Nota Bene: Error in this video - an allusion was made to (St.) Peter the Aleut being tortured by “Jesuits.” This allegation is disputed in the historical sources, but the main point I was making is correct: there is a false spirit of fleshly militancy after Trent in the excesses of the Jesuits and others.
XVIII Dom. Tempus per Annum
X Dom. post Pent.
MONDAY 8/3
* Finding of the relics of “blessed Stephen, Protomartyr, and SS. Gamaliel, Nicodemus and Abibo, divinely revealed to the priest Lucian in the time of the Emperor Honorius” (Roman Martyrology).
* St. Augustine mentions the miracles of these relics in his own time
TUESDAY 8/4
* St. John Vianney (“birthday”) - mentioned today in Roman Martyrology
* St. Dominic (“birthday” is Transfiguration)
* Persian Martyrs: “In Persia, the holy martyrs Ia and her companions, who, together with 9000 Christian captives, suffered martyrdom under King Sapor after enduring various torments” (Roman Matyrology)
WEDNESDAY 8/5
* St. Mary Major, Our Lady of the Snows (miracle in Rome)
THURDAY 8/6
* Transfiguration (universal feast day, Greek and Latin)
* Russian Fatima connection - this is August 19th in the Russian Orthodox Calendar
FRIDAY 8/7
* St. Cajetan, Founder of Theatines
* The true and false Spirit of Trent
SATURDAY 8/8
* St. Dominic / St. John Vianney
* Fourteen Holy Helpers
SUNDAY 8/9
* Blesseds Michał Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strzałkowski: Polish Franciscan friars martyred by Peruvian communists on this day in 1991.
* Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso: Spanish Catholic priest, Professor of Metaphysics at Valladolid, Apostolic Administrator of Barbastro, and martyr of the Spanish Civil War—tortured and murdered by the Reds on this day in 1936, aged 58.
* Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (born Edith Stein), Virgin: German-Jewish continental philosopher, convert to Catholicism, Discalced Carmelite nun, Phenemenoligst and Thomist philosopher, mystic, and martyr—murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz on this day in 1942.
