Patron saint's day or your birthday?

[HJ3822]

Which one is more important to you - your patron saint’s day or your birthday? By importance, I mean celebrating your birthday or celebrating your patron saint’s day instead of your birthday.Do you celebrate birthdays at all, or are patron saint’s days more important to you?

 

[Elizium23]

The Holy See has recommended that the day of our baptism be remembered and celebrated as a birthday.

 

[GreyWings]

Cool post.

I was delighted to learn that my patron saint, St. Michael the Archangel’s “Michaelmas” is on September 29th. I will spend this day serving God and praying/fasting.

 

[jaimeleglise]

I celebrate both because my wonderful husband wanted to be married on my patron Saint day. It is now our wedding anniversary.

In some cultures, I think maybe Orthodox and Hispanic, not sure, they celebrate their “nameday” (patron Saint day).

 

[CatholicWhovian]

Which one is more important to you - your patron saint’s day or your birthday? By importance, I mean celebrating your birthday or celebrating your patron saint’s day instead of your birthday.Do you celebrate birthdays at all, or are patron saint’s days more important to you?

Of course we do celebrate birthdays. Duh. We’re not like people in Saudi Arabia - wherein you’re forbidden by law to celebrate your birthday.

Personally I celebrate my birthday more than any patron saint’s day to be honest.

But here in the Philippines we have festivals or fiestas which are celebrated in a particular patron saint’s feast day. For example, in St. John the Baptist’s feast day(June 24) there is a big celebration in Manila wherein people dunk buckets of water onto each other.

 

[KendraDZ1902]

I acknowledge my Patrons Saint Day, but I celebrate my birthday.

I’m a convert, one, I don’t know how to celebrate that day. Two, I don’t know anyone who would celebrate with me.

 

[Murmurs]

On the one hand perhaps being a convert and on the other being British (ie we dont do religion in public or even among friends who may themselves share your faith, very much!) - I definitely celebrate in the sense of marking with friends and family, my birthday more. I do always try to have some kind of more private notice or celebration of my patron saint’s (St Catherine of Siena, in case the massive picture at the bottom of my posts wasn’t a clue!) day, 29th April. Not that I’d make it solemn for being more private, more just taking notice of it, perhaps in some way whatever, to honour her a little more.

 

[pianistclare]

I acknowledge my Patrons Saint Day, but I celebrate my birthday.

I’m a convert, one, I don’t know how to celebrate that day. Two, I don’t know anyone who would celebrate with me.

I’ll celebrate with you Kendra~ LOL

I celebrate both…my patron Saint’s Feast day is coming up next month!!!
As Catholics there is no requirement to celebrate on one’s feast day…but it’s a very good idea to pray a bit more that day, and to acknowledge the patronage.

In Mexico, children are often named for the Saint’s day either with the name directly, or a variation of the Saint name. For instance, the guitarist in the Hispanic Coro is named Carlos, after Our Lady of Mount Carmel. If he had been a girl child, he said his name might have been “Carmela”.

 

[Gorgias]

I’ve seen namedays celebrated over birthdays in parts of Europe, but not here in the States…

 

[marymary1975]

In Mexico, children are often named for the Saint’s day either with the name directly, or a variation of the Saint name. For instance, the guitarist in the Hispanic Coro is named Carlos, after Our Lady of Mount Carmel. If he had been a girl child, he said his name might have been “Carmela”.

^^ True. I have three friends who were born on July 16. Two are named Carmen and the other is Querube del Carmen, all because they were born on the day of our lady of mount Carmel (which in Spanish is also the Carmen Virgin). All three of them celebrate their birthday and at the same time celebrate the Virgin’s day. One of them always asks either for a card woth the Virgin on it or something that has to do with the Virgin to celebrate her saint.

I acknowledge my Saint’s day but just like Kendra don’t celebrate. It is actually my FIL’s birthday so people end up celebrating my FIL.

 

[maryjk]

I acknowledge my Patrons Saint Day, but I celebrate my birthday.

I’m a convert, one, I don’t know how to celebrate that day. Two, I don’t know anyone who would celebrate with me.

I’m not a convert and I don’t celebrate my patron’s day. And like you, there isn’t anyone that would celebrate it. And I have lots and lots of Catholic friends.

The only people that I know that celebrate their patron’s day are children. And their parents are the ones that make a big deal about it.

Also, like you, I do acknowledge the day.

 

[Sunbreak]

Birthday celebrated here low key.

 

[OraLabora]

I acknowledge my Patrons Saint Day, but I celebrate my birthday.

I’m a convert, one, I don’t know how to celebrate that day. Two, I don’t know anyone who would celebrate with me.

Best way to remember your patron saint is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours that day, and if you can, go to Mass, because if that saint is on the calendar, the LOTH will sort all that out for you, and so will the Mass if that saint is a mandatory memorial. Mine is St. Michael the Archangel, Sept. 29, and I do pray the LOTH daily so I will be taking note of it.

For my birthday, let’s say that at 57 I’m less and less keen on being reminded of being yet another year older, although I usually appreciate the “traditional” bottle(s) of wine my wife gives me as gifts and the “traditional” lobster supper, as my birthday falls right in the peak of the lobster season (June)

 

[GoGoDiego]

Since my patron saint is St. Lawrence, whose feast falls on my birthday, I go to Mass on that day to give thanks to God for another year and to invoke St. Lawrence to watch over me and intercede for me always.

I only observe my name day with a short prayer to St. Juan Diego on his feast day

Since I was baptized on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, I go to Mass on that day and ask his intercession that I may live a holy life just like him.

 

[KendraDZ1902]

I’ll celebrate with you Kendra~ LOL

I celebrate both…my patron Saint’s Feast day is coming up next month!!!
As Catholics there is no requirement to celebrate on one’s feast day…but it’s a very good idea to pray a bit more that day, and to acknowledge the patronage.

In Mexico, children are often named for the Saint’s day either with the name directly, or a variation of the Saint name. For instance, the guitarist in the Hispanic Coro is named Carlos, after Our Lady of Mount Carmel. If he had been a girl child, he said his name might have been “Carmela”.

Hey, you aren’t very far from me!

 

[KendraDZ1902]

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Best way to remember your patron saint is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours that day, and if you can, go to Mass, because if that saint is on the calendar, the LOTH will sort all that out for you, and so will the Mass if that saint is a mandatory memorial. Mine is St. Michael the Archangel, Sept. 29, and I do pray the LOTH daily so I will be taking note of it.

For my birthday, let’s say that at 57 I’m less and less keen on being reminded of being yet another year older, although I usually appreciate the “traditional” bottle(s) of wine my wife gives me as gifts and the “traditional” lobster supper, as my birthday falls right in the peak of the lobster season (June)

I’m 26 and hate being reminded of growing older. By the time I’m 57 I’ll be wearing mourning dresses on my birthday. LOL
I’ll take wine and lobster anytime, though!

 

[ProVobis]

I’ve seen namedays celebrated over birthdays in parts of Europe, but not here in the States…

When I lived in the UK, namedays were celebrated more. In the US celebrating a nameday is almost unknown, except for maybe in the Polish or other community. Or on feasts such as St. Patrick or the like.

 

[jeannetherese]

We celebrate birthdays and saint’s days in my family with birthday cakes and a saint’s day pies.
Hopefully those birthdays are the future feast day of Saint…fill in the blank with your name here.
May God bless all who visit our thread!

 

[Jeannie52]

The Holy See has recommended that the day of our baptism be remembered and celebrated as a birthday.

I did not know this. Thanks for sharing.

My husband and I enjoy celebrating our birthdays. I will look on our baptismal certificates for those dates.

 

[IrishAm]

The Holy See has recommended that the day of our baptism be remembered and celebrated as a birthday.

Hmmm . . . I was baptized in a Protestant church when I was about 11. If I celebrated that date, I could knock a decade off my age (or at least, off the number of candles). Might be worth thinking about!