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Greetings, Junk Squ Squire Sprouts.

Today is the 25th day in the fifth month in the year of our Lord,

20204.

My name is Surlin, Peter Lott, and you're listening to Saturdays with Sir Rolon on Catholic

Sprouts, where every Saturday we discuss the art of dragon slain.

Today is the feast day of a lot of saints.

In fact, it's one of the saintiest days of the year, if that's a word, because I found at least

four saints who share this feast day, including St. B. the venerable, St. Gregory the 7th, St. Mary Magdalene

de Pauze, and St. Madeline Sophia Barrett. I can't talk about all of them today, but I will give a shout

out to St. Mary Magdalene de Pauze. She was not the same Mary Magdalene from the Gospels,

although I'm guessing she was probably named after her. She lived in the late 16th century,

and she was a Carmelite nun. She was a strikingly beautiful woman, and she was unique in that she seemed to welcome

suffering and wanting nothing more than to share in Christ's passion for the salvation of souls.

And she did suffer immensely, as she was inflicted with a mysterious illness, she was marked by the

stigmata, she was plagued by desolation and spiritual dryness, and she was tormented by temptations to lust and gluttony,

and she offered it all for the salvation of souls.

And since she was tempted by gluttony and lust, maybe she can help us in our discussion as we

wrap up our series on our seven dragon-slaying maxims, as those are the last two sins.

Last week we discussed the Indigo dragon of gluttony. This week we will discuss the final maxim featured in the last two sins. Last week we discussed the Indigo Dragon of Gluttony. This week

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