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Today is the Feast of St. Blase, bishop and martyr. St. Blase was martyred in his episcipal city of Sebastea, Armenia, in 316. Legend has it that as St. Blase was being dragged off to prison, a mother brought him her young son who had a fish bone stuck in her throat. At Blase's command, the chid was able to cough up the bone. Thus, St. Blase became the patron of those with throat ailments. Annually, Catholics in the United States receive a special blessing of their throats (usually on the Sunday closest to the feast) in which the intercession of St. Blase is invoked to protect against all throat ailments.

“Through the intercession of St. Blase, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”

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