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Bookmark or Share- Why is St. Jude the apostle the one to whom we pray in time of hopeless ...The “James” referred to in the Letter of Jude is St. James the Lesser (not the brother of St. John), who was a cousin of Jesus (Matthew 13:55, noting brother used as an all-encompassing term for any male blood relation). Since in the listing of the Apostles in the Gospels of St. Matthew and Mark, the name Thaddaeus follows immediately that ...
- Who is St. Michael the Archangel? - Catholic Straight AnswersIn 590, a great plague struck Rome. Pope St. Gregory the Great led a procession through the streets as an act of penance, seeking the forgiveness of and atoning for sin. At the tomb of Hadrian (now Castle Sant’ Angelo near St. Peter’s Basilica), St. Michael appeared and sheathed his sword, indicating the end of the plague.
- Were all saints canonized, even St. Joseph & Mary?A great example of early church devotion to the saints is that of St. Lucy and St. Agatha, both of whom are mentioned in the Roman Canon (first eucharistic prayer) of the Mass. St. Lucy, who was martyred in Sicily in 304 during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian, had prayed at the tomb of St. Agatha (martyred in Sicily around 200) for relief ...
- Whatever happened to St. Christopher? Is he still a saint?The confusion over whether St. Christopher is still a saint arose when Pope Paul VI revised the Liturgical Calendar, which includes the feast days of saints that are commemorated at Mass. Due to the proliferation of the number of feast days over the centuries, the Second Vatican Council in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy proposed ...
- Who was St. Joseph? - Catholic Straight AnswersAs a good Jewish father, St. Joseph passed this trade onto his Son, and indeed Jesus is known as “the carpenter’s son” (Matthew 13:55) and “the carpenter” (Mark 6:3). Although St. Joseph was not the physical father of Jesus, he was a father in every other sense of the word.
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