Berkeley, Monday, February 24, 2026 11:32 Pm It is quite late. Pope Lucius died on March 5, 254. Saint Cornelius might be on this story. Something that I have learned or least came to my curiosity is that we celebrate or commemorate the memory of the death date, starting from our Lord Jesus. Yes, we […]
Category: Novenas
Nine days of prayer dedicated to Saint, a feast, to the Holly Spirit or to a solemnity in the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church
St. Polycarp
Started briefly on Berkeley, Saturday, February 14, 2026 7:02 PM [But updated on February 15]. Brief, and likely, shallow, nine to ten days of prayer in honor to a Saint, it is not enough to know him or her. Yet, I always wonder and admire those people who has preserved the faith with their talents […]
Blessed Jordan of Saxony (c1190 – 1237)
Berkeley, Monday, February 2, 2026 6:28 PM Feast day: February 13 I recall reading long time that Blessed Jordan of Saxony was an excellent preacher. I wonder where I read it. He went preaching the Gospel of the Lord to the towns. It was said that moms hid their children to not being persuade and […]
Saint Blaise, Bishop and Martyr
Berkeley, Sunday, January 25, 2026 11:55 PM Just before the deadline of day one. Novena to Saint Blase, Bishop and Martyr. Feast day: February 3. Day 1 and Day 2: Tuesday 27, 2026 0:24 AM Although, the devotion of writing this is not about me, I need to dedicate at least a few paragraphs to […]
Novena to St. Francis de Sales
Berkeley, Wednesday, January 21, 2026 0:53 am Compacted novena for the memorial feast of Saint Francis of Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Memorial day: January 24. Day 1: January 21, 2026. “Saint Francis de Sales was born at Savoy in 1567.” As a priest he diligently labored to restore Catholicism in his country. […]
Saint Felix of Nola
Berkeley, Monday, January 5, 2026 2:38 AM Feast day: January 14 Saints whose feast is on that day: Saint Gregory Nazianzen St. Felix of Nola, Priest This is according to Franciscan Media and Vatican News. From the sources above, only a biography from Saint Gregory Nazianzen is available at Franciscan media. I will do the […]
Novena to St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton
Berkeley, Friday, December 26, 2025 1:18 am [Update Saturday, December 27, 2025 0:05 PM] Feast day: January 4, 2026 The church remembers on January 4 the lives, and ask for the intersection, of Saint Angela of Foligno, a Franciscan, and St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Since we are living in the the USA, would you […]
Blessed Mary Frances Schervier
Berkeley, December 9, 2025 12:23 PM Feast day: December 15 Novena: My understanding, so far, feel free to edit, is that Blessed Mary Frances Schervier was born to a distinguish family in Aachen, which is currently in Germany, near the border to the Netherlands and Belgium, I believe, and when she was born near the […]
Selecting the next novena
Berkeley, Saturday, December 6, 2025 5:38 PM Next novena is on Dec 15. It is the feast from Blessed Mary Frances Schervier and Saint Valerian, Bishop in Africa and Martyr. Now, it is not a decision of one, to select the next novena. Blessed Mary Frances Schervier seems that was a secular Franciscan sister, or […]
Saint Sabbas Sanctified Patriarch of Monks
Berkeley, Monday, November 24, 2025 00:51 AM Feast Day: December 5. https://bigccatholics.blogspot.com/2017/12/st-sabbas-sanctified-patriarch-of-monks.html Structure: Prayer for Saint Sabbas intersection after the rosary. Mention each day one of his gifts. Then pray a prayer from the link above, might be or write one. Day 1: Saint Sabbas : Born in the 5th century, son of devout parents, […]
