Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025, 11:18 Pm Feast: Sep 19. Start novena: Sep 10. Potential source: https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/fellows/st-januarius-patron-saint-of-blood-banks/ https://www.ncregister.com/blog/san-gennaro-relic-liquefies-in-presence-of-pope-francis https://www.ncregister.com/cna/following-prolonged-wait-the-blood-of-st-januarius-liquefies-again https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08295a.htm [Updated: 9/10/2025 6:34 Pm]
Sources for Saint Pedro Claver Novena
Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025 10:58 PM Feast day of San Pedro Claver: Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Begin novena on Tuesday, August 30, 2025. Sources: Prayer to Saint Peter Claver. https://www.jesuits.global/2023/09/08/in-september-let-us-pray-to-st-peter-claver/ Daily reading, excellent book: Brioschi, Pedro A. 1889. Vida de San Pedro Claver: Heróico Apóstol de los Negros. Tomb location: Santuario de San Pedro Claver, […]
Novenas
Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025 7:25 PM The tradition of praying for nine days, novena, goes back to Our Lady, Mother of Jesus, God, Mary, and to the eleven apostles. I, recently, in recent weeks, have read about the origins of the novem, but I haven’t noted down the resources, so I did a quick […]
Giving Everything
Berkeley, Sunday, September 7, 2025 7:16 PM We live in an ambiguous landscape. But the heart is full of truths, the soul. The mind might be confused at times. But also can find truths in the higher good. WHy one is not aware at time?
Many things and not all
Berkeley, Sunday, August 31, 2025 9:56 PM I am typing this outside of the library. They were supposed to open until 10 PM. But they closed 15 minutes earlier. That is unusual, but I see it can be a good practice for the big library. At the end what is the point to get to […]
Summer Gone
Berkeley, Wednesday, August 20, 2025 8:44 PM Probably for most of the things it depended on my focus or lack of it. It might have been a 40% on that category. A few other things depending on things I agreed to do it. In any case, do not confuse people and do what you have […]
Energy | Acting Person
Berkeley, Monday, August 11, 2025 9:48 PM Fr. Barron has summarized for us, in a succinct way, two works from Saint JPII (Karol Wojtyla). It is so true our face clearly shows our recent and probably life actions in a way. This is even true in animals. One can see a dog guilty face. But […]
Sharing recent learnings and about a few Saints
Berkeley, Friday, August 8, 2025 A few facts from things I have learned today and/or related to those, recalling from memory. St. Dominic feast was today, 8/8. He had red hair. He founded the Order of Preachers. It seems that he had extremely high intellect, thanks to the Lord, our God. St. Thomas Aquinas was […]
Words
Berkeley, Thursday, July 24, 2025 Words have a lot of weight. Particularly, if there is not much opportunity to correct in person, or time goes by, and confusion has already landed. So we are not only attached to what we do, but also to what we say. Reflection is key. But then what about forgiveness? […]
Rumiñahui
Berkeley, Wednesday, July 23, 2025 8:53 Pm Rumiñahui was half brother from Atahualpa. Born around 1490 A.D. in Píllaro, Tungurahua. His father was Huayna Capac, born in Tomebamba, and his mother was Nari Ati (Wikipedia). I will read at some point more about it. I am leaving things as topics. I might not have been […]
