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

Welcome back Catholic sprouts. I'm Linda Roselle, the tin can pilgrim. Today is Tuesday,

February 4th, 2025. It is the feast day of St. Andrew Corsini. This saint was a bit of a wild man in his youth, but later became a monk

and a bishop known as a peacemaker. He was famous for settling arguments, so he is now the patron saint

to pray for against riots and civil unrest. Maybe he can help you next time you have an argument

with a friend or your brother or sister.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are discussing tabernacle art.

Yesterday we talked about the tabernacle and how we can visit Jesus there.

We use the image of the cross to explain how we can pray with tabernacle art.

Today we will talk about types of art on the

tabernacle that show us something about Jesus, his name or a scene from his life. Do you

remember the four steps for praying with tabernacle art? They are looking, thinking,

responding, and resting. We'll take these steps with the art we discussed today,

art representing the name of Jesus and scenes from his life. When you visit Jesus in the tabernacle,

you may see something that looks like the letter P with an X through it. It might be on the

front of the tabernacle or in other art near it. Sometimes you'll see it on the

clothing the priest wears at mass or on the cloth that covers an altar. What is this P and X? It is the first

two letters of Jesus' name in Greek and ancient language. It has come to be a shorthand for the name of

Jesus Christ, a name that we all honor

and speak with love as a prayer. We never should use the name of Jesus in vain to express surprise or

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