"3 Reasons Why St. Athanasius is My Favorite Saint!." --Begins with amusing graphic

[mdgspencer]

see 3 Reasons Why St. Athanasius is My Favorite Saint! – EpicPew

Saint Athanasius, a stand-out person in the Roman Empire, did not live a peaceful life. He was at war as a great defender of the Catholic faith.

 

[Divine3]

Great link…thanks

 

[Tis_Bearself]

The EWTN “Doctors of the Church” program on him was a great way for me to learn about him.
Now if I could just find the one on St Catherine of Siena streaming somewhere…

 

[Muzhik]

Here’s a 4th and a 5th reason:

1. The man was a genius. IIRC, he wrote something like 80 books – by hand, of course – no word processors, no typewriters, not even manual ones. Just dipping quill into ink over and over, and every once in a while having to reshape the quill or break in a new one. I can’t even get to the bottom of a page, using a pen, without forgetting what it was I wanted to say at the top of the page.
2. He was the Fr. Gabriele Amorth of his age. By that I mean he was renown as the best exorcist of his age and one of the most effective exorcists ever. He promoted a prayer that he stated is the line of scripture most hated by demons, and which I have found to be exceptionally powerful when feeling oppressed:

Arise, O Lord, and scatter Your enemies
And let those who hate You flee before Your face.

It’s the prayer Moses would say every day when leading the Israelites through the desert.