Wednesday Basics: Some Humor to Start Out Your Day

I love this photo of the Holy Father! I found it over at The Curt Jester, who has a caption contest going on over there. Here are a few of my favorites:

"St. Anthony comes through again! I've been looking for him since I was eight!"

"When I squeeze his belly he says 'Where is the motu proprio?'"

"Ach du leiber! When you squeeze him, he says "Guten Tag, Heilige Vater. Save me from the Liturgical Nazis. They want to make the Mass another Romper Room."

Go check it out and add your caption. Click here.

Optional Memorial of St. Norbert, Bishop, Man of Faith

Brief Overview of the Norbertine Order

The Norbertine Gregorian Chant

Today in Catholic History:
1542 Francis Xavier (1506–1552) arrived in India, the first step of his whirlwind evangelization of the Orient.

1654 Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626–1689), abdicated her throne, joined the Roman Catholic church and spent the rest of her life engaged in religious thought.

Birthdays:

1519 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)

1599 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)

1606 - Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)

1622 - Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857)

1755 - Nathan Hale, American writer and patriot (d. 1776)

1898 - Ninette de Valois, Irish dancer (d. 2001)

1940 - Larry Lujack, American disc jockey

1960 - Gary Graham, American actor

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