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Stink Bug (Urolabida histrionica), family Urostylididae, Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa

1904-1955

Feast Day: October 13

Patronage: Youth, against sexual temptation, penitent women

Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa was a Portuguese mystic and “victim soul.” At 14, she jumped out of a window to save herself from being raped and was paralyzed by it. She was bedridden for 31 years and existed on the Eucharist alone, for 13 of them. Suffering for love of God, conversion of sinners and reparation for offenses was her vocation. She had visions of Jesus and of the devil (who tormented her). She died in conformity to the will of God and abandonment to her sufferings and is known as the “fourth seer of Fatima.”

~ Head of a statue of Dionysos.

Culture: Greek

Period: Late Hellenistic

Date: 150–50 B.C.

Place of origin: Nubia (Sudan), Meröe (Begrawiya), Pyramid N 5

An elaborately decorated early medieval double-sided bone comb, found in a warrior's grave in Fridingen, Germany. To protect the delicate tines, the comb was kept in a case. Early 7th century CE, now housed at the Landesmuseum Württemberg

Our Morning Offering – 13 October – “The Month of the Most Holy Rosary and of the Angels” – Our Lady of Fatima: The Sixth & Final Apparition Prayers of the Angel of Peace of Fatima(Given to the three children by the Angelwho preceded Our Lady’s first appearance to them.) I.My God,I believe, I adore,I hope and love Thee.I ask pardon for thosewho do not believe,who do not adore,who have no…

Late Bronze Age baby bottles from Austria, dated to around 1200-800 BC. Similar pint-sized vessels were found across the European continent, with some of them still having ruminant milk residue inside suggesting that it could have been used as a supplementary food during weaning