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Victor Frankenstein
@VictorFrankenstein (310)
• United Kingdom
21 May 23
I've just finished the fourth book in the adventures of Simon Templar - “The Avenging Saint”. First published with the title “Knight Templar” in 1930, this is a direct sequel to “The Saint Closes the Case”, which I read and...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
20 Sep 21
Matthew was privileged and learned. He was a publican. That means, in the time of the Romans ruling, he was a Jewish tax collector.
Known as Matthew of Galilee, his name literally means 'gift of God.'
Perhaps conscious of the...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
14 Jul 21
My good fortune yesterday my favorite 'Saint' movie starring Val Kilmer was on my suggested list. Sprawled on the couch, legs up, while reviewing the saint-spy infiltrating Russian affairs.
By pure luck, the movie was followed by...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
5 Jul 21
Listening to true-to-life stories was my cup of tea. Back in High School, I looked forward to my Religion class because our teacher, a beautiful young postulant named Miss Dungca, narrated the most wonderful stories of people from...
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Aleskys Cardozo
@Aleskys (5879)
• Venezuela
27 Dec 20
Today is a very important date for my city because it is the day that Saint Benedict's Day is celebrated, it is a day in which the parishioners attend to visit it and as it is so crowded and they attend from many States the saint...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
18 Nov 19
The old priest who gives me cracked Hosts in Communion is back. He said he went on a journey to Galilee to see the Bible come alive before his very eyes.
The tour team guide of which the old priest was part of, paused long enough...
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Sharon Artes
@CzianneL_Andrea (283)
• San Pedro, Philippines
1 Nov 19
Today, we celebrate All Saints Day in the Philippines. ( I believe it may vary depending on geographic location of that Catholic country celebrating the said feast -as also noted by@justforhim-Thanks! ) On the illustration is one...
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LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
28 Sep 19
While attending church mass, there was this really annoying bee buzzing around the place.
We tried our best to ignore it but were forced to shoe it away when ever it gets too closed.
But then I noticed a bunch of lowers near...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
16 Jun 19
The Mystery of the Blessed Trinity has always been baffling even the intelligent of minds, It is just difficult to mathematically conclude that 1 is equal to 3. No way.
Thus, the doubt. The unbelief.
Years ago, I heard someone...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
29 Jul 18
Crime Writer Leslie Charteris created The Saint in the 1920's. Simon (The Saint) Templar was a sauve wise-cracking private detective, who had made his fortune by stealing from crooks and acting as a modern day Robin Hood.
He...
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381741)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 18
There must be hundreds and hundreds of saints around the place and some seem very obscure. In County Limerick in Ireland we came across St Munchin. When we lived in a suburb in Perth, Western Australia, our two boys went to a...
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eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
31 Oct 17
I did get to read stories of Jack o' lantern and pumpkin pies when I was a child. That's all about the knowledge of the western tradition called Halloween that I know.
In the Philippines, 31 October is the eve of All Soul's Day,...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Sep 17
My second to the last tour on the first day of Preston’s Heritage weekend was a visit to this lovely church dating back to 1793, though heavily rebuilt in the Victorian era. Its founder, a priest called Father Daddy Dunn also...
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
24 Dec 16
St. Nicolas is the patron saint of Moscow, Greece and Russia. He is the saint of unmarried girls and sailors. What a mixture, huh?
In Italy it is tradition for a witch(or old lady) named Befana to deliver gifts to good children...
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@acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Sep 16
I watched the live coverage of the CNN on the canonization Mass for Mother Teresa, of the Daughters of Charity, and of Kolkata (now Calcutta), India.
Over the years, she had been an inspiration for all, even to non-Catholics,...
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123playa123
@supervalon (1208)
• North Las Vegas, Nevada
20 Jul 16
My mom went to the market 20 minutes ago, and she was kinda late than usual. When she came home she was panting. Finally got a breath and told me that she found a phone couple meters away from my building, which there is a parking...
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s sivasubrahmanyam
@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
29 Jun 16
Previously the house in which we were living was quite good and comfortable. The owner of the house, in those days, was a billionaire with many Estates and he was always in White Indian Dress (Dhoti, Kurta, and a Turban). He was a...
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