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Hey there, sprouts. Today is Tuesday, January 14th, 20205. Today is also the feast day of St. Felix of Nola. Now, if you have ever wondered if there is a patron saint of spiders,

you no longer have to wonder about that.

You are meeting him today.

St. Felix of Nola is indeed the patron saint of spiders because of a very cool story that took place during his lifetime back in the 200th.

So St. Felix lived in Italy, of course, during a time of religious

persecution for Christians. He was a priest. And when a wave of persecution broke out, he went to

hide his bishop, realizing that the authorities were getting close to finding his bishop, he went, he grabbed him,

they went and hid in a different building that had been abandoned.

Unfortunately, the authorities came there too.

But when they got to the door, they saw that the entire door had been covered by a spider web, which was miraculous because

Felix and the bishop had just entered. But seeing this huge spider web, the authorities

discovered that no one could possibly be inside. So they went on and searched the next building.

And as a result, Felix and his bishop were spared.

Because of this miraculous work of this spider,

Felix is now known as the patron saint of spiders.

Unfortunately, he was killed and died a martyr's death in a future persecution wave.

Now, this week we are talking about monastic life as we make our way through the ABCs of the Catholic faith.

Today we are talking about a cornerstone of monastic life, and that is community.

But before we talk about this, please join me in a glory be prayer.

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