Color of the day: Purple Incense of the day: Alder Sacred tool supporting my spiritual journey, I bless and consecrate (rededicate) you as I open my heart to your inherent power. Aligning our life-force energies by this prayer, may we together magic make. Holiday lore: Feast Day of Saint Agnes of Rome. Since the fourth century, the primitive church held Saint Agnes in high honor above all the other virgin martyrs of Rome. Church fathers and Christian poets sang her praises, and they extolled her virginity and heroism under torture. The feast day for Saint Agnes was assigned to January 21. Early records gave the same date for her feast, and the Catholic Church continues to keep her memory sacred. |