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The entire country faces at least three days of torrential downpours, savage 150mph gales and weeks of relentless flood misery. Storm Brigid is expected to first hit UK shores later this afternoon before the full force of the onslaught rips into the country tomorrow. Experts say it threatens to cause destruction on a par with the ferocious October St Jude’s Day Storm and subsequent Storm Emily which hit in December.

Per the 1962 Missal, today's Feast is that of St. Ignatius of Antioch, but St. Brigid, though not celebrated liturgically by those using the 1962 Missal, is still honored today, especially among the Irish.BR> St. Brigid -- her name is correctly pronounced "Brigg-id" or "Bree-id" but almost never is -- was born in A.D. 451 or 452 to a pagan father (Dubthach) and Christian slave mother (Broicsech) just after the time that St. Patrick was preaching (St. Patrick died in A.D. 493). It is said a Bishop -- a follower of St. Patrick -- met the pregnant slave woman...

February 1 is the feast of St. Brigid, often called the Mary of the Gael, and her feast day, along with that of St Patrick, and Our Lady of Knock, are the official holy days of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, who gather annually for a Mass in her honor. St. Brigid’s life was a remarkable one, and the places in Ireland, associated with her, are scenes of pilgrimage throughout the year. She was born in a society ruled by the old Gaelic Order and the Druidic religion. St. Patrick had already reached Ireland, and was in the process of...

JOHN PAUL II HAS ENDANGERED THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH IN CUBA "Castro...bought the blessings of the Pope,...and a Church decoration that in fact represented a Papal Bull condoning all his crimes against humanity". By Jesús J. Chao* Houston Columnist La Nueva Cuba March 15, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On March of 1938, Adolf Hitler annexed Austria to Germany. When the Austrian cardinal, Innitzer, publicly welcomed Hitler and urged Austrians to vote for the Anschluss, the prelate was summoned to Rome and made to sign a retraction. John Paul II’s policies towards Fidel Castro are in stark contrast with the unequivocal positions...