It’s a tradition in some places to eat certain foods on a saint’s feast day. Often these foods allude to the way that saint died. It might seem a bit macabre, but Catholics have always had a comfortable, even familiar relationship with death. We’ll look at what Catholics call the “last things”, in a culture that is increasingly uncomfortable with mortality.

Break Fast host Father Brian A. Graebe is the pastor of The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in Lower Manhattan. https://oldcathedral.org/

Music and Production by Josh Canevari.

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