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St. Nicholas, Bishop
ST. NICHOLAS, the patron Saint of Russia, was born toward the end of the third century. His uncle, the Archbishop…
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St. Sabas, Abbot
ST. SABAS, one of the most renowned patriarchs of the monks of Palestine, was born in the year 439, near…
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St. John of Damascus
Born at Damascus, about 676; died some time between 754 and 787. Mansur was probably the name of John’s father.…
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St. Barbara
ST. BARBARA was brought up a heathen. A tyrannical father, Dioscorus, had kept her jealously secluded in a lonely tower…
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Reflections for Sunday, December 6, 2015
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading Baruch 5:1-9 2nd Reading: Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11 Responsorial:…
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St. Francis Xavier
Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born in 1506 in Navarre, Spain. As a young Spanish gentleman, in the dangerous…
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St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr
ST. BIBIANA was a native of Rome. Flavian, her father, was apprehended, burned in the face with a hot iron,…
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St. Eligius
ELIGIUS, a goldsmith at Paris, was commissioned by King Clotaire to make a throne. With the gold and precious stones…
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St. Andrew, Apostle
ST. ANDREW was one of the fishermen of Bethsaida, and brother, perhaps elder brother, of St. Peter, and became a…
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St. Saturninus
SATURNINUS went from Rome, by direction of Pope Fabian, about the year 245, to preach the faith in Gaul. He…