Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 31st, 2015, St. John Bosco

Saint of the Day for Saturday, January 31st, 2015

St. John Bosco

What do dreams have to with prayer? Aren’t they just random images of our mind? In 1867 Pope Pius IX was upset with John Bosco because he wouldn’t take his dreams seriously enough. Nine years … continue reading

More Saints of the Day

St. John Bosco St. Adamnan of Coldingham St. Aidan of Ferns St. Athanasius St. Bobinus St. Cyrus St. Domitius St. Eusebius St. Francis Xavier Bianchi St. Geminian St. Julius of Novara

St. Madoes St. Marcella St. Marcella St. Martin Manuel St. Metranus St. Nicetas Sts. Saturninus, Thrysus, & Victor St. Tarskius St. Trypbaena St. Ulphia

Giordano Bruno

Bruno was a 16th-century Italian philosopher who theorized that the universe is infinite. He entered a Dominican convent as a teen but abandoned the order after being accused of heresy and began traveling Europe lecturing and teaching. His cosmological theories anticipated modern conceptions of the universe but led to his excommunication by the Roman Catholic, Calvinist, and Lutheran churches. Arrested by the Inquisition in 1593, he was burned at the stake after a trial lasting how many years? More… Discuss

Institutions subjugate man and kill his soul and beliefs, under the pretense of salvation or starvation as they see politically advantageous. Reason and faith have nothing to do with it. 

“E pur si muove!”

Today’s Birthday: Francisco Goya (1746)

Today’s Birthday

 

Francisco Goya (1746) Goya was a Spanish painter and printmaker whose work profoundly influenced 19th-century European art. He started out designing tapestries for the royal manufactory of Santa Bárbara and was appointed painter to Charles III in 1786. By 1799—under the patronage of Charles IV—he had become Spain’s most successful and fashionable artist. Goya’s works address all aspects of Spanish life, including the political and social turmoil of his day. Why did his art come under the scrutiny of the Inquisition? More… Discuss