Pearl Harbor Day 2019

     National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

     Never forget.

November 30, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Andrew Dung Lac, Catherine of Alexandria, John Berchmans, James Intercisus, Catherine Laboure, Saturninus, and Andrew the Apostle, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXIX: Funksgiving

     Tonite, for (post-)Funksgiving, you can play whatever funky stuff is in your own head. If that's o.k.

     Funk it up!

September 28, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Pope Innocent I, Martha, Peter Chrysologus, Ignatius Loyola, Alphonsus Marie Liguori, Eusebius of Vercelli, Lydia Purpuraria, John Vianney, Addal, Pope Hormisdas, Cajetan, Dominic, Edith Stein, Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, Clare of Assisi, Michael My, Hippolytus, Maximilian Kolbe, Alipius, Stephen the Great, Clare of Montefalco, Helena, John Eudes, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Pius X, Andrew the Scot, Philip Benizi, Bartholomew, Louis King of France, Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars, Monica, Augustine of Hippo, Sabina, Rumon, Raymond Nonnatus, Abbot Giles, Ingrid of Sweden, Pope Gregory the Great, Rosalia, Teresa of Calcutta, Eleutherius, Cloud, Adrian, Peter Claver, Salvius of Albi, Paphnutius, Ailbhe, John Chrysostom, Notburga, Valerian, Cornelius, Robert Bellarmine, Joseph of Cupertino, Januarius, Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions, Matthew, Thomas of Villanueva, Padre Pio, Martyrs of Chalcedon, Finbar, Cosmas & Damian, Vincent de Paul, and Lorenzo Ruiz, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVIII: "Truckin'" (RIP Robert Hunter)

     Tonite, after a summer hiatus--don't forget to check out the updated "Night King Theme" post--, we feature a tribute to the Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter (RIP), i.e., "Truckin'":

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVII: Game of Thrones "Night King Theme"

     (Updated 9/27/19) Tonite, after a summer hiatus, we feature something not conventionally "funk", but funky: the "Night King Theme"--now Emmy-winning--from Season 8, Episode 3 of "Game of Thrones". It's piano and cello for the end of the world, which sounds a tiny bit like Prince's "1999". Et voilà:

     Funk it up!

July 27, 2019 saintlist

     Saints First Martyrs of the See of Rome, Junipero Serra, Bernardino Realino, Thomas, Elizabeth of Portugal, Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Maria Goretti, Grimbald, Veronica Giuliani, Benedict of Nursia, Abbot John Gaulbert, Henry, Kateri Tekakwitha, Bonaventure, Carmen, Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne, Frederick, Arsenius the Great, Margaret of Antioch, Lawrence of Brindisi, Mary Magdalene, Bridget of Sweden, John Boste, James the Greater, Joachim & Anne, and Pantaleon, and Blessed Ralph Milner and Emmanuel Ruiz, please pray for us.

June 29, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Celestine, Bernardine of Siena, Eugene de Mazenod, Rita, John Baptist de Rossi, David I of Scotland, Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Philip Neri, Augustine of Canterbury, Maximinus of Trier, Joan of Arc, Mechtildis, Justin Martyr, Marcellinus & Peter, Charles Lwanga & Companions, Francis Caracciolo, Boniface of Mainz, Norbert, Willibald, William of York, Ephrem, Getulius, Barnabas, John of Sahagun, Anthony of Padua, Methodius I, Germaine Cousin, John Francis Regis, Emily de Vialar, Gregory Barbarigo, Romuald, Vincent Kaun, Aloysius Gonzaga, Thomas More, Joseph Cafasso, John the Baptist, William of Vercelli, Anthelm, Cyril of Alexandria, Irenaeus, Peter, and Blessed Margaret Pole, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVI: Dr. John's "Right Place, Wrong Time"

     Tonite we feature, after a little hiatus, a tribute to the late Dr. John (RIP), by means of his greatest hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time":

     Funk it up!

May 18, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Hilary of Arles, Dominic Savio, Rose Venerini, Peter of Tarantaise, Pachomius, Damien of Molokai, Ignatius of Laconi, Nereus & Achilleus, John the Silent, Matthias, Dymphna, Simon Stock, Paschal Baylon, and Pope John I, please pray for us.

May 4, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Peter Chanel, Catherine of Siena, Pope Pius V, Marculf, Athanasius, James the Lesser, and Florian, please pray for us.

April 27, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Katharine Drexel, Casimir, John Joseph of the Cross, Mary Ann of Jesus of Paredes, Perpetua & Felicity, John of God, Frances of Rome, Dominic Savio, John Ogilvie, Leander of Seville, Maximilian, Louise de Marillac, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Patrick, Cyril of Jerusalem, Joseph (Husband of Mary), Salvator of Horta, Nicholas Owen, Turibius of Mogrovejo, Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Catherine of Genoa, Lazarus, Catharine of Bologna, Ludovico of Casoria, Peter Regalado, Stephen of Mar Saba, Hugh of Grenoble, Francis of Paola, Benedict the African, Isidore of Seville, Vincent Ferrer, Crescentia Hoess, John Baptist de La Salle, Julie Billiart, Casilda, Magdalen of Canossa, Stanislaus, Teresa of Los Andes, Martin I, Bernadette Soubirous, Benedict Joseph Labre, Gianna Beretta Molla, Conrad of Parzham, Anselm, Adalbert of Prague, George, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Mark, Pedro de San José Betancur, Louis Mary Grignion de Montfort, Peter Chanel, Catherine of Siena, and Pius V, and Blessed Angela Salawa, John of Parma, Peter Gonzalez, Caesar de Bus, and James Oldo, and celebrating the Annunciation of the Lord, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXV: James Brown knows how to "Make It Funky"

     Tonite we feature what may be some of the funkiest funk available, by the godfather of soul/funk, James Brown, i.e., the nattily named "Make It Funky Part 1 Thru 4":

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXIV: Funkadelic's "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause"

     Tonite we feature the supremely funkily-named Funkadelic's "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause"--a fine piece of advice--from the 1972 scarily-titled album "America Eats Its Young":

     Funk it up!

March 2, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Angela Merici, Thomas Aquinas, Sarbelius & Barbea, Aldegunais, John Bosco, Brigid of Ireland, Joan de Lestonnac, Blaise, Joan of Valois, Agatha, Paul Miki, Moses, Jerome Emiliani, Apollonia, Scholastica, Paschal, Buonfiglio Monaldo, Catherine de Ricci, Valentine, Walfrid, Daniel, Alexis Falconieri, Simon, Wulfric, Severian, Margaret of Cortona, Polycarp, John Theristus, Tarasius, Isabel of France, Leander of Seville, Pope Hilarius, David, and Blessed Charles the Good and Alvarez of Corova, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXIII: Bl Sab's "Symptom of the Universe"

     Tonite we feature Black Sabbath (!) and their "Symptom of the Universe" off 1975's "Sabotage". Part of the reason it is "funky" is that in the second half of the song, things unexpectedly segue into a Doobie Borthers/Santana type thing:

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXII: empty!

January 26, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Fabian, Agnes, Vincent Pallotti, Ildephonsus, Francis de Sales, Peter Thomas, and Timothy, please pray for us.

January 19, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Andre Bessette, Raymond of Pennafort, Thorfinn, Adrian Abbot, William of Bourges, Theodosius the Cenobiarch, Marguerite Bourgeoys, Hilary of Poitiers, Felix of Nola, Paul the Hermit, Fursey, Anthony the Abbot, Volusian, and Fillan, please pray for us.

January 5, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Juan Diego, Pope Gregory III, Pope Damasus I, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lucy, John of the Cross, Mary Di Rosa, Anysia, Sylvester, Blessed Virgin Mary, Basil the Great, Genevieve, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and John Neumann, please pray for us.