Patron Saint Of Money

The Debt Panel's Patty Murray Problem

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid named Murray co-chair of the dog-and-pony deficit-reduction panel tasked with identifying $1.5 trillion in spending cuts by late November. Murray, an unrepentant Nanny State cheerleader and patron saint of the Washington lobbyist, is a double-exclamation point on the debt deal's rotten joke. Charlie Brown had Peppermint Patty. America has U.S. Mint Patty. This is a career politician who has never met a special interest that shouldn't be supported by taxpayers. Derided for her earmark addiction by both conservative and liberal civic groups, she has cemented her position as the Senate Queen of Pork over 18 gluttonous years in office. Murray takes perverse pride in increasing debt limits on pet projects in her home state. Her solution to our fiscal crisis: Spend, borrow, spend and borrow some more! In 2009, she stuffed the Obama porkulus with a $3.25 billion provision benefiting the federal Bonneville Power Administration by massively expanding its spending authority. Murray then claimed to have spurred immediate job creation. But the left-leaning "outsider mom in tennis shoes" has morphed over the past two decades into just another Beltway swamp insider in sensible heels. Murray has earned the scorn not just of right-wing taxpayer groups, but also of left-wing watchdogs who flagged her 17 revolving-door staffers-turned-lobbyists and fundraising conflicts of interest. Murray, you see, is the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee—and refuses to cease her money-grubbing while she serves on the debt panel.

Saint Expeditus: Patron Saint of Procrastination and Money Issues ...

There is some question about whether or not Saint Expeditus was a real saint or was instead a figment of an overactive imagination. Maybe this is because a patron saint of procrastination named Expeditus is just too good of a pun to be taken seriously.

The evidence for his existence says that he was one of six Armenian Christians (possibly Roman soldiers) martyred in Melitene in the seventeenth century; his fellow martyrs being Saints Hermogenes, Gaius, Aristonicus, Rufus and Galata.

The Saint Who Didn’t Procrastinate

Saint Expeditus is usually depicted as a Roman soldier who holds a palm frond, the symbol of martyrdom, in one hand. He also holds a cross, raised above his head, on which is written “Hodie” the Latin word for “today.” Beneath his feet is a raven labeled “Cras” which is Latin for “tomorrow.”

It’s believed that when Expeditus was about to convert to Christianity, the devil appeared to him in the form of a raven and tried to get Expeditus to hold off until the next day. Expeditus cried, “I become a Christian today!” and stomped on the raven.

A “Punny” Saint Name

Although there are several stories about how Saint Expeditus got his name and claim to fame, the one with the widest circulation states that his remains were shipped from Rome to a Paris convent.

According to the tale, the relics came with no identifying label, only the box was marked “Spedito” which is Italian for “special delivery” but the nuns assumed this was the name of the saint. They Latinized “Spedito” into “Expeditus” and the name stuck.

This story explains why he is the patron saint of procrastination, but why of finances? Maybe because putting things off to long (paying a bill, getting some work done) leads to financial woes.

"Saint Expeditus,

"I trust that you will pray to God on my behalf and ask Him help me obtain everything I truly need."

Saint Expeditus’ Dark Side

Testimonies of Expeditus granting favors at lightning speed have led him to popularity in the secular world. Sadly, these stories have reduced him to a mere superstition in some populations.

Expeditus also has an unfortunate association with Voodo and Hoodo, which makes him a bit of a quandary for devout Roman Catholics and the Christian Church.

Perhaps in response to his dual association, the Church has offered a novena to Saint Expeditus which may help to return him to a wholesome and Christian place. Procrastinators can invoke Expeditus’ help with overcoming procrastination by using the traditional novena prayer to Expeditus; that is, if they don’t procrastinate.

S/O Saint Matthew...the Patron Saint of money

Today we all find out if our financial worlds live or die a slow, agonizing death. Who would be the patron saint of money? I need prayers.

@ And money ball is BS too. The Patron Saint Billy Beane traded Carlos Gonzalez and Huston Street for 3 months of Matt Holliday

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Millions

Or I could have asked St. Matthew, who is the patron saint of money. Or I could have called the police. Or my dad. Personally, I ran across the field ...