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September 18: ST. JOSEPH OF CUPERTINO: The Flying Friar
St. Joseph of Cupertino, mocked as a boy for being slow, would later rise off the ground during Mass in front of stunned crowds. Dismissed by one religious order after another for struggling to keep up, Joseph barely passed his ordination exams — the bishop happened to test him on the one Bible verse he knew well. Once ordained, his overwhelming love for Christ in the Eucharist sometimes lifted him bodily off the floor during Mass, earning him the nickname "the Flying Friar." "Blessed be the womb that bore Thee." Today's challenge is just th...
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Welcome back to the Catholic Sproust podcast, where we know that every day is a feast day. It's September 18th, so join us for St. Joseph of Cupertino, the Flying Friar. In the middle of Holy Mass, in front of the whole congregation, Friar Joseph suddenly rose off the ground, not in a jump or even a stumble.
He simply lifted right into the air, his eyes fixed on the altar, completely overcome by love for Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament. Gasp's rippled through the Church. People who had known Joseph for his whole life who remembered him as a boy nobody expected
much from. They stared upward in stunned silence. Somehow this ordinary, simple man was floating. Welcome back, Sprouse.
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