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Saint of the Day (April 21) ✠ St. Conrad of Parzham ✠ Born: December 22, 1818,  Bad Griesbach, Germany Died: April 21, 1894,  Altötting, Germany Feast: 21 April Parents: Bartholomäus Birndorfer, Gertrude Niedermayer Time vindicates justice and righteousness. But it is difficult to understand how the verdict of time – given age after age the wisdom of God manifested so clearly at every epoch of history – can still be ignored, and how the world of men will yet persist in pursuing the ways of injustice and folly. Christ was condemned to die between criminals; the world had triumphed, it seemed! Christ rose from the dead and the religion which, it was thought, had died with Him and which counted only a paltry following of ignorant men, came forth with Him from the tomb. Christianity, for a season concealed in private houses or buried in the catacombs, at length emerged from its hiding places to preach in majestic basilica and imperia...

Saint of the Day (April 21) ✠ St. Anselm of Canterbury ✠ Born: 1033 Aosta, Italy Died: April 21, 1109,  Canterbury, United Kingdom Full name: Anselmo d'Aosta Church: Catholic Church Appointed: 1093 Parents: Eremberga de Ginevra, Gundulf de Candia St. Anselm (1033-1109) was born into a noble family in the Lombardy region of Italy. The example of his pious mother led him to great faith, and he sought to enter the monastery at age 15. However, the abbot refused him due to Anselm's stern father. After his mother's death Anselm left home and settled in Normandy to study under the direction of a famed monk named Lanfranc. Upon the death of his father, Anselm became a Benedictine monk at the age of 27. Due to his brilliance, Anselm became a teacher at the abbey's school and prior of the monastery. He went on to become the most learned theologian, philosopher, and mystic of his generation, the greatest since St. Augustine of Hippo. Anse...