We are going to make candles to remind us of St. Blaise. We will roll sheets of beeswax and decorate them with ribbons.
Learn about St. Blaise
And he [Jesus] gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers… for building up the body of Christ .
- Ephesians 4:11- 12
St. Blaise was bishop that lived a long time ago. He was a doctor before he became a priest. Legend has it that he saved a boy that had something stuck in his throat, so people ask St. Blaise to pray for them if they have a sore throat! St. Blaise also loved animals. Another legend says that he saved a woman’s pig from a wolf. She was very happy, and she brought him candles. It is a Catholic tradition use candles to bless people’s throats and ask St. Blaise to keep us healthy!