Our Guardian Angels also have their day next week, and if they aren't counted among the 'heavy hitters' mentioned above it is only because we don't know their names. I'd love to know my guardian angel's name - so that I could apologise to him personally for all the hard work I must have caused him over the years. In the meantime, I of course remain more grateful than I can say for his help. I hope at the end (and, please God, beginning), I will get to at least say thank you before we head off into the light to give praise to the Lord for eternity.
In the middle of all these famous angels and saints is a very obscure one - St. Agostina of the Assumption. Catholic Saints tells us only a little about her and, surprisingly, perhaps, Google nothing. Sometimes, I think that I should only include saints about whom we know at least a little, but then I say to myself, no; this person - whoever they are - is recognised as a saint and that's enough. I don't need to know their background in order to talk to them or ask for their prayers.
This week's home page image comes from a blog titled Beyond These Stone Walls. The accompanying post on the blog is well worth reading. The story of the priest who wrote it, Fr. Gordon McCrae, appears to be a deeply tragic one and is worth reading about.
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