Yes, I know two blogs in one day.
Addicted? Possibly
but today I am proud to be a Catholic.
This morning at mass we had a retired priest
do our service. He based his whole homily on the Saints
and facts he remembers from 43 years ago.
None of this I knew or even thought about until today.
He shares this story with the congregation:
43 YEARS AGO THE SAINTS WAS BOUGHT ON
ALL SAINTS DAY. THE OWNER AT THE TIME,
BEING CATHOLIC ASKED THE ARCH-BISHOP AT THE TIME
IF IT WOULD BE OKAY TO NAME HIS NEWLY
BOUGHT FOOTBALL TEAM THE SAINTS SINCE
IT WAS PURCHASED ON ALL SAINTS DAY.
HE WAS FEARFUL THAT CATHOLICS MAY BE OFFENDED.
THE ARCH SAID HE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA
THAT CATHOLICS WOULD BE HONORED TO HAVE A TEAM
NAMED AFTER SOMETHING WE REGARDED SO HIGHLY.
HE ALSO HOWEVER, REMINDED THE OWNER THAT MOST
SAINTS DIE MARTYRS. SO THE TEAM WAS NAMED THE SAINTS.
AFTER THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE ARCH-BISHOP
WHO IS NOW 97 YEARS OLD WAS INTERVIEWED.
HE WAS ASKED WHETHER THE STORY WAS TRUE.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IS WAS IN FACT TRUE AND
THAT HE HAD EVEN WROTE A PRAYER IN THE
TEAMS HONOR. THEN HE CONFESSED TO THE INTERVIEWER
"EVEN I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD TAKE 43 YEARS.
Isn't that a cool story?
So the whole homily was that God does hear all prayers
but only in his time will prayers be answered.
Enjoy this most beautiful day that
history may be made in
a proud day for Louisiana
and extra proud for me when all beliefs and all religions
come together to support our one team
just like our one God
Amen? Amen!
Lil said I had to post something ... so just remember how you feel today and never ever ever gripe to me again about the Saints or the NFL because I don't want to hear it! .. This is what having an NFL team does for you ... brings you moments like these...
ReplyDeleteThis is a very cool story and one that I'm sure not many people know. The Saints have been around for so long that I never really thought about how the name came about...now I know!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing it in a blog cause I would probably never have known.