,000 years of Christianity, we sometimes take the teachings of the Gospel for granted. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesu…
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