Did the saints find you or you find the saints?

[Rutherford2]

At first, I found Saint Ruth while reading the Bible. Then I tried to look for a modern saint as I was curious and want to compare how an old and modern saints think. So I found Saint Faustina. After an intense battle with the devil, God introduced me to Saint Monica. So Saint Monica found me. What about you?

 

[ZMystiCat]

I think I read somewhere that our confirmation saints pick us, not that we pick them. I’d imagine that that applies to many other saints in general as we get to know them. Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Francis Xavier are the three main ones I’ve made at least some connection with, though admittedly I’m still practicing on recognizing saints and angels more, as neither are talked about much in Presbyterianism unless to criticize Catholics.

 

[Lee1]

I searched for modern saints and found St Pio, who I grew to like very much, basically because he had such a great character apart from everything else. Also naturally I was drawn to St Theres of Lisieux and enjoyed the simplicity of her message. I then also read about St John Vianney who was extremely interesting.

The most recent book I’ve read was about Father Solanus Casey who is also a very interesting man.

The lives of the saints can teach us so much, and give us great encouragement as I’m sure was intended.

 

[Mary888]

On the Feast of Dormition a couple of years ago I found this small (1 inch) triptyque on the floor of a drugstore when I had a headache and I wanted to buy some flu drugs.:
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I recognized Theotokos at the left, Jesus Christ in the middle, but I did not know who the saint at the right is, actually I thought it is the icon of an Angel or Archangel. I looked at many pictures online until I found who that is. It’s Saint Great Martyr Ecaterina. After that I heard the thought of not taking the drugs I bought because it’s not the flu that I have and reluctantly I did so. The next morning I was okay.
Aftet this I had thoughts as whispers to come into churches, to buy prayer books, to pray. So she found me. Or she called me. Or Virgin Mary called me through her because it was Mary’s Feast.

 

[Lee1]

That really interesting, thank you.

 

[Rutherford2]

@Lee1 Here’s a snippet from my online diary which I normally won’t expose to public:

2018-08-17 07:38:25
An evil spirit spoke to me, by Rutherford Eddy

Ever since that day (11-8-2018) I started browsing atheism websites
and watched atheism videos as I was trying to rationalize why prayer
does not work. The rational explanation according to those atheists is
that there is no God. Then I venture further into other evidences
which can disprove His existence. That was unnecessary but the more I
dwell into atheism the more curious I became until I wanted to erase
God from my mind.

I stopped listening to Litany of
Saints or other religious music. I stopped all my daily prayers as I
think they are useless. In fact, I avoided everything that reminds me
of God.

This morning as I finished my breakfast and
was walking to the kitchen to clean my plates, a voice (I think it’s
an evil spirit) said to me in my heart: “There is no God. You are
all alone! There is no God. You are all alone! There is no God. You
are all alone!” It repeated many times but I just ignored
it.

So God finally introduced Saint Monica to me. She prayed for decades before her prayer came true. She taught me to preserver in my prayer and not to expect God to grant it in an instant. She also taught me that God may or may not grant my prayer in His own way as only He can determine what is best for me in due time. For example, if a child begged his father that he wanted a gun to hunt animal, the parent won’t give the gun to the child unless he has grown older and become a professional hunter. But the son still gets the gun in the end.

 

[Lee1]

Thank you for sharing that.

Matthew 13:12
For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

You probably know but this is speaking of faith. Have a blessed day.