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Catholic Sprouts

The Daily Podcasts for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.

Hey there, sprouts, Today is Thursday, July 18th, 2024. Today is also the feast day of St.

Calamus. This is also an Italian saint who lived during the 1500s. So when St. Calimus was born, his mother was already 60 years old. And when he was full grown, St. Calimus, he was six feet six inches tall,

which is very, very tall. It's tall for today. It was super tall for then.

So as you can imagine, he was a pretty intimidating guy. He left home to be a soldier,

but unfortunately, shortly after he left home, he contracted some sort of disease in his leg.

So he had to go back. He was in a hospital for a while.

He became a servant at the hospital, but he was not a very good guy. And in fact, he was

kicked out of the hospital for fighting. And then he got addicted to gambling and lost everything.

He lost all of his money, everything to gambling. Eventually, he ended up at a

Franciscan monastery, where he went to do penance and to actually seek some food because he couldn't

feed himself. Eventually, he repented. He tried to join the order, but he was not allowed because his leg was still such a problem. Instead, he devoted himself to the sick. He became a servant of the sick. Eventually, he was ordained. A priest, founded an order, and devoted his entire life from that point forward to serving the sick and the poor.

He is a powerful reminder that, first of all, we can be forgiven and lead a new life

if we've gone astray.

And secondly, that we have a duty to serve those in need, specifically the sick and the poor.

Now, this week we are talking about the corigma,

specifically the fifth truth,

that we as Christians are called to be baptized and receive the Holy Spirit.

We are going to continue to talk about baptism today,

but first, join me in our July prayer,

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