Yes, This is the LAST Day of Cheesecake Week. Hope everyone enjoyed the Recipes. Please give me some Feedback on this what you thought and the likes at abstraktrt@gmail.com
Ultimate Cheesecake
Crust:
1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 slightly beaten egg yolk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Filling:
5 8-ounce packages cream cheese (40 ounces)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 or 5 eggs (1 cup)2 egg yolks
1/4 cup whipping cream
Topping and glaze (recipe follows)
Preheat Oven 400F.
Crust:
Combine flour, sugar and lemon peel. Cut in butter till mixture is crumbly. Add egg yolk and vanilla. Blend thoroughly. Pat 1/3 of dough on bottom of 9-inch spring-form pan (sides removed). Bake in hot oven (400F) about 8 minutes or till golden; cool. Attach sides to bottom, butter, and pat remaining dough on sides to height of 1 3/4 inches.
Filling:
Let cream cheese stand at room temperature to soften (1 to 1 1/2 hours). Beat until creamy. Add vanilla and lemon peel. Mix sugar, flour and salt , gradually blend into cheese. Add eggs and egg yolks one at a time, beating after each just to blend. Gently stir in whipping cream.
Turn into crust-lined pan. Bake at 450F for 12 minutes; reduce heat to 300F and continue baking 55 minutes.
Remove from oven; cool. Loosen sides with spatula after 1/2 hour. Remove sides at end of 1 hour. Allow to cool 2 hours longer. Decorate with pineapple slices cut in half and and strawberries. Pour strawberry glaze over top and chill about 2 hours before serving.
Serves 12.
Strawberry Glaze and Topping:
3 cups fresh strawberries
1 cup water
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
3/4 cup sugar
small can of pineaple slices (cut in half)
Crush 1 cup of the strawberries; add the water, and cook 2 minutes; sieve. Mix corn-starch with sugar stir into hot berry mixture. Bring to boiling, stirring constantly. Cook and stir till thick and clear. Cool to room temperature. Place pineapple halves in pinwheel fashion, place remaining strawberries atop cake .
Pour glaze over top and chill for 2 hours before serving.
12 June 2009
11 June 2009
Cheesecake Week : Day 4 ( Isn't it over yet? )
Chocolate Cheesecake Supreme
Crust:
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp melted butter
Combine crumbs, sugar and butter, press onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Bake in a preheated 325F oven for 10 minutes.
Set aside.
Filling:
4 ( 8 oz.) pkgs cream cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp all purpose flour
4 eggs
4 oz. Semi-sweet chocolate melted.
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
21 oz cherry pie filling
Combine the cream cheese, sugar and flour. Mix at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in the sour cream and vanilla.
Divide the batter in two bowls and blend the chocolate in one half. Pour the white batter over crust, then pour the chocolate batter on top and swirl with a fork.
Bake at 450F for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 250F continue baking for 1 hour.
Cool, chill before removing rim of pan.
Top with pie filling just before serving.
Crust:
1 cup Graham cracker crumbs
1 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp melted butter
Combine crumbs, sugar and butter, press onto the bottom of a 9" springform pan. Bake in a preheated 325F oven for 10 minutes.
Set aside.
Filling:
4 ( 8 oz.) pkgs cream cheese, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp all purpose flour
4 eggs
4 oz. Semi-sweet chocolate melted.
1 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
21 oz cherry pie filling
Combine the cream cheese, sugar and flour. Mix at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Blend in the sour cream and vanilla.
Divide the batter in two bowls and blend the chocolate in one half. Pour the white batter over crust, then pour the chocolate batter on top and swirl with a fork.
Bake at 450F for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 250F continue baking for 1 hour.
Cool, chill before removing rim of pan.
Top with pie filling just before serving.
10 June 2009
Cheesecake Week : Day 3 ( Feeling Fat Yet? )
Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie
1 1/2 tbsp soft butter
2 cups fresh blueberries - divided
1/2 cup granulated sugar - divided
1 envelope unflavoured gelatin
2/3 cup whipping cream - divided
1 egg
24 oz. (3 8 oz. pkgs)cream cheese at room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Generously butter a 9" pie plate.
Press about 1 1/2 cups blueberries into the butter to line the pie plate. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp granulated sugar.
Sprinkle the gelatin into 1/3 cup of cream in a medium sauce pan to soften. Stir in the egg and the remaining granulated sugar. Place over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens slightly and comes to a boil.
Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Slowly add the gelatin mixture, beating until well blended. Beat the remaining 1/3 cup whipping cream until stiff. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour mixture into blueberry shell and chill 3-4 hours.
At serving time sprinkle with remaining blueberries and sifted powdered sugar.
1 1/2 tbsp soft butter
2 cups fresh blueberries - divided
1/2 cup granulated sugar - divided
1 envelope unflavoured gelatin
2/3 cup whipping cream - divided
1 egg
24 oz. (3 8 oz. pkgs)cream cheese at room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
Generously butter a 9" pie plate.
Press about 1 1/2 cups blueberries into the butter to line the pie plate. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp granulated sugar.
Sprinkle the gelatin into 1/3 cup of cream in a medium sauce pan to soften. Stir in the egg and the remaining granulated sugar. Place over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens slightly and comes to a boil.
Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Slowly add the gelatin mixture, beating until well blended. Beat the remaining 1/3 cup whipping cream until stiff. Fold into cream cheese mixture. Pour mixture into blueberry shell and chill 3-4 hours.
At serving time sprinkle with remaining blueberries and sifted powdered sugar.
09 June 2009
Cheesecake Week : Day 2
Butter Pecan Cheesecake
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup (5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon) butter, melted
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring
1 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted (see Note, below)
Preheat oven to 475°F.
Combine the cracker crumbs, sugar, butter and pecans, mixing well. Reserve 1/3 cup of the mixture. Firmly press the remaining mixture on bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
At medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1-1/2 cups sugar, mixing well. Then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the sour cream, vanilla and butter flavoring, mixing well. Stir in the 1 cup of toasted pecans.
Pour batter into prepared springform pan. Sprinkle top evenly with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake at 475°F for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300°F, and bake an additional 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, and then chill.
Note : Place chopped pecans in a single layer on a cookie sheet and toast in a 350°F oven for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you begin to smell them. Allow them to cool.
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup (5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon) butter, melted
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
3 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon butter flavoring
1 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted (see Note, below)
Preheat oven to 475°F.
Combine the cracker crumbs, sugar, butter and pecans, mixing well. Reserve 1/3 cup of the mixture. Firmly press the remaining mixture on bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
At medium speed of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually add 1-1/2 cups sugar, mixing well. Then add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the sour cream, vanilla and butter flavoring, mixing well. Stir in the 1 cup of toasted pecans.
Pour batter into prepared springform pan. Sprinkle top evenly with reserved crumb mixture.
Bake at 475°F for 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 300°F, and bake an additional 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, and then chill.
Note : Place chopped pecans in a single layer on a cookie sheet and toast in a 350°F oven for 7 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until you begin to smell them. Allow them to cool.
08 June 2009
Cheesecake Week: Day 1
Yes, You Read that Title Right. In the Tradition of " Shark Week " , " Construction Week " , and all those other Weeks they have on Television I AM PROUD TO INTRODUCE " CHEESECAKE WEEK" ( pause for Fan Fare )
* It seems Due to the Current Economic Downturn we here at this blog couldnt afford a brass band " No wait...what ...ok...we found enough in the budget for a Kazoo ( Pause for kazoo fan fare ). NOW ONTO CHEESECAKE WEEK !!!
Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake
12 to 15 Oreo cookies
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2-1/4 cups sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch
3-2/3 cups cream cheese, at room temperature
3 large eggs
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup Baileys Irish Cream
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
Make a hot water bath by setting the springform pan in a larger pan. Holding down the springform pan so it doesn't float, fill the larger pan with enough hot water to come one inch up the side of the smaller pan. Then remove the springform pan and set aside the larger pan of water while you prepare and bake the crumb crust. (The water will cool somewhat, but that's okay.)
Pulverize the Oreos in a food processor or with any handy blunt object to make 1-1/2 cups of crumbs. (Don't overdo it; you want Oreo crumbs -- not Oreo dust.) Add the melted butter to the crumbs, mix to incorporate, and press mixture into the bottom of the springform pan. Bake for 9 minutes, then remove and cool while mixing the cheesecake.
Stir together the sugar and cornstarch in the bowl of an electric mixer until combined. Add the cream cheese and blend, at medium speed, until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the half-and-half in a thin stream.
Melt the chocolate chips for a few seconds in the microwave, and then stir in the vanilla extract and the Baileys until mixture is smooth. Add the mixture to the cheese mixture and blend well, scraping down the sides of the mixer bowl as needed.Pour batter into the cooled Oreo crust, and place the pan into the prepared water bath.
Place pan in the middle of the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 250°F. Bake for 90 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cheesecake to cool completely. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, then "spring" the pan and remove your masterpiece.
Keep refrigerated until serving time
* It seems Due to the Current Economic Downturn we here at this blog couldnt afford a brass band " No wait...what ...ok...we found enough in the budget for a Kazoo ( Pause for kazoo fan fare ). NOW ONTO CHEESECAKE WEEK !!!
Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake
12 to 15 Oreo cookies
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2-1/4 cups sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch
3-2/3 cups cream cheese, at room temperature
3 large eggs
1/2 cup half-and-half
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup Baileys Irish Cream
1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Butter bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
Make a hot water bath by setting the springform pan in a larger pan. Holding down the springform pan so it doesn't float, fill the larger pan with enough hot water to come one inch up the side of the smaller pan. Then remove the springform pan and set aside the larger pan of water while you prepare and bake the crumb crust. (The water will cool somewhat, but that's okay.)
Pulverize the Oreos in a food processor or with any handy blunt object to make 1-1/2 cups of crumbs. (Don't overdo it; you want Oreo crumbs -- not Oreo dust.) Add the melted butter to the crumbs, mix to incorporate, and press mixture into the bottom of the springform pan. Bake for 9 minutes, then remove and cool while mixing the cheesecake.
Stir together the sugar and cornstarch in the bowl of an electric mixer until combined. Add the cream cheese and blend, at medium speed, until smooth and creamy, about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the half-and-half in a thin stream.
Melt the chocolate chips for a few seconds in the microwave, and then stir in the vanilla extract and the Baileys until mixture is smooth. Add the mixture to the cheese mixture and blend well, scraping down the sides of the mixer bowl as needed.Pour batter into the cooled Oreo crust, and place the pan into the prepared water bath.
Place pan in the middle of the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 250°F. Bake for 90 minutes. Remove from oven and allow cheesecake to cool completely. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, then "spring" the pan and remove your masterpiece.
Keep refrigerated until serving time
05 June 2009
Saturday, Saturday Saturday....
The Showroom is PROUD to Present:
The Watts and The Shane Pruitt Band
When? 8:30pm (doors at 8) Saturday June 6th 2009
How Much? $10 @ the door
THE WATTS are a rock 'n' roll band in both the most basic, and conversely, most eclectic senses of the connotation. A solid dual-guitar driven lineup fueled with pulsing bass guitar and drums, THE WATTS have a style and sound to delight classic-rock purists, and the group has drawn comparisons to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead and Santana.THE WATTS is by no means a recycler of rock's yesteryear, however.
Comprised of four members who cut their musical teeth in the 1980s, and performed and wrote music throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, THE WATTS have a modern appeal to audiences and have also drawn comparisons to Sugar Ray, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime and 311.As diverse in their influences as they are in their individual personalities, THE WATTS contain elements of New Orleans-style funk, Chicago-style rhythm and blues and Detroit soul, as well as inflections of Jamaican-style reggae and flourishes of the Southern rock flavor indigenous to the band's Upstate South Carolina home base.
Visit The Watts' site for more.
Spartanburg has named Shane Pruitt its instrumentalist of the year for the past seven years running. Living and breathing the blues and gospel, The Shane Pruitt Band embodies a regional tradition while bringing its original tone and flare to every performance. Always experimenting with musical traditions such as Delta Blues, Gospel, and Southern Rock, The Shane Pruitt Band embraces the Jam Band traditions of improvisation and an ever-evolving musical experience. Picking up momentum with every performance, the group is driving towards uncharted waters while wowing critics everywhere they play. Coming off of their self-titled release "The Shane Pruitt Band", the band has made friends and colleagues across the board with their soulful sound. Having shared the stage with such greats as Johnny Winter, Junior Brown, Chuck Raney, Victor Wooten, Papa Mali, the Neville Brothers and many, many more, Shane Pruitt is a name well known among the insiders of the southern music scene.
Check out their site for more info.
The Showroom is Located at:
149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave
Suite 2
Spartanburg SC 29306
The Watts and The Shane Pruitt Band
When? 8:30pm (doors at 8) Saturday June 6th 2009
How Much? $10 @ the door
THE WATTS are a rock 'n' roll band in both the most basic, and conversely, most eclectic senses of the connotation. A solid dual-guitar driven lineup fueled with pulsing bass guitar and drums, THE WATTS have a style and sound to delight classic-rock purists, and the group has drawn comparisons to The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead and Santana.THE WATTS is by no means a recycler of rock's yesteryear, however.
Comprised of four members who cut their musical teeth in the 1980s, and performed and wrote music throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, THE WATTS have a modern appeal to audiences and have also drawn comparisons to Sugar Ray, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime and 311.As diverse in their influences as they are in their individual personalities, THE WATTS contain elements of New Orleans-style funk, Chicago-style rhythm and blues and Detroit soul, as well as inflections of Jamaican-style reggae and flourishes of the Southern rock flavor indigenous to the band's Upstate South Carolina home base.
Visit The Watts' site for more.
Spartanburg has named Shane Pruitt its instrumentalist of the year for the past seven years running. Living and breathing the blues and gospel, The Shane Pruitt Band embodies a regional tradition while bringing its original tone and flare to every performance. Always experimenting with musical traditions such as Delta Blues, Gospel, and Southern Rock, The Shane Pruitt Band embraces the Jam Band traditions of improvisation and an ever-evolving musical experience. Picking up momentum with every performance, the group is driving towards uncharted waters while wowing critics everywhere they play. Coming off of their self-titled release "The Shane Pruitt Band", the band has made friends and colleagues across the board with their soulful sound. Having shared the stage with such greats as Johnny Winter, Junior Brown, Chuck Raney, Victor Wooten, Papa Mali, the Neville Brothers and many, many more, Shane Pruitt is a name well known among the insiders of the southern music scene.
Check out their site for more info.
The Showroom is Located at:
149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave
Suite 2
Spartanburg SC 29306
04 June 2009
Shhh..It's a Secret....well...Not really....or is it???
Sauce's Secret Summer Cinema Series -
6/4/09 - Thursday
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Beginning the first week of June through the second week of August, on select Thursdays, Andrew Molinaro (a.k.a. "Sauce") will be presenting a selection of his favorite indie, foreign and documentary films from the last 15-20 years.
Join us for the following dates for an evening of cinema. Escape the heat, grab a drink and enjoy the show, it's FREE!
* June 4th
* June 11th
* July 9th
* August 6th
* August 13th
Doors open at 7pm and the films will be revealed at 7:30pm.
The Showroom is Located at:
149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave
Suite 2
Spartanburg SC 29306
6/4/09 - Thursday
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Beginning the first week of June through the second week of August, on select Thursdays, Andrew Molinaro (a.k.a. "Sauce") will be presenting a selection of his favorite indie, foreign and documentary films from the last 15-20 years.
Join us for the following dates for an evening of cinema. Escape the heat, grab a drink and enjoy the show, it's FREE!
* June 4th
* June 11th
* July 9th
* August 6th
* August 13th
Doors open at 7pm and the films will be revealed at 7:30pm.
The Showroom is Located at:
149 S.Daniel Morgan Ave
Suite 2
Spartanburg SC 29306
03 June 2009
SAINTS ALIVE!!! not really....
And No...I don't want Angry Emails b/c of this...I just found this Interesting that there are Little Known Patron Saints in the Catholic Church:
June 15: Saint Germain Cousin, Patron Saint of Abused Children
This poor victim of child abuse never had the love of her father or step-mother. They made her tend the sheep and she was made to sleep in the stable under a stairway. She attended daily Mass, leaving her flock in the care of God. She shared her dry bread as alms to others. Finally she was found one morning, dead on her vine twig mattress.
We do not know what happened to her parents, but we can surmise that they went to hell if they did not mend their ways.
PRAYER: Saint Germain, many children are abused today most horribly by their parents. Help these poor victims to rise above abuse and use it to sanctify their lives and thus obtain their true home in heaven, since they have no home here on earth. Amen
August 25: Saints Genesius, Patron Saint of Actors
Likewise at Rome, of Saint Genesius the Martyr, who while he remained a heathen was an actor. When he was mocking the Christian mysteries in the theatre in the presence of the Emperor Diocletian, being inspired by God, he was suddenly converted to the faith and baptised.
Forthwith by the Emperor's command he was cruelly scourged with rods, then stretched upon the rack, and tormented by the long-continued tearing of his flesh with hooks, and also burnt with torches. But he continued in the faith of Christ, saying: There is no King but Christ, and though I be slain a thousand times for Him, yet ye cannot take Him from my heart or my mouth; and thus he merited the palm of martyrdom by beheading. Although the Martyrology does not relate that he was never baptized, events make this presumption reasonable. Here we have another actor converted in the midst of his blasphemy. May God inspire the many actors today engaged in promoting all manner of sin to leave their sinful life.
At Arles in France, of another blessed Genesius, who undertook the office of copyist. When he refused to transcribe the impious edicts whereby the Christians were ordered to be punished, and, casting away his books, in public proclaimed himself a Christian, he was taken and beheaded, and received the glory of martyrdom, being baptised in his own blood.
PRAYER: Saint Genesius, lead all actors to perform only those things which are right and good and to avoid the many evils which they are given over to today. Amen
November 9: Saint Mathurin ( Patron Saint of Epilepsy and the Insane )
Here is a saint,that must have always enjoyed a good joke, for he is the patron saint of jokers and those who are employed to amuse the public.
His father was employed in the persecution and martyring of Christians. Despite this Polycarp baptized him secretly at age twelve. From that day he observed his duty in piety, by praying for the conversion of his mother and father. His prayer was rewarded by the eventual conversion of both. Let us learn that we have a duty to pray for our parents, especially when they do not live the Catholic way of life.
He was notable for driving out demons and calming the possessed. For this reason he is also invoked in cases of insanity, epilepsy and fer, because many time all three are a result of the influence of Satan. Many of the mental problems we see today are due to satanic influence!
PRAYER: Saint Mathurin help all to become free from the influence of the devil, which is driving them crazy. Amen.
May 4: Saint Monica Patroness of Alcoholics and Fraternal Correction
The story of Saint Monica should be familiar to mothers. She spent years praying for her son, Saint Augustine's, conversion. She was rewarded and soon went to her heavenly reward.
She was also married to a belligerent man, who treated her poorly and yet she did not complain at all. She was beaten and she did not complain to friends, who knew that she was treated far worse than any other woman in town. We should all learn to pray to God to have the offender change and then take whatever comes to us from our families, good or bad, without complaint: For a man's enemies are of his own household. (Matthew 10:36)
Further as a teenager she was commissioned by her parents to draw wine for dinner. As she drew it she began each day to take a little more, until she was taking a cup a day. A servant fraternally corrected her and from that day she no longer stayed on the course to drunkenness and alcoholism.
PRAYER: Saint Monica, you were corrected when on the course of sin and humbly accepted; help us who are sinners to accept the rebukes we so richly deserve and need in order to save our souls. Amen
August 27: Saint Joseph Calasanctius, Patron of Schools
Joseph Calasanctius - from his earliest years gave signs of his future love for children and their education. For, when still a little child, he would gather other children around him and would teach them the mysteries of the faith and holy prayer.
He was deeply learned in sacred and profane (i.e. secular) letters, What better way to grow up than by not only learning about the faith and prayer but teaching others. Indeed here is a man, whose life should be imitated by all. Further on the Breviary recounts: Although he was the superior of the whole Order, he devoted himself with all his might to the salvation of souls, but he never ceased teaching children, especially the poorer classes, and would sweep out their school-rooms, and was accustomed to escort them from their homes.
As we prepare to enter another school year, let us pray to this patron of schools to guide us in this most important task of educating children. Fathers, especially should pray, because it is their job to teach their children, especially through good example.
PRAYER: Saint Joseph, bless us as we enter another school year, that we may learn and increase in virtue.Amen.
If you dont believe these are true check this site out.... www.saints.catholicresearch.org
June 15: Saint Germain Cousin, Patron Saint of Abused Children
This poor victim of child abuse never had the love of her father or step-mother. They made her tend the sheep and she was made to sleep in the stable under a stairway. She attended daily Mass, leaving her flock in the care of God. She shared her dry bread as alms to others. Finally she was found one morning, dead on her vine twig mattress.
We do not know what happened to her parents, but we can surmise that they went to hell if they did not mend their ways.
PRAYER: Saint Germain, many children are abused today most horribly by their parents. Help these poor victims to rise above abuse and use it to sanctify their lives and thus obtain their true home in heaven, since they have no home here on earth. Amen
August 25: Saints Genesius, Patron Saint of Actors
Likewise at Rome, of Saint Genesius the Martyr, who while he remained a heathen was an actor. When he was mocking the Christian mysteries in the theatre in the presence of the Emperor Diocletian, being inspired by God, he was suddenly converted to the faith and baptised.
Forthwith by the Emperor's command he was cruelly scourged with rods, then stretched upon the rack, and tormented by the long-continued tearing of his flesh with hooks, and also burnt with torches. But he continued in the faith of Christ, saying: There is no King but Christ, and though I be slain a thousand times for Him, yet ye cannot take Him from my heart or my mouth; and thus he merited the palm of martyrdom by beheading. Although the Martyrology does not relate that he was never baptized, events make this presumption reasonable. Here we have another actor converted in the midst of his blasphemy. May God inspire the many actors today engaged in promoting all manner of sin to leave their sinful life.
At Arles in France, of another blessed Genesius, who undertook the office of copyist. When he refused to transcribe the impious edicts whereby the Christians were ordered to be punished, and, casting away his books, in public proclaimed himself a Christian, he was taken and beheaded, and received the glory of martyrdom, being baptised in his own blood.
PRAYER: Saint Genesius, lead all actors to perform only those things which are right and good and to avoid the many evils which they are given over to today. Amen
November 9: Saint Mathurin ( Patron Saint of Epilepsy and the Insane )
Here is a saint,that must have always enjoyed a good joke, for he is the patron saint of jokers and those who are employed to amuse the public.
His father was employed in the persecution and martyring of Christians. Despite this Polycarp baptized him secretly at age twelve. From that day he observed his duty in piety, by praying for the conversion of his mother and father. His prayer was rewarded by the eventual conversion of both. Let us learn that we have a duty to pray for our parents, especially when they do not live the Catholic way of life.
He was notable for driving out demons and calming the possessed. For this reason he is also invoked in cases of insanity, epilepsy and fer, because many time all three are a result of the influence of Satan. Many of the mental problems we see today are due to satanic influence!
PRAYER: Saint Mathurin help all to become free from the influence of the devil, which is driving them crazy. Amen.
May 4: Saint Monica Patroness of Alcoholics and Fraternal Correction
The story of Saint Monica should be familiar to mothers. She spent years praying for her son, Saint Augustine's, conversion. She was rewarded and soon went to her heavenly reward.
She was also married to a belligerent man, who treated her poorly and yet she did not complain at all. She was beaten and she did not complain to friends, who knew that she was treated far worse than any other woman in town. We should all learn to pray to God to have the offender change and then take whatever comes to us from our families, good or bad, without complaint: For a man's enemies are of his own household. (Matthew 10:36)
Further as a teenager she was commissioned by her parents to draw wine for dinner. As she drew it she began each day to take a little more, until she was taking a cup a day. A servant fraternally corrected her and from that day she no longer stayed on the course to drunkenness and alcoholism.
PRAYER: Saint Monica, you were corrected when on the course of sin and humbly accepted; help us who are sinners to accept the rebukes we so richly deserve and need in order to save our souls. Amen
August 27: Saint Joseph Calasanctius, Patron of Schools
Joseph Calasanctius - from his earliest years gave signs of his future love for children and their education. For, when still a little child, he would gather other children around him and would teach them the mysteries of the faith and holy prayer.
He was deeply learned in sacred and profane (i.e. secular) letters, What better way to grow up than by not only learning about the faith and prayer but teaching others. Indeed here is a man, whose life should be imitated by all. Further on the Breviary recounts: Although he was the superior of the whole Order, he devoted himself with all his might to the salvation of souls, but he never ceased teaching children, especially the poorer classes, and would sweep out their school-rooms, and was accustomed to escort them from their homes.
As we prepare to enter another school year, let us pray to this patron of schools to guide us in this most important task of educating children. Fathers, especially should pray, because it is their job to teach their children, especially through good example.
PRAYER: Saint Joseph, bless us as we enter another school year, that we may learn and increase in virtue.Amen.
If you dont believe these are true check this site out.... www.saints.catholicresearch.org
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