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The feline Chairman Mao Tse-tung came into my wife Charlotte’s life—and, by extension, my own—at the very time that the all-too-human Chairman Mao Tse-tung was approaching the point of departing from his. China was still in the throes of the Cultural Revolution, a political cataclysm that had turned Chinese society on its head, destroying great . . . → Read More: Chairman Mao Tse-tung: A case mistaken identity
“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort,” according James Herriot, probably the world’s most famous vet and the author the animals classic, All Creatures Great and Small. And he is right on the money if Charlotte’s cats are anything to go by. Charlotte likes dogs well enough, but cats are by far her favorites. She is very . . . → Read More: A feline cynic who exploits his coterie of admirers  
O Almighty God, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the head corner–stone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made an holy temple acceptable unto thee; through the same Jesus Christ our . . . → Read More: Saint Simon and Saint Jude 
Tapestry of Christ the King, from Saint James the Greater Roman Catholic Church, Saint Louis, MO. Almighty and everlasting God, who didst will to restore all things in thy well–beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that all the kindreds of the earth, set free from the captivity . . . → Read More: The Feast of Christ the King  
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King Alfred the Great. From Wikimedia. O God, who didst raise up King Alfred to serve and minister unto his people: Grant that we, and all our countrymen who bear office in the world, may think lightly of earthly place and honour, and seek rather to do the things that are pleasing . . . → Read More: King Alfred, King of the West Saxons 
Martyrdom of SS Crispin and Crispinian, central panel of tryptich, by Aert van den Bossche (fl. 1490s) O Lord God, whose Martyrs Crispin and Crispinian laboured with their own hands and suffered all things that the Gospel might not be hindered: Grant us grace that both in deed and endurance we may be . . . → Read More: Saint Crispin and Saint Crispinian, Martyrs 
James the Just, from the Menologion of Basil II (10th or 11th c.). [James the Just, a.k.a. James of Jerusalem, a.k.a. James the brother of our Lord.] From Wikipedia. Grant, we beseech thee, O God, that after the example of thy servant James the Just, brother of our Lord, thy Church may . . . → Read More: Saint James of Jerusalem 
Crispin and Crispinian were cobblers in 3rd-century Rome who fled to Gaul because of persecution. Born to a noble family, they wound up in Soissons, in the north of France, where they preached the Gospel by day and made shoes by night, in imitation of Saint Paul. They were brothers, and they may have been . . . → Read More: On the Kalendar: Crispin and Crispinian, Martyrs |
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