Archive for August, 2009
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
Martin de Porres, 1639, Rosa de Lima, 1617, and Toribio de Mogrovejo, 1606, Witnesses to the Faith in South America
Martín de Porres (December 9, 1579 – November 3, 1639) was a Dominican brother who was noted for tireless work on behalf of the poor, establishing an orphanage and a children’s hospital. He maintained an austere lifestyle, which included fasting and abstaining from meat. His devotion to prayer was notable even by the pious standards […]
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
On This Day
August 22 Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Andrew, deacon [BLS] Hippolytus, Doctor of the Church [BLS] John Kemble, martyr [BLS] Mary, “Regina” [MR] Maurus and companions, martyrs [GTZ: Reims] Philibert, abbot (of Jumieges and Nermoutier) [BLS] Richard Kirkman, martyr [BLS] Symphorianus, martyr [BLS; GTZ; PCP (Paris)] Timothy, martyr [common] Veredemus, confessor […]
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Friday, August 21st, 2009
On This Day
Blaise Pascal, Scientist, Religious Writer Blaise Pascal died 19 August 1662. He is remembered on 21 August. Blaise Pascal was born in Clermont-Ferrand (45:47 N 3:05 E), France, on 19 June 1623. His mother died when he was three, and he was home-schooled by his father, who had connections with Mersenne, Fermat, and Descartes. In […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
On This Day
August 20 Amator, confessor [GTZ: Avranches] Auctor, bishop (of Trier), confessor [GTZ: Trier, Braunschweig] Bernard, abbot, confessor, Doctor of the Church [common] Hadvindus, bishop (of LeMans) [GTZ: LeMans] Leontius and Carpophorus, martyrs [GTZ: Aquileia] Malachi, bishop, confessor [GTZ: Cologne] Maximus, abbot, confessor [GTZ: Tours] Oswin, king, martyr [BLS; GTZ: York; PRI: England] Philibert, abbot, confessor […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153
ABBOT, THEOLOGIAN, AND POET (20 AUGUST 1153) Bernard, third son of a Burgundian nobleman, was born in 1090. His brothers were trained as soldiers, but Bernard from youth was destined for scholarship. One Christmas Eve as a child he had a dream about the infant Christ in the manger; and the memory of it, and […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
On This Day
August 19 Agnus, martyr [GTZ: Würzburg, with Magnus] Bardulf, abbot [GTZ: Arles] Calminius, duke (of Aquitaine), confessor [GTZ: Puy, Tulle] Cumin, bishop [BLS] Donatus [of Orléans], priest, confessor (at Sisteron) [GTZ: Aix] Elaphius, bishop (of Châlons-sur-Marne) [GTZ: Châlons-sur-Marne] Guennin, bishop (of Vannes) [GTZ: Vannes] John Eudes, priest [BLS; MR] Louis, bishop (of Toulouse), confessor [BLS; […]
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
Prayers for Travel Requested
My son, daughter-in-law, and grandkids are moving this weekend from Corvallis OR to Falmouth MA. My wife and I are using this move as an excuse to get in our RV, and visit every family and friend available in the lower 48. We will be gone for four months, so I will be able to […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
On This Day
August 18 Agapitus, martyr [common] Asteriolus, martyr [GTZ: Trier] Clare (of Montefalco), virgin [BLS] Helena, queen [common; GTZ: Trier, Cologne, Soissons, Rennes, Coutances, Tartenaise; PRI: England] Feast Day: St. Agapetus, martyr, about 275. St. Helen, empress, 328. St. Clare of Monte Falco, virgin, 1308. St. Jane Frances de Chantal (1562-1641) Jane Frances was wife, mother, […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
William Porcher DuBose, Priest, 1918
PRIEST AND THEOLOGIAN (18 AUGUST 1918) William Porcher DuBose is a serious candidate for the title of “greatest theologian that the Episcopal Church in the USA has produced.” He was born in South Carolina in 1836, and attended the Military College of South Carolina (now the Citadel) in Charleston , and the University of Virginia […]
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
REAL-LIFE WARNING LABELS
On children’s cough syrup: “Do not drive car or operate machinery.” On garden furniture: “Keep away from damp and sunlight.” On a box of sleeping pills: “May cause drowsiness.” On a milk bottle: “After opening, keep upright.” On a water heater: “If building in which heater resides is on fire, do not go into building.” […]