TWRP Historical Roses

I started thinking about saint names because of St Patrick’s Day on March 17. In our family, we never really celebrated this day. In school, we learned to wear green because otherwise we’d be pinched. I never knew why. Apparently, the Leprechauns would pinch us because we would be visible to them if we didn’t wear green.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_people_get_pinched_on_St._Patrick%27s_Day_if_they_do_not_wear_green

I also remembered my Uncle Joe on March 19. He would always call us all the way from Nebraska to remind us it was his Saint Day. There are many St. Josephs listed, but the one celebrated on March 19 is Joseph, the carpenter and foster father to Jesus. In my story, A LOVE FOR ETERNITY, Joe Morado’s birthday would probably be on March 19. The Catholic Church used to encouraged parents of the faith to name children according to the patron saint of the day.

I have a friend who was born on March 17 and her mother, who believed in using saint names, would have named her Patricia, but since she’d also made a promise to the Virgen de San Juan, my friend was named Juana. My own mother made a promise to the Virgen de Guadalupe. She so wished to have a healthy baby. I was born on October 5, so I might have been named Flora or Faustina. Maybe I’ll say thanks for my mom’s promise.

The saint day for Christina is on July 24, so I’ll say her birthday was on that day. Christina and Joe don’t have birthdays that would occur so close together, but I know they would make each other’s birthday very special.

What I discovered, which was rather interesting and so true to the secondary characters of Louisa and Anthony, is that their saint day is in October. St. Louisa is on October 9; St. Anthony is on October 19. Of course, sometimes there are several saints of the same name, but I picked these. I believe Louisa and Anthony would have been charmed when they first met to discover their birthdays were on the same month. Later, as their love grew, they would celebrate together.

I know writers sometimes agonize over what to name their characters. As we know, the name has to be just right. It’s as important as the plot.

Hope the following websites may be useful to you in picking out names:

http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php?lst=A

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/byname.aspx

http://www.babynames.org.uk/catholic-baby-names.htm

P.S. I apologize for not posting in awhile, new job, new stresses. Hope you enjoy. I also apologize to Shannon Robinson if she posts tomorrow for my late post.