Hello everyone! Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where you read the daily gospels and the saint of the day.
Let’s get started! Today is Monday, July 13th, and for the summer weeks, we are doing the ABCs of our Catholic faith and saints.
Today is the letter Z for Zucchetto, and the scripture to reflect on is Exodus 28, 4.
These are the garments which they shall make, a breastpiece, an efto, a robe, a cloak of cheddar work, a turban, and a sash.
They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
The zucchetto is a small school scap worn by Catholic clergy.
Its colors strictly correspond to rank.
White for the Pope, red for Cardinals, amethyst or purple for bishops, and black for priests.
Originally, it kept monks' bald heads warm, but today it’s reserved mostly for those higher up.
The bishops and cardinals wear it under their mitre during Mass.
It is removed before the Eucharistic prayer out of reverence and replaced on after communion.
Today’s saint of the day is Zee, St.
Zeta.
She was born 1212 and died 1272.
She’s the patron saint of homemakers.
St.
Zeta was born into a poor but holy Christian family.
Her older sister became a nun and her uncle was a hermit whom a local people regarded as a saint.
Zeta herself always tried to do God’s will obediently whenever it was pointed out by her mother.
At the age 12, Zeta became a housekeeper in the house of the rich weaver eight miles from her home.
She stayed with that family for the last 48 years of her life.
She found time in every day to attend Mass and to recite many prayers as well as to carry out her household duties so perfectly that the other servants were jealous of her indeed.
Her work was part of the religion.
At first her employers were upset by her generous gifts of food to the poor, but in time they were completely won over her patience and goodness and she became a very close friend.
A famous legend recruits that when she left her kitchen chores to tend to someone in need, jealous fellow servants told her employer she abandoned her baking.
When the family investigated, they found that the bread was already prepared by angels.
Popes sometimes give away their school caps to the faithful.
The practice which was first started by Pope Pius XII involves giving the zucchetto to the faithful as a keepsake if presented with a new one as a gift, and all the popes after him have continued the custom.
Saint Zita was given free reign over her working schedule and busied herself with visits to the sick and those in prison.
Word spread rapidly and was quickly spread rapidly in her good deeds and heavenly visions that appeared to her.
She was sought out by the important people at her death in 1278 and the people acclaimed her as a saint.
Let’s pray in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for popes, bishops, and priests who set a good example for us and help me to find miracles in everyday life.
Saint Zita, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
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