{"id":12112,"date":"2025-03-04T11:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2025-03-04T11:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T16:35:45","slug":"suffolk-county-ny-st-patricks-division-2-celebrates-the-feast-of-st-blaisebabylon-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2025\/03\/04\/suffolk-county-ny-st-patricks-division-2-celebrates-the-feast-of-st-blaisebabylon-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"Suffolk County, NY St. Patrick\u2019s Division 2 Celebrates the Feast of St. BlaiseBabylon, NY:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-621x1024.jpg 621w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-768x1266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-932x1536.jpg 932w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3-1242x2048.jpg 1242w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AOH-Fr-Brian-St-Blaise-3.jpg 1383w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pictured with Monsignor Brian is Division 2\u2019s Past President (and Division 2\u2019s 2025 Hibernian of the Year), Matt Buckley.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On February 3 rd , after Suffolk County, NY Division 2\u2019s men\u2019s monthly meeting was completed, Division 2\u2019s chaplain Monsignor Brian McNamara offered to all men in attendance to have their throats blessed, to celebrate this Feast Day.<br>Saint Blaise is the patron saint of throat illness. He is also the patron saint of doctors who treat throat ailments. According to the Acts, while Bishop Blaise was being taken into custody, a distraught mother, whose only child was choking on a fish bone, threw herself at his feet and implored his intercession. Touched by her distress, he offered up on his prayers, and the child was cured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, Saint Blaise is invoked for protection against injuries and illnesses of the throat. For all our men members who had their throats blessed by Chaplain Monsignor Brian McNamara, it was comforting to have the two candles held to our throats as we heard Monsignor Brian pray: \u201cThrough the intercession of Saint Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from every disease of the throat and from every other<br>illness\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Submitted by: Jim Killen | Division 2 Public Relations<\/p>\n<div class = 'socialMediaOnEveryPost'><div id=\"sgmbShare1-1\" class=\"sgmbShare jssocials-theme-classic sgmbWidget1-1\"><\/div><div class=\"dropdownWrapper dropdownWrapper1 dropdownWrapper-for-widget \" id=\"dropdownWrapper-for-widget\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownLabel\" id=\"dropdownLabel-share-list\"><span class=\"sgmbButtonListLabel1\">Share List<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownPanel dropdownPanel1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><script>  SGMB_URL = \"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-builder\/\"; 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