10/08/2010
CATHOLIC SAINT OF THE DAY: Oct. 8th, 2010:
ST. PELAGIA THE PENITENT
St. Pelagia was a well-known actress (some say pr******te) of Antioch. One day, with a throng of boys and girls dressed in gold she passed, sitting on a donkey and beautifully attired in gold, pearls and precious stones, close to where a group of bishops were in open-air conference. All the bishops hid their faces at the sight, except one, Bishop Nonnus, who gazed after her intently for a long time. “Were you not delighted by her beauty?” he exclaimed to his colleagues almost in tears. “This lady spends more time and care in adorning herself for those she will meet than we do in preparing our souls to meet our God.”
Like our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI said “So that the Church and its message continue to be present in the great aeropagus of social communication...