Feast of All Holy Relics and Saint Martin de Porres
Mirabilis Deus in sanctis suis - "God is wonderful in His saints" (Ps 67:36): how true this is, is made manifest in the cult of relics.
The Epistle for All Holy Relics is taken from Ecclesiasticus xliv, 10-15: which ends Corpora ipsorum in pace sepulta sunt, et nomen eorum vivit in generationem et generationem. Sapientiam ipsorum narrent populi, et laudem eorum nuntiet Ecclesia. ("Their bodies in peace are buried, and their names have lived in generation and generation. Their wisdom let the peoples declare, and their praise let the Church proclaim.") As for the Gospel, it is from St Luke vi, 17-23, which announces Our Lord's healing ministry and the shorter, Lukan version of the Beatitudes; as He is the Saint of saints, the fact that omnis turba quærebat eum tangere: quia virtus de illo exibat, et sanabat omnes, "all the multitude sought to touch Him: for virtue went forth from Him and healed all" serves as the preëminent and all-surpassing exemplar of the power of all relics.
Cathcon has no time for Guy Fawkes Night, especially when they burn the Pope in effigy in Lewes, England.
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