Today is the feast of Saint Adrian of Canterbury. He was a gentle scholar who was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Pope Saint Vitalian. He refused the honor but ended up working in Canterbury running schools and educating monks in Latin and Greek. He is said to have died around 710 A.D. I had never [...]
This is Saint Thomas the Apostle church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's part of the Diocese of Lansing and is the oldest Catholic parish in Ann Arbor. The church was built in the late 1800's but the ceiling paintings may be very recent. I love the blue arch above the tabernacle. There are rose windows [...]
Some wonderful eye candy... for Saint Wenceslaus whose feast is in September but who is the subject of the song, Good King Wenceslaus! https://churchwonders.com/st-wenceslaus-church-wahoo-ne/ And a beautiful Christmas quote from Sigrid Undset (Christmas and Twelfth Night) "And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us [...]
I went to Physical Therapy yesterday and my therapist really ramped up the intensity. Today my brain is broken. Particularly, I can’t do something called a Straight Leg Lift on the side where I had surgery. The description is so straightforward. “Lie on back. Bend one knee. Lift the other leg, keeping it straight, to [...]
The story of Saint Wolfgang, whose feast day coincides with All Hallows’ Eve, is equal parts inspiration and dismay for me. He lived eleven hundred years ago and was part of a great flourishing of holiness in the portion of Germany/Austria where he was active. That's very inspiring. He’s part of a trio of saints [...]
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