Feast of St. Blaise

St BLaise Student Blessing
Fr. Jerry doing a group Blessing to all students from the Parish Center Balcony in 2021.

Feast of St. Blaise - Blessing of the throats with candles.

Saint Blaise is the Patron of Throat Illnesses and much of this has to do with a legend that a boy was brought to Saint Blaise who had a fishbone caught in his throat. The boy was going to die, however Blaise was able to heal him.

An invocation to St. Blaise and a blessing of the throat remains in practice today The blessing is done by using two candles, held open slightly and then pressed against the throat.

Come to either the 6:30am or 8:30am Mass to receive the blessing.

 

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