Reason 438 why I Love my Wife

Today in both the Extraordinary Form and the Benedictine Ordo is the Memorial of the Seven Holy Maccabees. Their story may be found in the Bible – provided you’ve got a Catholic or an Orthodox one. Martin Luther removed these books from his Bible – so if you don’t know their story, go read it!

I happened to mention this to Francine this morning as we were getting ready for work, and without missing a beat she began to sing “Judah the Maccabee” to the tune of Monty Python’s “Eric the Half-a-Bee”.

It was glorious!

We often joke that Pistachio House is the stage for “Thom and Francine: the Musical”. The reason is moments like this.

The account of the martyrdom of the Seven Holy Maccabees may be found in 2 Maccabees, Chapter 7.