Category Archives: Saints: Stories & Symbols

“Who am I?”

Any ideas about who this saint is? This is not an allegorical figure.  There is a halo and no other allegorical depictions in the place. Click for larger images. Readers can send in their photos and we can do this … Continue reading

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Fr. Z ask your help: LATIN propers for St. John Neumann – urgent

  A priest friend just called me looking for the LATIN propers for St. John Neumann. I have looked through some of my things and cannot find them, which is odd. HELP!! In that note, you might be interested to … Continue reading

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St. Ambrose on the martyrdom of St. Lawrence

St. Ambrose of Milan (+397) in his work De officiis ministrorum, echoing Cicero, spoke about martyrs. He lingers over the conversation between St. Pope Sixtus II (whose feast we had the other day) and his great deacon, the Spanish born … Continue reading

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