April 15 (Bloomberg) — Jobless Brazilians are turning to St. Expeditus, a formerly obscure figure in Roman Catholic tradition who has become the object of cult-like devotion for help in urgent causes, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing Brazilians.
Church officials expect 200,000 people to show up for ceremonies in Sao Paulo marking his April 19 feast day, 10 times more than for a turnout eight years ago, the Journal reported.
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Saint Expeditus suffered a lot during the time of Diocletion. He is holding a cross in which is inscribed “Hodie” (Today) while he is stepping on a crow which is crying “Cras” (Tomorrow) in order to remind us not to doubt even for a single moment the great mercy of God, and not to postpone for tomorrow the devout and rusting prayer but to call on him always as our advocate by the side of our Blessed Virgin.
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That�s great that you found a link to this … I searched everywhere for the Wall Street article link earlier today, and came up with nada. So I had to paraphrase a bunch of it.
Saint Expeditus and Brazil; Patron Saint of Blogge
There´s an article in today´s edition of the Wall Street Journal Europe (no link) titled: “An Obscure Saint Holds Mass Appeal for Brazilians with Real-Time Needs.”
Not being in Brazil, I can´t say how true the article is, but it …
err, you do mean “trusting” don’t you?