Tanti auguri per la Festa di San Gennaro!
Tanti auguri per la Festa di San Gennaro!
Join us in celebration of San Gennaro this evening!
Today in Naples, Italy the blood of San Gennaro liquefied once again!
Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of Naples held up an ampoule containing the relic of the saint’s blood in the Naples cathedral on his feast day, revealing the liquefaction to shouts and cheers from the people who had waited in the cathedral since early in the morning.
“Every drop of this blood speaks to us of the love of God,” Battaglia said in his homily. “This blood is a sign of the blood of Christ, of his passion.”
The archbishop recalled that Sept. 19 marks the anniversary of St. Januarius’ martyrdom more than 1,700 years ago in which the saint chose death in “fidelity to the Gospel” to show that the love of God is “stronger than death, violence, or any power.”
You may also check out this brilliant piece by Dr. Gerald Boersma, Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University entitled Liquefaction and Love: The Metaphysics of a Eucharistic Miracle.
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See you in September for 'a Festa 'e Tutte 'e Feste' with Fr John Perricone and the Fraternal Society of St John the Apostle!
