Today Holy Mother Church celebrates the Feast of St. Wenceslaus. This feast is dear to my heart, because of my Czech heritage. St. Wenceslaus or Vaclav, born in 907 AD, is the Patron of the Bohemian People. He is a model for our times. Not only was he a just ruler whose faith guided him in his decisions as duke over his people, but he lived his Roman Catholic Faith. Wenceslaus encouraged the conversion of the Bohemian people from their semi-pagan ways back to the Latin Roman Rite. He also had a profound reverence for the Holy Eucharist. I believe this reverence guided him in all his actions.May we all follow his example, first in his reverence and love of Jesus Christ truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament, and secondly, in asking Our Lord to guide our daily actions through the teachings of Holy Mother Church. Let us pray for all Christian, and especially Catholic, public officials or those discerning the calling to public office, that they, like St. Wenceslaus, may be guided by the true Catholic Christian teachings in their decisions regarding morality. God Bless!
Semper, (Always)
Br. Fidelis Maria of the Sacred Host, KHE
tomb of St. Wenceslaus
