Optional Memorial of St. Blaise; Fourth Century bishop of Sebastea, Armenia; fled to the back country to escape persecution, and made friends with wild animals; hunters found him praying, surrounded by wolves, lions, and bears; as they hauled him to prison, a mother came with her son who had a fish bone lodged in his throat, and at Blaise's command, the boy coughed up the bone; Blaise was tortured and beheaded
Saint of the Day: St. Brigid of Ireland, 451-525; founded a monastery in Kildare; organized communal consecrated religious life for women in Ireland; later founded a school of art that included metalwork and illumination; evidence exists that she was a friend of St. Patrick
Memorial of St. John Bosco, 1815-1888; his principle ministry was to young boys, placing them in surrounding removed from the likelihood of committing sin; opened the Oratory of St. Francis de Sales for boys, and added a printing press for religious and catechetical pamphlets; in 1854, he and his followers informally banded together, inspired by St. Francis de Sales; in 1859, along with 17 men, he founded the Salesians
Saint of the Day: St. Bathidis, 626-680; born in England, enslaved and sent to Neustria in the Frankish kingdom; married King Clovis II in 649, and bore him three sons, who all became kings; she served as regent for one of them; founded a Benedictine convent at Chelles, as well as St. Denis Monastery and Corbie; died in Chelles
Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274; joined the Dominicans, and completed his studies under Albert the Great. The unity, harmoney and continuity of faith and reason, of revealed and natural human knowledge, pervades his writings; when asked why he stopped writing, he replied, "All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me"
Optional Memorial of St. Angela Merici, 1474-1540; on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, she was struck with blindness, but continued to visit the sacred shrines, and had her sight restored on the way back while praying before a crucifix; at age 60, she founded the Company of St. Ursula, the first "secular institute"--single women consecreated Christ and living in the world rather than in a monastery; died in Brescia, 1540
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus; Timothy was a convert of St. Paul, around the year 47, and later joined him in his apostolic work; Titus was a close friend and disciple of Paul, and a fellow missionary; known as a peacemaker, administrator, and great friend; both died around 95 A.D.
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