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I couldn’t let the day slip by without a prayerful salute to my patron: St. Gregory the Great. Deacon, monk, writer, musician, pope. Among other things, he was the one who coined the phrase “servant of the servants of God” to describe the pontiff. And, he was quite an innovator: Saint Gregory was, above all…

“Everybody needs a place to restEverybody wants to have a homeDont make no difference what nobody saysAint nobody like to be alone. Everybody’s got a hungry heart…” That was how Bruce Springsteen expressed something St. Augustine had understood 1600 years earlier: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in thee.” Today is the great saint’s…

The mother of St. Augustine. We celebrate her feast today. The beautiful image above comes from St. Monica’s Church, in the Diocese of Trenton, from a study of the saint done by John Nava, who crafted the stunning tapestries of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. From the Liturgy of…

The striking image above is a depiction of Mary in Filipino dress. The description here comes from the blog Stopping 2 Ask 4 Directions: The image above, by Araceli Dans, is the first depiction of the Virgin Mary by an award winning artist in what would be considered Filipino attire. Baro at saya is what…
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