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Catholic priest helped Patrick Sean Payton guide Saints to victory

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SEAN O'SHEA,
IrishCentral.com

Published Monday, February 8, 2010, 1:33 PM
Updated Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 10:39 AM

 

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Higher power: Saints coach named after famous Irish 'rosary priest'
Higher power: Saints coach named after famous Irish 'rosary priest'

A higher power might just have helped New Orleans coach Patrick Sean Payton take his team to their first-ever Super Bowl and their stunning victory.

Payton, a Chicago native, is named after an Irish priest known variously as "The Miracle Priest" and the "Rosary Priest."

Fr. Patrick Peyton, known as the famous "rosary priest," was said to have performed miracles.

Fr. Peyton, a Mayo native who died in 1992, would be pleased that a boy named after him ended up leading a team called the Saints to the Super Bowl.

Fr. Peyton was famous for his devotion to the Knock Shrine in County Mayo where Our Lady is said to have appeared to locals in 1879.

Pope John Paul showed up there in 1979 to celebrate the miracle.

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Posted by kickstar on Feb 15, 2010, 12:54 PM EST
And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him...Matthew 6
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Posted by shidoobe on Feb 10, 2010, 10:59 AM EST
God let the Saints win, not some Catholic Priest!
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Posted by edwardkeating on Feb 09, 2010, 06:08 PM EST
i love it what ever it's takes to win a super bowl especially when your the under-dog. this super bowl reminds me of super bowl III, when the baltimore colts were a big favorite over the n.y. jets. and guess what .....the jets won because joe nameth predicated the jets would win. i can also remember there was a sports writer for the detroit free press at the time named joe falls and he predicated the score as colts 218 and the jets 0. well needless to say the n. y. jets won. i love it. i'll never forget it, and i think super bowl III and super bowl XLIV are two games in the top V super bowls games of all times.
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Posted by JOHNTOBIN on Feb 09, 2010, 06:27 AM EST
The rosary is the greatest Catholic prayer after the Mass.
 


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