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Don\u2019t know what will be done.\u00a0 As so often happens, in our hip, secular world there isn\u2019t much time for big celebrations any more, at least those centered around saints.\u00a0 July 4th was the last one, and Labor Day will be the next.\u00a0 But it\u2019s worth remembering that there was a time when such days came filled to the brim with customs, traditions, and celebrations.\u00a0 But we can still do our part as Catholics, and try to put some vim and vigor into days around which the entire annual Catholic calendar once\u00a0turned.\u00a0 So dab on some perfume, get a\u00a0Madeleine or two, and remember someone who didn\u2019t point to a vast, global ~~Jewish<\/strike>\u00a0Catholic conspiracy to murder and take over the world, but rather pointed to the infinite mercy and love of a forgiving\u00a0Savior. <\/p>\n~~

Surgens autem mane prima sabbati, apparuit primo Mari\u00e6 Magdalene, de qua ejecerat septem <\/em>
d\u00e6monia.<\/em>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark 16:9<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"