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THANKS FOR YELLING JIMMY IT HELPS TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS AND IS NOT IRRITATING AT ALL.
IT WAS POPE CLEMENT V11 AND NOT CLEMENT VIII WHO MADE COFFEE POPULAR . THE PICTURE ABOVE IS THAT OF POPE ST. PIUS V WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COFFEE .
Haha Nice!!! XD
Many people do not realize that coffee is not native to the Americas. After the pope’s approval, the seeds were brought to the New World during the time of conquest and colonization. – A few years ago, a man from Kenya asked me after Mass if I liked coffee. When I told him, “Yes,” he said that he was in town for a coffee convention and that he would come back later and bring me some Kenyan coffee – the world’s finest! I’m still waiting!
The Trappist monks at Our Lady of Genesee Abbey in New York sell great teas and coffees made by Catholic monastic communities. They also sell fantastic bread and other goodies! 🙂
https://shop.monksbread.com/coffee-and-tea.html/
Nice article!
“Satan’s drink”? 😉 In Poland strong coffee is called “a satan”.
On the campus of Ave Maria University, there is The Bean coffee shop. They sell a blend of coffee called Pope Sixtus. The coffee is quite tasty. On the label is a quote from Pope Sixtus, “Coffee is too good to be just for the Infidels, let us baptize it and make it holy.”
Not sure why I typed Sixtus instead of Clement… Maybe I need a cup of coffee!
Interesting and entertaining article, Sam. The Kenitz household will be sure to stock up on coffee for your visit this weekend!
Fun story Sam. My wife and I discuss God’s favored drink with two priest friends of ours from time to time, coffee or tea. This is because some of us prefer coffee and others tea. I am reminded of one article that our close friend, Fr. Pio Marie, presented to us regarding St. Gemma.
After a night of temptations and torments from Satan it was coffee that lifted her spirits and helped her to feel relaxed! She stated in her diary “After I had eaten, I didn’t feel at all well so he [her guardian Angel] brought me a cup of coffee so good that I was healed instantly and then he made me rest a little. Many times I make him ask Jesus for permission to stay with me all night; he goes to ask and then he does not leave me until morning, if Jesus approves. – See more at: http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2008/12/diary-of-st-gemma-galgani-late-august.html#sthash.R7qr7HvW.dpuf
Blessings to you and your family.
The first coffee houses in Europe were in Vienna. The coffee was abandoned after the Muslim siege of the city failed.
http://www.web-books.com/Classics/ON/B0/B701/14MB701.html
from my studies the story probably was probably made up in order to give more prestige for his coffee house, though I do enjoy the story regardless. When the army’s already looted the camp you can get the coffee
It wasn’t Muslims – it was Ethiopian Christians who discovered coffee.
http://www.ncausa.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=68
Muslims always claim credit for everything. They’re also inveterate liars.
It’s roasted by the monks…not brewed. The purchaser brews it. Anyway…interesting little article!
I imagine they brew it too, but hopefully they don’t sell what they’ve brewed. 😉
Very nice, Sam. I am. Catholic priest and I enjoyed reading your piece on baptized coffee, and whether it is factual or apocryphal does not bother me a lot.
And here I just figured tea was the drink of English Protestants!
I realize the image is the wrong pope (it’s St. Pius V), but it was just too perfect not to use!