Patrick became the most successful missionary to Ireland. He dealt with local kings and through them reached their people. Patrick’s autobiography, Confessio, describes his encounters with fierce kings and proud druids. He Christianized primitive religions as he traveled through the country.
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On Saint Valentine’s Day, we Christians have an opportunity for planting seeds of Christ’s truth into the culture in which we live.
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What could be better than learning about the saints during Lent? And you can do this all the while March Madness occurs with the basketball playoffs, which in my opinion seem to go on forever. Join the “Lent Madness” fever and root for your favorite saint to take the big prize.
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We remember Martin in gratitude . . . and chagrin. And we pledge, amid our stressed ambiguities, to dream as he did, to walk the walk, and to talk the talk of your coming kingdom.
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Its origins are found in the practice of giving cash or durable goods to those of the “lower classes.” Gifts among equals were exchanged on or before Christmas Day, but beneficences to those who less fortunate were bestowed on the day after.
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In Italy, her feast day is celebrated with torchlight processions and bonfires, clear indications of her role as light bringer. Apparently untroubled by the gruesome imagery, Italians eat St. Lucy’s eyes, cakes or biscotti shaped like eyeballs.
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Saint Nicholas, who lived in the 4th century and whose Feast Day we celebrate on December 6th, was the Bishop of Myra, in what is now the country of Turkey. As he became bishop at a very young age, he is often referred to as the “Boy Bishop.” He is also called “Wonderworker” for all of the marvelous deeds he did.
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The early festivals of the Church included commemorations of the martyrs who had died for their faith. However, All Saints’ Day is not only a celebration of the great host of witnesses who have gone before, but also a time to remember all God’s faithful people in every time and place.
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On November 1st the church remembers the saints of God – all faithful servants and believers. The day is seen as a communion of saints who have died and of all Christian persons. All Hallows’ Eve, October 31st (from which our Halloween traditions come); All Saints’ Day; and All Souls’ Day (November 2nd – the Day of the Faithful Departed), are connected by tradition and are often celebrated together.
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Francis has given more to the Church than his love for all of creation.
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In reading the gospels, there is a whole cast of characters whose lives interweave and intersect with Jesus’s life and ministry. Friend or foe, each of them have a story to tell us if we understand their role in the 1st century Palestine.
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Matthew 16:17-19 has been one of the most vigorously discussed passages of the New Testament, especially during the last few centuries as it became the central text for the claim of the papacy to primacy over the Church.
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