*Today is the memorial of St. Pius of Pietrelcina, better known at Padre Pio. An Italian Capuchin with gifts of bilocation, reading souls, and the stigmata, he died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002. I grew up in an Italian parish with people that had met him, so always have a special corner of my heart for this day.
*Thursday is the optional memorial of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, very early saints (3rd century) in the Syria/Turkey area; they were supposedly doctors who took care of the poor and were killed in persecutions. They are mentioned in the first list of saints in First Eucharistic Prayer.
*Friday is the memorial of St. Vincent de Paul. I saw his skeleton inside a wax frame in Paris, France, in 1999. He was a 17th to 18th century French priest who founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Charity with St. Louise de Marillac; his heart is in their motherhouse chapel, incorrupt, and I got to see that as well. Quote: The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it. – Saint Vincent de Paul
*Saturday is the optional memorial of either St. Lorenzo Ruiz of Manila or St. Wenceslaus of Bohemia. I always do Wenceslaus since I am Bohemian; he was a Duke murdered by his brother Boleslaus for political reasons that were tied up with religious reasons. He is the subject of the song Good King Wenceslaus.
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