Claver Enough
St. Peter Claver spent decades ministering to enslaved Africans arriving at the major port of Cartagena in this present-day country.
Columbia
The Church celebrates the Most Holy Name of Mary on this September date, four days after her Nativity.
September 12th
Psalm 103 says that God has put our transgressions as far from us as the east is from this direction.
West
St. Peter Claver belonged to this religious order, whose members are formally known as the Society of Jesus.
Jesuits
Mary’s name corresponds to this Old Testament name, borne by the sister of Moses and Aaron.
Miriam
In Romans, Paul says that whether we live or die, we belong to this person.
Lord
After catechizing newly arrived Africans, Claver administered this sacrament to enormous numbers of them—traditionally said to be more than 300,000 over his ministry.
Baptism
The feast originated in this European country, where its observance received papal approval in 1513.
Spain
Peter thinks forgiving his brother this many times might be enough; Jesus quickly disabuses him of that notion.
Seven
Long before becoming the “Apostle of Cartagena,” Peter Claver was born in the Catalonia region, in the northeastern part of this country.
Spain
Pope Innocent XI extended this feast to the universal Church after the Christian victory over the Ottoman army at this 1683 battle.
Battle of Vienna
The U.S. lectionary says “seventy-seven times,” but the traditional Douay-Rheims reads “seventy times seven”; Haydock’s commentary explicitly calculates that as this number.
490
In 1888, this pope canonized Peter Claver and later named him patron of missionary work among Black people.
Pope Leo XIII
Removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary was restored in 2002 by this pope.
Pope Saint John Paul II
Sunday’s first reading comes from this Old Testament wisdom book, also known as Ecclesiasticus.
Sirach