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    Laborer of Love: Deusdedit (August 10)

    Tim Koch Saint of the Day August 10, 2018 0 Comment

    Here’s all we know about today’s saint, Deusdedit: he was a common laborer and he shared all he had with those who had less. What could better represent the spirit of Jesus?

    I present the ENTIRE entry written by Butler about Deusdedit here:

    He was a poor labouring man, who sanctified all his actions by assiduous prayer and penance. He distributed among the poor every Saturday all he could save from what he earned in the week.

    The name, Deusdedit, means “God has given” and this saint’s approach seems to quite basic–God gives us, and from what we receive, we give to others whose needs are even greater than our own.

    The Soldier Who Gave Up Militarism: Romanus (August 9)

    August 9, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Saint of the Day

    What can change the minds of those in the throes of militarism? There may be no single answer. But one approach that Butler highlights from time to time is that...

    The Sunburned Saint from the 1%: Hormisdas (August 8)

    August 8, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Saint of the Day

    Hormisdas was a martyr that didn’t get killed–just sunburned. Hormisdas was Persian nobility–part of the 1%. And all of the 1% of course knew ...

    Budgets & Bishops & Hierarchs, Oh My!: Cajetan, A True Hero of Faith (Aug. 7)

    August 8, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Saint of the Day

    Cajetan, some 500 years ago, forced the question that still plagues those who are uncomfortable with the institutionalization of the Christian (or any) religion...

    Dangers of “Respecting the Office” Too Much: Sixtus II and 45 (August 6)

    August 7, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Policies and Principles, Saint of the Day

    Pope Sixtus II is of particular interest to me because of one controversial issue that arose during his papacy and his approach to handling it–specificall...

    The Slut Who Refused to be Shamed: St. Afra (August 5)

    August 6, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Making History, Saint of the Day

    Afra had been a prostitute, possibly one of the Roma (frequently known as gypsies), who lived in what is now southwestern Switzerland. She was seized during one...

    The Inquisition’s Rules for Rendering and Torturing: August 4

    August 4, 2018 / By Tim Koch in Making History, Saint of the Day

    Nothing you read today is likely to be as powerful and disturbing as this papal bull, issued on May 15, 1252, by Pope Innocent IV, entitled Ad Extirpanda, whi...

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