I’m a sucker for coincidences in dates. So on a whim I looked up the saint of the day on Trump’s assassination attempt, July 13th. Turns out it’s the patron saints of kings and leaders. St Henry is the only Holy Roman emperor who was ever canonized and he died 1,000 years to the day of the attempt. Maybe he interceded for Trump? From website on St Henry:
“As German king and Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was a practical man of affairs. He was energetic in consolidating his rule. On all sides he had to deal with drawn-out disputes so as to protect his frontiers. This involved him in a number of battles, especially in the south in Italy; he also helped Pope Benedict VIII quell disturbances in Rome. Always his ultimate purpose was to establish a stable peace in Europe....Saint Henry is an ideal model for all those who govern or are entrusted with wealth or power."
It’s ironic that most of our leaders speak peacefully (i.e. no “mean tweets”) but are very keen on physical war, while the one leader who speaks roughly is keen on peace.
I noticed a Fr David Nix wrote a couple weeks ago:
"I had Trump set as a major Mass intention for today even before I realized it was the feast of St. Henry, Holy Roman Emperor. There's some obvious differences but today's Gospel in honor of St. Henry is strangely reflective of the vigilance required by this weekend's events: "And if He shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open. Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not, the Son of man will come."—Lk 12:38-40"
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