Today is the memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, patron saint of the Diocese of Richmond, Virginia!
Statue of St. Vincent de Paul at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Richmond, Virginia
Very short on time today, so here is more info about this wonderful saint at Catholic Fire and at SQPN.
If you are an Evernote user and have gone to iOS 7 on your iPhone or iPad, it may not be so obvious where Evernote’s Saved Searches are.
On your iPhone or iPad, from the main Evernote screen, pick Notes, to see all of your notes (well, really, just the last few you looked at). In the green bar at the top you will see the little magnifying glass. Pick that.
When you do that, you will get a screen of a few recent searches, and the keyboard. Touch and push the searches upward. The keyboard disappears and you see at the bottom of the screen Saved Searches.
Here is Evernote’s blog post on their latest release.
Here’s Sarah Rheinhardt on how she uses Evernote. Jennifer Fulwiler finds it handy for, among other things, meal planning and recipes. Any thing you _might_ need to remember later, just put it into Evernote. If you are just starting with Evernote, help yourself out later by tagging entries. The search function is powerful and does rely on the tags.
One more link, on how to make a saved search on your Mac’s version of Evernote. This is also not obvious, so I Googled and found this video, which shows it clearly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zNKC7oe7nI . If I find out how to create a saved search on the iPhone, I will update this post. (Anyone want to chime in?)
(FYI, I am not connected with Evernote in any way. I just use it all the time).
This image is a detail of the mural in the apse of Saint Benedict Catholic Church, Richmond, Virginia. I love how the painter has tried to represent a sort of full-body Glory radiating from Christ. I also love how Jesus is showing His nail-scarred hands.
The Raccolta has so many beautiful prayers, long and short. Here’s a short but beautiful prayer for the Sacred Heart: “May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be loved in every place.” And another, most appropriate for this weekend, when Pope Francis has asked us all to pray for peace, “Most sweet Heart of Jesus, grant that peace, the fruit of justice and charity, may reign throughout the world.”
For more posts about the Sacred Heart, try this Friday link-up at omostsacredheart.com .
Pope Francis has called for everyone to pray for peace, Saturday, Sept. 7. In the Eastern time zone of the US, pray especially from 1 pm to 6 pm. 
Some ideas for prayer and fasting here.
Vatican vigil schedule here, from Deacon Greg at Patheos.
(Graphic here from https://www.facebook.com/CatholicPulse, photo credit CNS).
Today is the feast day of Pope Saint Gregory the Great.
According to http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-gregory-the-great/ he is the patron saint of the papacy, musicians, students, teachers, and others.
This image is a detail of the mural in the apse of Saint Benedict Catholic Church, Richmond, Virginia. Pope Saint Gregory the Great here is wearing the papal tara, and holding his Regulae Pastoralis Liber, which you can read in an English translation here.
In the Office of Readings today, we see from one of the saint’s homilies, “So who am I to be a watchman, for I do not stand on the mountain of action but lie down in the valley of weakness? Truly the all-powerful Creator and Redeemer of mankind can give me in spite of my weaknesses a higher life and effective speech; because I love him, I do not spare myself in speaking of him.”
“Christ, you decided to show your merciful love through your holy shepherds, – let your mercy always reach us through them.” (LOTH)
Forma Fidei 