TADAY'S SAINT (Salome)
SALOME
Mother of the Apostles James and John
St. Salome, whose name in Hebrew evokes prosperity and peace and corresponds to the Greek Irene, is in all likelihood the sister of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, mentioned by St. John as being one of the three woman standing at the foot of the Cross. St. Mark calls this woman Salome and St. Matthew characterizes her as "the mother of the sons of Zebedee."
Mark also mentions her as one of the same three as they came to anoint the body of Jesus in the tomb early on Easter morning.
It was this holy woman who asked Jesus to give her two sons, James and John, a place of honor in His Kingdom. In His reply, Jesus addressed the two Apostles and lovingly directed them to the life of sacrifice, abnegation, and imitation of His ssufferings. Their reward would come beyond the boundaries of time.
She is venerated as patroness of the Church of Veroli, Italy, to which city an ancient tradition says she came, with two companions called Blase and Demetrius, and proclaimed the Faith. Then at an advanced age she closed out her days in peace there, while her two companions bore witness to the Faith with their lives.
PRAYER
God, You alone are holy and without You no one is good.
Through the intercession of St. Salome, grant that we may
so live as not to be deprived of Your glory. Amen.
Feast: October 22
posted by US Catholic @ 12:07 AM
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