Be careful, daughter. Don’t let the fire that I have enkindled in your heart, to serve me so fervently, ever die out.
Saint Joan de Lestonnac
Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Joan de Lestonnac
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Of course, today is also Candlemas, the Purification of Our Lady, the last day of the Christmas season (still observed in Catholic countries) and some silly excuse to get bombed in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
A blessed Candlemas to all…did you keep your Nativity sets up until today?
Yes at home and yes at church. Some grousing about the decorations being up through Candlemas, but most us were delighted. The mission church is cinderblock. The lights, crèche and decorations transformed the building in the dark ages of winter.
The Feast of St. Blaise was noted with the blessing of the throats today and will be at Mass tomorrow his feast on the 3rd.