Po’boys
‘We fed those men free of charge until the strike ended. Whenever we saw one of the striking men coming, one of us would say, “Here comes another poor boy.” -Bennie Martin The famous po’boy sandwiches of New Orleans, Louisiana, are said to have started in 1929 during the city’s transit strike. Former streetcar conductors […]
Po’boys
‘We fed those men free of charge until the strike ended. Whenever we saw one of the striking men coming, one of us would say, “Here comes another poor boy.” -Bennie Martin The famous po’boy sandwiches of New Orleans, Louisiana, are said to have started in 1929 during the city’s transit strike. Former streetcar conductors […]
Daily Gospel – MK 8:14-21
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread. When he became aware of this he said […]
Fast and abstinence
The regulations on Lenten fast and abstinence are: – FASTING: On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, those who are 18 but not yet 60 are allowed only one full mean. Two smaller meals are allowed as needed, but eating solid foods between meals is not permitted. – ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT: Those who are 14 years […]
‘God bless you’
On this day in 600 A.D., Pope Gregory the Great is said to have coined the phrase “God bless you” for when somebody sneezed. The Justinian Plague, which began in 541 A.D., is so called because it took place while Justinian I (c. 482-565) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire. It is said to have […]
Daily Gospel – MK 8:11-13
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” Then he left them, got […]
Daily Gospel – MK 1:40-45
A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning the him […]
Daily Gospel – MK 8:1-10
In those days when there again was a great crowd without anything to eat, Jesus summoned the disciples and said, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will […]
Daily Gospel – MK 7:31-37
Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. […]
Daily Gospel – MK 7:24-30
Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she […]