Tuesday, January 23, 2018

National saints


Random number between one and 146, page 33 of Summon's Miscellany of Saints and Sinners (compiled by Parminder Summon) contains a third of an alpha tabulation of Principal National Saints by nation and memorial day. In a few days, Malta will celebrate their memorial to Saint Paul the Apostle. How do I tell Italy that my mom once told me that there is no such Lady, but there has always been Our Mother of Perpetual Help? (This could likely be one of those car conversations in my youth while we're stuck in traffic passing through Baclaran going home from Makati to Las Pinas.)

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