St. Blaise &the
Blessing
of Throats
AT MASS
AT MASS
3rd February, 2015 (in both Novus Ordo
& the Traditional Roman Rites)
1622 "Suffering
and illness have always been among the greatest problems that trouble the human
spirit. Christians feel and experience pain as do all other people; yet their
faith helps them to grasp more deeply the mystery of suffering and to bear their
pain with greater courage. . . . Part of the plan laid out by God's providence
is that we should fight strenuously against all sickness and carefully seek the
blessings of good health, so that we may fulfill our role in human society and
in the Church"
Saint Blase was the
bishop of Sebaste in Armenia
during the fourth century. Very little is known about his life, though according to
accounts he was a physician before becoming a bishop.
His cult spread throughout the entire Church in the Middle Ages because he was
reputed to have miraculously cured a little boy who was choking to death. From the eighth century he has been invoked on behalf
of the sick, especially those afflicted with illnesses of the throat.
Apostleship of Prayer Video with Fr. James Kubiki
Reliquary of St. Blaise in Dubrovnik
Blessing of throats at a Traditional Roman Rite Latin Mass
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