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I thought it would be interesting to post your favorite stories from the lives of the Saints, as well as other stories within our glorious religion.

Here’s one that grabbed me. I don’t think I have a favorite though.

Saint John of the Cross was given the gift of “Discernment of spirits.” This is what happened:

St. John of the Cross exorcised a possessed nun on the feast of the Holy Trinity. He interrupted the exorcism to go to Vespers with the community. During the chanting, the possessed nun suddenly gave a leap and remained suspended in the air upside down. While all those who were praying stopped in amazement, St. John of the Cross commanded in a loud voice, “By the power of the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, whose feast we are celebrating, I command you to return this nun to her place.” The nun turned over and took her normal position in the choir.

Wow, that was cool! Do you have one you would like to share?
 
From a Man for Others a biography of St. Maximillian Kolbe the following anecdote is described (loosley)

One of the Brothers would follow the saint around. One day the Brother was no where to be found and Maximillian quipped, “He follows me around like a calf after a cow and now I can’t find him.”

It’s such a real, human experience. There is a tendency to elevate saints beyond silly experiences and humor. Also, if I could have met St. Maximillan I would have probably followed him around like that, too.
 
From a Man for Others a biography of St. Maximillian Kolbe the following anecdote is described (loosley)
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One of the Brothers would follow the saint around. One day the Brother was no where to be found and Maximillian quipped, “He follows me around like a calf after a cow and now I can’t find him.”
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It’s such a real, human experience. There is a tendency to elevate saints beyond silly experiences and humor. Also, if I could have met St. Maximillan I would have probably followed him around like that, too.
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Haha… Indeed! Sometimes I hope that the Lord places me in a religious order with a Saint (if I’m called to the religious life). I would probably follow them everywhere too.
 
Here’s an amusing story of the Arians trying to capture the Father of Orthodoxy, St. Athanasius:

St. Athanasius fled Alexandria and was pursued up the Nile. When the imperial officers were gaining on him, he ordered his boat turned around. At the time it was still hidden from the pursuers by a bend in the river. When the two boats crossed paths, the Romans officers, not personally knowing Athanasius himself answered them: “He is not very far off.” The other boat hastily continued up the river.

Slick move! He was even telling the truth.
 
St. Wilgefortis has the daugher of a pagan man. She had secretly made a vow of virginity, but her father promised her to a man in marriage. She prayed to get out of it. Miraculously she grew a beard and the man no longer wanted to marry her. She was then martyred by her father.

I read a letter from Pope John Paul I to a certain cardinal and he said Wilgefortis would make the perfect patron for the modern feminist movement–a bearded lady who wants to get away from her husband :eek: --I admit, it made me chuckle 😃 --I wish we got to know him better 🙂
 
There are lots of stories about St Teresa of Avila, but this is one of my favourites. She was travelling somewhere and fell off her horse, landing smack bang in a mud puddle. She looked up to heaven and just said ‘Lord, if this is the way you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few of them!’ :rotfl:
 
Saint Faustina - while she was ill and at the hospital, somehow she knew someone in need of prayer. She prayed hard until she found peace in her soul. Later she would out from others that the moment she found peace that was the moment that person at the hospital died.

Dying people really need our prayer, and the Divine Mercy chaplet is the very powerful prayer for this purpose and of course, the rosary is too.
 
Genesis315 said:
St. Wilgefortis has the daugher of a pagan man. She had secretly made a vow of virginity, but her father promised her to a man in marriage. She prayed to get out of it. Miraculously she grew a beard and the man no longer wanted to marry her. She was then martyred by her father.

I read a letter from Pope John Paul I to a certain cardinal and he said Wilgefortis would make the perfect patron for the modern feminist movement–a bearded lady who wants to get away from her husband :eek: --I admit, it made me chuckle 😃 --I wish we got to know him better 🙂
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That was the hardest I laughed all day! (…except for the martyred part.)

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These are all good stories. Keep them up!
 
Many miracles have been attributed to St. John Vianney, and accounts of his nightly battles with the devil, along with visions and conversations with Mother Mary and his favorite Saint Philistine. His gift as the Confessor is legendary, having the ability to know a person’s inner troubles & concerns, without being verbalized. So many stories, heres one -

A widow made a 3 week journey to Ars seeking the Cure’s guidance, as she was troubled with her 18 year old son’s desire to marry a woman she did not approve of. Arriving very late at the Church, it was very crowded, and she stayed in the far rear praying near a statue of St. John the Baptist, disappointed she would not be able to talk with him. Father Vianney opened the confessional door at the front of the Church, quickly looked around, then started briskly trotting to the rear. He stopped at the widow, placing his hand on her shoulder, and whispered “Do not worry, let them marry. They will be very happy”. He then returned to his confessional booth.
 
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Many miracles have been attributed to St. John Vianney, and accounts of his nightly battles with the devil, along with visions and conversations with Mother Mary and his favorite Saint Philistine. His gift as the Confessor is legendary, having the ability to know a person’s inner troubles & concerns, without being verbalized. So many stories, heres one -

A widow made a 3 week journey to Ars seeking the Cure’s guidance, as she was troubled with her 18 year old son’s desire to marry a woman she did not approve of. Arriving very late at the Church, it was very crowded, and she stayed in the far rear praying near a statue of St. John the Baptist, disappointed she would not be able to talk with him. Father Vianney opened the confessional door at the front of the Church, quickly looked around, then started briskly trotting to the rear. He stopped at the widow, placing his hand on her shoulder, and whispered “Do not worry, let them marry. They will be very happy”. He then returned to his confessional booth.
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That’s a good one… never heard it before. Thanks.
 
Light_Seeker said:
Many miracles have been attributed to St. John Vianney, and accounts of his nightly battles with the devil, along with visions and conversations with Mother Mary and his favorite Saint Philistine. His gift as the Confessor is legendary, having the ability to know a person’s inner troubles & concerns, without being verbalized. So many stories, heres one -

A widow made a 3 week journey to Ars seeking the Cure’s guidance, as she was troubled with her 18 year old son’s desire to marry a woman she did not approve of. Arriving very late at the Church, it was very crowded, and she stayed in the far rear praying near a statue of St. John the Baptist, disappointed she would not be able to talk with him. Father Vianney opened the confessional door at the front of the Church, quickly looked around, then started briskly trotting to the rear. He stopped at the widow, placing his hand on her shoulder, and whispered “Do not worry, let them marry. They will be very happy”. He then returned to his confessional booth.
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Another St. John Vianney story I heard was that he wasn’t the most brilliant of priests, academically speaking, and he knew it. When a petition was filed with the bishop asking for St. John’s removal, he signed his name on it too.

I had to smile at that.
 
St. Francis was roaming up in the mountains with his brothers when they came upon a cave. Francis exclaimed that he had found a great treasure in the cave and when entering they found Francis deep in prayer, his treasure was prayer:)
 
There is a story in the Life of St. Martin that I’m rather fond of. Entering the city of Paris, St. Martin came across a certain leper. To the horror of the crowd that had gathered to greet him, St. Martin gave the leper a holy kiss and a blessing. The leper was immediately healed, and on the next day he was found in the church of the city praising God for the miracle which had been done for him.

For anyone interested, The Life of St. Martin is a great read about one of the Church’s greatest bishops.
 
LilyM said:
There are lots of stories about St Teresa of Avila, but this is one of my favourites. She was travelling somewhere and fell off her horse, landing smack bang in a mud puddle. She looked up to heaven and just said ‘Lord, if this is the way you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few of them!’ :rotfl:
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Now that one I’ve heard before and found it so like St. Teresa.🙂
 
One day a friend of St. Teresa of Avila came to the convent with several partridges that he had shot and gave them to her. Teresa thanked him and went to the kitchen to prepare and cook them. She was sitting down to eat when one of the more gloomy nuns came in and said, “Sister, is this really suitable for an order like ours which is vowed to penance”? and St. Teresa said, “Sister, there is a time for penance and a time for partridge.”
 
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