 Sr. Mary Francis's Grammie is now 98! May she have many more blessed years of good health!
 Sacred Heart Ticket for February- May you be established in peace this month.
 Today is the Feast Day of St. Agatha, a virgin martyr from Siciliy- the land where our community has its spiritual roots. Her name means good. It is said of her, she was a “true virgin, she wore the glow of a pure conscience and the crimson of the Lamb’s blood for her cosmetics. Again and again she meditated on the death of her eager Lover. For her, Christ’s death was recent, his blood was still moist. Her robe is the mark of her faithful witness to Christ. It bears the indelible marks of his crimson blood and the shining threads of her eloquence. She offers to all who come after her these treasure of her eloquent confession.” (St. Methodius of Sicily) The painting shows how St. Peter appeared to her in prison to heal her from the wound inflicted on her chest by her persecutors. (Alessandro Turchi - Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison) Besides being a patron saint of breast cancer, she is also remembered for her miraculous protection of Catania from the flow of lava from Mt. Etna that was soon to erupt. She is remembered in the Roman Canon of the Mass.  Usually this is done with two candles crossed during the blessing by the priest. It is traditionally believed that St. Blaise was a physician that later became a Bishop and was martyred. He is said to have cured a boy with a fishbone in his throat and became a popular saint to call upon to cure illness.
May St. Blaise bless you with good health in the coming year!  Thank you for all your support for our Mission to Ireland. Please join us in prayer and fasting and if you can contribute, St. Patrick will Thank you! To learn more about the trip see our slideshow at www.sistersofreparation.org! To read more about St. Ita visit:http://www.irishcultureandcustoms.com/ASaints/Ita.html May God bless you
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