CS 1867: X is for Christ: Tuesday

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

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Summary

Yes, X is for Christ...in Greek! This week we are continuing our ABC's of the Catholic Faith with a look at various symbols used for Jesus, many of which use Greek letters! Each symbol teaches us something important about Jesus!

+ MONDAY: Chi Rho

+ TUESDAY: Alpha and Omega and IHS

+ WEDNESDAY: Fish and Lamb

+ THURSDAY: Sacred Heart and Fleur de Lis

+ FRIDAY: Cross and Crucifix

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0:00.0	You're listening to
0:07.4	Catholic Sprout
0:10.0	The Daily Podcast for Catholic kids that strives to plant seeds of faith.
0:22.2	Hey there, Spouse.
0:23.5	Today is Tuesday, April 29th, 20205.
0:28.7	Today is also the feast day of a doctor of the church, St. Catherine of Siena.
0:34.4	St. Catherine of Sienna lived in the 1300th.
0:37.2	She was the youngest of 25 children. Can you even
0:43.9	imagine? The youngest of 25 children from a young age, she refused to get married and was
0:49.1	determined to live a life of prayer and fasting to grow closer to Jesus.
0:55.7	And then she was so prayerful.
0:58.3	In fact, she experienced many mystical visions as she prayed.
1:02.8	In one of them, she became the bride of Christ.
1:06.2	And in another vision, she received the stigmata, the wounds of Christ. Although these wounds hurt her
1:13.3	terribly, they remained invisible throughout her life. St. Catherine of Siena lived during a time
1:19.1	of the plague. Eventually, she left her little hermit cell where she was praying and went to go
1:24.7	serve plague victims with her own hands. It was also a time of
1:30.3	chaos and division. At the time when St. Catherine of Siena was alive, the Pope had left Rome and
1:37.1	lived in Avignon, France. He was living there, sort of more like a king, and Italy was falling
1:43.9	apart. The church was suffering
1:47.1	without the Pope where he should be in Rome. So Catherine of Siena left Sietta. She went to
1:55.1	Avignon and told the Pope that he needed to return to Rome. And guess what? He listened. Now, I guess I wish that the
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