Today we celebrate the feast of St. Blaise, the patron of throat ailments. When St. Blaise was Bishop of Sibastea, a woman brought her son to him. The boy had a fish bone lodged in his throat. St. Blaise laid hands on the boy and the bone was expelled. Now on the feast of St. Blaise we can go to Mass and have our throats blessed with candles. In the not so distant past this was done with the candles lit. So during this cold and flu season you can ask for St. Blaise's intercession.
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