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Ideas for the Feast of St. Nicholas (Dec 6th)
06 Dec 2010

Ideas for the Feast of St. Nicholas (Dec 6th)

During the First Ecumenical Council of Nicea (AD 325), Arius was called upon to defend his position on the inferiority of Christ. Saint Nicholas just couldn’t listen to all of Arius’ nonsense and so he stood up and laid in to Arius with his fist.

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Dec 4th: St. Barbara’s Branches (Barbarazweige)
03 Dec 2010

Dec 4th: St. Barbara’s Branches (Barbarazweige)

Various legends surrounding St. Barbara were attached to flowering branches. One is that flowers blossomed upon her grave on Christmas day; another that, imprisoned in a tower awaiting martyrdom, St. Barbara found a dried up cherry tree branch which she watered and which bloomed, thus bringing her consolation before her martyrdom.

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29 Nov 2010

Novena to the Immaculate Conception

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, did prepare a worthy dwelling place for Your Son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, Your Son, You did preserve Her from all stain, so too You would permit us, purified through Her intercession, to come unto You. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, world without end. Amen.

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11 Nov 2010

Blog back up and running, still problems…

Am trying to get it fixed. Prayers appreciated!!!

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