Friday: Memorial of St. Blaise and Blessing of the Throats
The Memorial Mass of Saint Blaise will be celebrated this Friday, February 3 at 7:30am. There will be a Blessing of the Throats after the 7:30am Mass.
Saint Blaise is the patron saint of people with diseases of the throat. On Saint Blaise’s feast day, we bless the throats of our parishioners in a special ceremony. Two unit candles are held next to each person’s throat as the priest or deacon says, “Through the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other illness; In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”