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Today the Church pays highest regard,
To the Bishop of Maastricht, Saint Theodard,
He was a monk and an abbot too,
Way back in the year 662,
While traveling through the woods one day,
He was killed by robbers along the way,
Now he’s the saint we celebrate,
Today with this post ninety-eight.
 
There are certainly days when being a monk looks attractive. He chose the monastic life, and today we know him as a Saint.

Have a blessed evening.
 
For all the hardship he went through,
And for his role as Bishop, too,
Saint Paphnutius now is hallowed,
Anthony the Great he followed,
At the Council of Nicaea, he,
Spoke on clerical celibacy,
And against the Arian Heresy,
Which tried to deny the Trinity,
Paphnutius upheld Christ Divine,
Today’s saint for post ninety-nine.
 
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the Council of Nicaea, he,
Spoke on clerical celibacy,
And against the Arian Heresy,
Which tried to deny the Trinity,
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So much info in these lines alone, and in poem form no less. I appreciate what our Early Church Fathers handed down to us, to keep us on the right path to Jesus. Thank you for capturing it so well.

Have a blessed day!
 
This 100th post today I’ll try,
To write about the Saint named Guy,
Of Anderlecht, or maybe he,
Pronounced his name the French way, Guy,
Always poor, like Benedict Labre,
He traveled far on foot that way,
Gave all he had to those with less,
That’s how God’s love he did express,
And still today he intercedes,
With miracles for those with needs.
 
I sometimes ponder the early evangelists, who risked their lives and traveled far and wide by foot to share the Good News. What a strong faith! I pray to be as faithful.

God bless!
 
Called “Golden Mouth” for his preaching skill,
Yet, many wished to do him ill,
As Bishop of Constantinople, he,
Was often caught up in controversy,
Saint John Chrysostom showed no fear,
In saying what Christians needed to hear,
And he prevailed, so much he cared,
A Doctor of the Church declared,
That place of honor he’s now won,
Our saint today for post 101.
 
We will all do well to listen to him, for he speaks of what will lead us to our salvation.

Have a blessed day!
 
We rejoice in what others only see as loss,
As we celebrate the Triumph of the Holy Cross,
For those with faith, our hope begins,
When Christ our Lord dies for our sins,
And so the promise of salvation,
Begets this day of exultation,
I know the Cross is not the end,
As this 102nd poem I send.
 
Indeed, as you noted the Cross is not the end but instead the beginning, because we know the Triumph of the Cross.

Have a blessed day!
 
I’m such a dork. I completely forgot today’s feast day until I read your poem @christofirst. Thanks for blessing my day.

It was on this feast day in 1986 that I spoke with Father Charles after mass and asked him if we could talk about me possibly having a vocation. That set the ball rolling, and at the end of the school year, on June 11, 1987, I entered the Benedictine monastery of St Walburga. Only stayed a couple years, but it was life-altering, to say the least.

I give thanks to our great and merciful God who called me to away for awhile and set my feet upon a new path! I need to celebrate this feast day with great rejoicing!
 
After Mass this morning our priest gave us a blessing with a relic of the true cross. He told us he had acquired it from a friend, a tiny wood sliver in a brass cross reliquary. Now I’ve heard the claims before that if all the so-called relics of the true cross were assembled the cross would be the size of a jumbo jet. I’ve also heard others debunk this claim, estimating that if all the genuine relics were brought together it would still be just a fraction of the actual cross. Either way, it was an act of faith for me, and I gratefully received my blessing.
 
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Of course I don’t mind! any time 🙂

Saint Catherine of Genoa, by God’s plan,
Married a most disagreeable man,
Then, by God’s grace, he came around,
And they served the sick and poor in their town,
When he did die, she continued her mission,
And was granted many an amazing vision,
Including the souls in Purgatory,
She’s the saint of the day for post 103.
 
Thanks, it was a nice addition to my homily this weekend.

Saint Catherine of Genoa got to see ahead of time what we all hope to see in the afterlife. She dedicated her life to helping the poor, and today she is in heaven.
 
MrZoom said:
I raced a 5K on Friday evening. Called the “Rush Run” in honor of a young lady named Sydney Rush who was in 4-H; she sadly died in a car crash a few years ago.

As far as I can tell I was the only ♿ user. I finished in 36:08, my best time since the Charleston Distance Run 5K in 2013 when I recorded a 36:00.1.

www.rushrun.org
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Just registered for another 5K. Coming up on October 5th in Youngstown, Ohio. “The Nun Run” supporting the Ursuline Sisters’ HIV/AIDS ministry.
 
Saint Cyprian, Martyr, from years long reaching,
Devoted his life to orthodox teaching,
And paid for his effort, as it often goes,
By being denounced by numerous foes,
As Bishop of Carthage, he found no peace,
And only in death found sweet release,
He defended the Faith, the Pope, and more,
He’s our saint of the day for post 104.
 
And now he lives in the light of God’s face.

Have a blessed day!
 
Two saints today I must be bringin’,
The first is Hildegarde of Bingen,
This German nun of many skills,
Was known for curing people’s ills,
The other, a Jesuit scholar so fine,
Saint Robert Francis Bellarmine,
His brilliant teaching and oration,
Helped the Counter-Reformation,
Each served the Church in their own way,
Both Doctors of the Church today,
Let’s keep their memory alive,
Today with this post 105.
 
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