Saint of the Day – December 3 – Saint Francis Xavier

Saint Francis Xavier: Born: 7 April 1506 Died: 3 December 1552 (aged 46)

Canonized: 12 March 1622 by Pope Gregory XV

Patronage: African missions; foreign missions; black missions; missionaries; navigators; parish missions; plague epidemics; Propagation of the Faith; many location around the world including: India, South Africa, China, and Spain


Saint of the Day – December 1 – Saint Eligius

Saint Eligius: Born: 11 June 588 Died: ~665

Patronage: Cartwrights; clockmakers; coin collectors; craftsmen; cutlers; exercise riders and grooms; gilders; goldsmiths; harness makers; horses; jewelers; jockeys; knife makers; laborers; locksmiths; metalworkers in general; miners; minters; Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; saddlers; toolmakers; veterinarians; watchmakers


Saint of the Day – November 30 – Saint Andrew, Apostle

Saint Andrew: Born 5; Died 60/70

Patronage: Scotland, Barbados, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Patras, Burgundy, San Andrés (Tenerife), Diocese of Parañaque, Candaba, Pampanga, Masinloc, Telhado, Sarzana, Pienza, Amalfi, Malta, Manila and Prussia; Diocese of Victoria; fishermen, fishmongers and rope-makers, textile workers, singers, miners, maidens, old maids butchers, farm workers, protection against sore throats, protection against convulsions, protection against fever, protection against whooping cough, Russian Navy, unmarried women; women who wish to become mothers


The Catechism in a Year – Day 337 – Blessing, Adoration, and Petition

Prayer in the age of the Church takes on many different forms. Together, we examine specifically blessing, adoration, and petition. Fr. Mike emphasizes the beauty that all of our prayers of blessing are a response to God’s blessings for us. He also explores how common and spontaneous prayers of petition to our Father in heaven truly are, but in the age of the Church, our petition is full of hope and not lamentation. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2623-2633.

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