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Monday 26 May 2014

Happy Birthday

to all who have birthdays on this wonderful feast day of May 26th.  SS. Philip Neri and Mariana are just two.

I like to think of Philip Neri walking in the streets of Rome, with his little dog. This saint was a great evangelizer of youth and of course, the founder of the Oratory. He called the hot afternoon in Rome, "the dangerous part of the day" and made sure the young men had things to do at that time.

St. Philip Neri has a magnificent altar dedicated to him in the Brompton Oratory. Please pray for the seminarians in that order today. If you have a chance get there today.



Someone in Rome years ago told me his dog was white, like a little Maltese, but here is a modern icon with the saint and a orangey-brown dog.