jack_babalon | Festum Omnium Sanctorum

No that isn't the name of the latest Dead Can Dance release silly, it's the Festival of All Saints and that's today! According to some shadowy sources I still maintain inside the Vaticans dreaded P2(aka the Propagandai Due): "This is a Holy Day of Obligation on which we celebrate the Church Triumphant -- all the Saints in Heaven, canonized or unknown. After Noon today, and until Midnight tomorrow, a person who has been to confession and Communion can gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, for the poor souls in Purgatory (who will be commemorated tomorrow) each time he visits a church or public oratory and recites the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory be to the Father six times. This is a special exception to the ordinary law of the Church according to which a plenary indulgence for the same work can be gained only once a day."

I guess this is the Catholic version of the "Get out of jail Free Card". Or maybe it's more like a divine rescue mission (which sounds like a Philip K Dick story to me)and a group of battle hardened saints go down to Purgatory to kick ass & take names. Wow, just like an episode of the A-Team: "I pity the fool who denies the miracle of Plenary Indulgence!" One little detail does fascinate me though. I wonder who some of the "Unknown Saints" are. Like the Saints of Arson, the Internet, the Saint of Mauve, the secret saint of Algebraic equations, the Saint of Circus Freaks ("Behold the dog faced messiah & his amazin' stigmatas of Love!!!"). I think for agnostics today should be renamed Make Your Own Saint Up Day!

Mine shall be Saint Babalonius patron saint of Unread Blogs!

Considered the "Superfriends" of Catholicism, The 'Justice Saints of Antioch'(pictured above) have banded together to fight those Heresy's no one saint could battle. From Left to right: Jacques "Ironlegs" Pierre, the patron saint of superspeed. Doc Pontiff & his Amazing Super Beard, The 'wonder-twins' Harp & Violin, (above them) The Battlin' Baby Jesus of Earth-2 & Big Mama Mary( attended by her devine make up team), continuing to the right, is Sister Grail mistress of the Christain Boxing Angels & finally we have Saint Chest Rockwell, patron saint of abs,crunches & sit-ups!