Today we honor St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr, who is remembered for healing a young boy who was choking to death on a fishbone. St. Blaise prayed over the boy, and he was cured. Another story tells of a woman who came crying about a wolf having dragged away her only pig and source of income. Blaise prayed and the wolf released the pig, much to the woman's relief. In gratitude, this woman brought candles to Blaise while he was in prison. The blessing of the throats we receive today (and on the weekend) is based on these two events. We pray: "Through the intercession of St. Blaise,
Bishop and Martyr may we be delivered from every ailment of the throat and all diseases, through Christ our Lord. Amen." Very appropriate in the height of the flu season.
Bro. Rene
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