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St. Simon "the Zealot", Apostle (October 28th)

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Of the Saints and Feast Days celebrated this week: Oct. 28th, Sts. Simon and Jude , Apostles Nov. 1st, All Saints Nov. 2nd, All Souls I’ve decided to write about St. Simon , known as “Simon Zelotes ” (as in “the Zealot” or member of the Zealot Party ) in Luke 6:15 , Acts 1:13, and as “Simon Kananites / Kananaios ” in Matthew 10:4 and Mark 3:18 (which _could_ derive from the Hebrew word qanai   which would _also_ mean Zealot , but _could_ also be interpreted to simply mean “from Cana,” as in, from the village where the Wedding of Cana took place). No other direct reference to this St. Simon, the Apostle is found in the Bible.  By ancient tradition, he is linked to St. Jude , also an Apostle, leading some to speculate that when Jesus sent the disciples out “two by two,” the two had been sent out together as a team.   There are some who link both St. Simon and St. Jude (Judas) to the “ brothers of Jesus ” (in Catholic tradition, sons of St. Joseph by a previou...
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Saint John Paul II, Pope (October 22nd)

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Of the Saints remembered on the General and Servite Calendars this week: Oct. 22nd -- St John Paul II, Pope Oct.  23rd -- St John of Capistrano, Priest Oct. 24th -- St Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop Oct. 25th – Bl. John Angelo Porro, OSM, Priest   Oct. 26th – THIRTIETH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (Year C) I’ve decided to write about St John Paul II . The future St John Paul II , was born as Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18, 1920 in Wadowice , about 30 miles south west of Kraków, Poland .   A characteristic of his life was that he lost pretty much his entire family by the time he was 21 years of age.  His older sister Olga died before he was born, his mother Emilia died when he was nine, his older brother Edmund died when he was 12, his father Karol, Sr died when he was 21.  This gave the young Karol Wojtyła, Jr a great deal of personal freedom even as he became an adult just as the Nazis invaded Poland to begin World War II .   The Nazis quickly won the battle and...
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