Sometimes the lectionary reading chosen for a particular feast can give us an unexpected insight into what our Church Fathers thought was important. The reading for today’s Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos is one such reading. It was from Luke 10:38-42, the famous passage about Martha’s anger that Mary was listening to our […]
St. Lawrence of Rome (San Lorenzo di Roma)
The saint for this Sunday is St. Lawrence of Rome, or as the Italians say it, San Lorenzo di Roma. His story follows: He was a Roman deacon under Pope St. Sixtus II. Four days after this pope was put to death, Lawrence and four clerics suffered martyrdom, probably during the persecution of the Emperor […]
