Saints, Seasons, Society, Sins, plus Travels mostly to Greece and who knows what next? by Father Bill Olnhausen
Because today, February 2, is the great Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, perhaps you might enjoy reading my slightly silly but actually very serious old Post relating the true story of … 49. How the Groundhog Stole Candlemas ______________________________________ Now to today’s subject: Saint Brigid (or Bridget or Bridgit or Brid […]
Read More »The title of this Post makes no sense. Saint John Chrysostom is departed this earth for some seventeen centuries now – as you can see below. We can know much about him, but that’s obviously not the same as knowing him. Oh, before we go any further, I should explain my reason for writing this […]
Read More »Last week when I began to research the Flight into Egypt, I knew nothing about the subject, except what I had read in Saint Matthew. (How could I have been so ignorant all these years?) I found so much material that was completely new to me that I didn’t know how to process it all. […]
Read More »Did Our Lord Jesus take His first steps as an infant in Egypt, not at home in Nazareth? Was one of His first questions: “Father, what is that?” “It’s a pyramid, my son”. Why ever would I publish this Post in the middle of January? After all, we read the story of the Flight into […]
Read More »Did you ever have a mental roadblock – like I had last week? I intended to write about the Flight into Egypt. I had much material gathered and many interesting images, and I just couldn’t put it all together. Maybe next week? Therefore out of the files I’ve pulled up Post 46, written please note […]
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