Corona, More Than Just a Beer
To many, Corona is just a brand of beer. A brand of Mexican beer where you put a lime in the bottle and enjoy on a hot day. But did you know that Corona is actually a Catholic term?
In the Concise Catholic Dictionary of 1943 (seriously, this book is worth its weight in gold) has three different definitions for the term Corona.
- Five mysteries of the Rosary.
- Candles or vigil lights arranged in a circle.
- The circlet of hair on the head of a tonsured cleric.
St. Anthony always had a Corona on him.
Just too cool if you ask me. Make sure you do a Corona every single day. A Corona of the Rosary that is.
Why not three coronas? If one is good, surely three is better.
So I thought I was pretty clever after reading this and turned to my daughter to show off. I said, “SO do you know what a Corona is?” Thinking she would know the beer from seeing her Dad with it.
She said, “Crown. It’s Latin for crown”
I guess paying for four years of Homeschool Latin has paid off!