Friday after work, a few of us met at Most Precious Blood Church in Manhattan's Little Italy to celebrate the Feast of San Martino di Tours (Nov. 11th), patron saint of the poor, vintners, tailors and soldiers. The unseasonably mild weather, known as l'estate di San Martino, or Saint Martin's Summer, was short lived as temperatures unexpectedly dropped as the sun went down.

Warming up inside, we lit some candles and prayed for our ancestors, loved ones and other petitions. I made my usual rounds to the church's various shrines to the saints and said my intercessory prayers to San Rocco, San Gennaro, San Michele Arcangelo, et al.

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