do you know your patron saint? (1 Viewer)

[Rumpel]

do you know your patron saint …. and thus also your name day?

i Know them all

 

[TheParser]

No, I do not.

But I sure need one!!!

 

[Grand Mal]

do you know your patron saint …. and thus also your name day?

i Know them all

My name means 'follower of Columba' in Gaelic referring to Saint Columbia, the Irish priest who brought Christianity to the Picts in Scotland. Does that count?
You have to be Catholic to care about saints, I would guess.

 

[Rumpel]

My name means 'follower of Columba' in Gaelic referring to Saint Columbia, the Irish priest who brought Christianity to the Picts in Scotland. Does that count?

of course!
it counts!

 

[Rumpel]

My name means 'follower of Columba' in Gaelic referring to Saint Columbi

You have to be Catholic to care about saints, I would guess.

no, you dont have to, but it helps!

 

[Rumpel]

My name means 'follower of Columba' in Gaelic

my name means „strong as a bear“ in Old High German

 

[Rumpel]

one of my patron saints is Saint Bernard of Aosta, who gave his name to those life.saving dogs …. The Bernhardiner in German

 

[Noodlegawd]

do you know your patron saint …. and thus also your name day?

i Know them all

Don't know, don't care.

If I have a patron saint, he must be a terrible patron, because I've seen no benefit from it.

 

[Rumpel]

No, I do not.

But I sure need one!!!

you have one!

just inform yourself!

 

[Chock Full o Nuts]

Know nothing of it. But I suppose I'll take Matthew(given name). He would be mine based on name right?
And a little looking up on what it's all about shows his day is September 21st. That's my stepsons Bday. And my stepdaughter and I both share a birthday. That's just weird.

 

[justabubba]

i'm a leo

 

[Rumpel]

there are enough calendars where you can find your patron saint

 

[Rumpel]

i will look up the saint for today now

 

[Rumpel]

Beate …. Indira …. Michael


for today …

 

[Rumpel]

every day is a many.fold name day

 

[joluoto]

Nope, not religious, and anyway was Protestant, so no saints for me.

 

[Rumpel]

Nope, not religious, and anyway was Protestant, so no saints for me.

Scandinavian countries often use name days …

 

[Rumpel]

today ….


joseph of Nazareth

 

[joluoto]

Scandinavian countries often use name days …

Name days, sure. But they are a secular thing here. Not tied to anything other than usual names.

 

[Rumpel]

Name days, sure. But they are a secular thing here. Not tied to anything other than usual names.

ok …. so i heard once

 

[OrphanSlug]

Unless it involves the patron saint of Bourbon, then I do not care.

 

[Chagos]

Yeah, Saint Chagos (aka the BS-Basher)

 

[Revelation]

Unless it involves the patron saint of Bourbon, then I do not care.

wine is a mocker.

Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."


...he gonna find out that 'wine is a mocker'.


blessings. 3 weeks

 

[Rumpel]

wine is a mocker.

Proverbs 20:1 "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."


View attachment 67499619...he gonna find out that 'wine is a mocker'.


blessings. 3 weeks

The Bible is both for and against wine.