From Fr. Paul
In the Fort Worth museum, the Kimbell, they have Michelangelo's FIRST painting: the Temptation of St. Anthony of Egypt/of the desert. It shows how the Life of the Saint captivated him and he painted it when he was 14.
Today or tomorrow begins the Novena of St. Anthony.
You'll probably see such a notice at the Museum today.
Today is the Feast of St. Raymond of Penafort.
He was the 2nd man after St. Dominic died to run the Order.
You cannot think of the Dominicans without Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom.
And St. Dominic and St. Francis of Assisi are mentioned together in a single verse of the Litany of the Saints.
Today, in 1844 St. Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes was born.
Then, exactly 50 years later, in Poland, St. Maximillian Kolbe was born.
Both Saints served the Immaculata and were born 50 years apart.
Wow.
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