Saints and your life

[littleone]

What saint has changed your life and how did you gain strength from them?

 

[TOP]

I believe St. Faustina has interceded for me and has given me much hope in the mercy of Christ. When I first came back to the faith, St. Paul’s writings really hit home. Tim

 

[Della]

St. Bernadette helped me appreciate Our Lady. St. Dymphna helped me get through a time of spiritual fear when I was a new Catholic. St. Michael came to defend me from spiritual attacks. And best of all, Our Lady took me under the mantle of her special protection and helped ease me into her Son’s house, the Catholic Church.

 

[water]

I believe St. Faustina has interceded for me and has given me much hope in the mercy of Christ. When I first came back to the faith, St. Paul’s writings really hit home. Tim

wow, another St. Faustina

• St. Faustina: When I was starting to grow spirtiually a bit, I got all so confused and when praying and reading her diary, I got so much out of it - especially how should one be obedient to his superior, offering suffering to God, and asking/praying for a good spiritual director.
• St. Rita: with her intercession, I’ve been controlling my temper a lot better and become to love those who have child-like mind and I too want to become one.
• St. Rita + St. Jude: with their intercession: I have a great job and for that I am thankful to God.
• St. Paul: my baptist Christian name: has been in my prayer and intercession at all time.
• St. Lucy + St. Francis asissi [did I spell it right?] - with their intercession, my pets got better when they were sick.
• Blessed Teresar of Calcuta - shows me a way to love others.
• St. Michael the Archangel - keeps me away from flesh temptation.
• My Guardian Angel: reminds me when I forgot to pray the Devine Mercy and keep me safe on the road.
• also, St. Christopher and St. Anthony: keep me safe on the road after many closed calls.

Thanks be to God for keeping the Saints busy while they are in Heaven!

 

[wcknight]

I believe my novenas to Our Blessed Mother, brought me to my wife, allowed us to have kids, when we thought there would be none (after several years, we were just about to adopt). Brought me back from being a lapsed Catholic, helped me overcome various weaknesses (not all because I’m still a work in progress).

Reading about various saints has strengthened my faith, removed or greatly lessen any doubts that I used to have. Convinced me more than ever that the Church is everything that it claims to be.

 

[littleone]

The first saints I knew were the angels and Jesus and Mary. But the first saint I was told about was St Anthony who is my patron st. I had lost some money in a match box I cried out and this voice said to me( I was 11 yrs) “you made that hole and you should fill it in someone else might get hurt”. I saw the logic and filled it in and there was the matchbox with my money in it. Forst time I heard a saint speak to me.

The next was St Christifer while trraveling, St Martin patron saint of the sick.
Then when I was about 27 I asked Jesus for some one to show me how He wanted me to live.That was when I met St Therese “the little flower” and my life was transformed I lived from then on for self denial, the little way and working against the flesh ( mortification, I guess). I started reading about St Theresa of Avila, John of the cross, St Bernadette, St Catherin of Ciena, St Jon the Baptist who I gained a lot of strength from, St Gema in simplisity, and many others. That is when I knew that Jesus wanted me to live that way.
Jesus also showed me how little I could do on this earth compared to what all the angels and the saints do in the spirit.
But also how much we can do whern living in the spirit when the gifts of the Holy Spirit are controling the actions.

God bless
littleone

 

[water]

Littleone,

The Little Flower surely shows us how to make God happy in every little we do. It seems to be easy to think of doing little thing, but in fact it is very difficult to accomplish little thing that pleases God. I too praying for her intercession. A friend of mine has been praying to her for her intercession, and one night out of nowhere there was a long stem rose in front of his house’s door. For me, I haven’t received a real one, but in my dream, I smelled rose’s fragment so strong.

 

[mommyof4]

At this time, St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy are really helping me deal with my scrupulosity.

 

[LilyM]

Littleone,

The Little Flower surely shows us how to make God happy in every little we do. It seems to be easy to think of doing little thing, but in fact it is very difficult to accomplish little thing that pleases God. I too praying for her intercession.

I think the Little Flower is an excellent model for most of us.

 

[Andruschak]

What saint has changed your life and how did you gain strength from them?

Hmmmmm…well, Mother Mary would be my first thought, with St. Francis as #2. Mother Mary for kicking me in the rear and towards RCIA, and St. Francis for bringing cats into my life as a way of healing after a life-altering surgery. I also wear the Cord Of St. Philomena. Hard to say at this time who is changing what and what strength I am getting from whom.

 

[water]

Hmmmmm…well, Mother Mary would be my first thought, with St. Francis as #2. Mother Mary for kicking me in the rear and towards RCIA, and St. Francis for bringing cats into my life as a way of healing after a life-altering surgery. I also wear the Cord Of St. Philomena. Hard to say at this time who is changing what and what strength I am getting from whom.

Pets can really brighten your day!
I have two dogs - one is sweet and playful; the other one is mellow but stubborn. Both make me laugh

 

[littleone]

Pets can really brighten your day!
I have two dogs - one is sweet and playful; the other one is mellow but stubborn. Both make me laugh

Hey I love the attitude your in God bless.
I had 16 fish they did their job brightened my day now they are doing the same for others. I had a beautiful cat it never came home one night I got married moved now someone else has it. I’v got one cat and it is so smooche and a beautiful white with some grey flex here and there.

Please can you tell me who - St. Faustina:is I can’t remember her. Is she the saint of the Divine Mercy and what is her specialty please

Godbless
littleone

 

[water]

Hey I love the attitude your in God bless.
I had 16 fish they did their job brightened my day now they are doing the same for others. I had a beautiful cat it never came home one night I got married moved now someone else has it. I’v got one cat and it is so smooche and a beautiful white with some grey flex here and there.

Please can you tell me who - St. Faustina:is I can’t remember her. Is she the saint of the Divine Mercy and what is her specialty please

Godbless
littleone

I have whole bunch of fish too and two beta fish, one of them has been with me for around 4 years now.

Yes, St. Faustina is the disciple of the Divine Mercy. You can read her bio right here:

catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=510

I have her diary which is very helpful for my spiritual life:
(One part of diary says “My daughter, be diligent in writing down every sentence I [Jesus] tell you concerning My mercy, because this is meant for a great number of souls who will profit from it”)

Link to site:

faustina.org/pages/diary.htm

 

[Trustful]

wow, another St. Faustina

• St. Faustina: When I was starting to grow spirtiually a bit, I got all so confused and when praying and reading her diary, I got so much out of it - especially how should one be obedient to his superior, offering suffering to God, and asking/praying for a good spiritual director.

Another WOW .

Also St. Teresa of Avila. They were chosen by God to help me to understand Divine Mercy and its depths. I love them both.

 

[littleone]

Another WOW .

Also St. Teresa of Avila. They were chosen by God to help me to understand Divine Mercy and its depths. I love them both.

Yes me to but I found that each one of the saints has a different stance. For instance St Gemma was so young when she died yet she let go of this life so easily in taking the abuse and violence. Also St Bernadette was like a person who was only spirit in that she seemed not to understand how to live as a person of this world at all. She only seemed to know Jesus Mary and Joseph, and was full of the spirit of God. If I was ever to say a person was full of grace (other than Mary) it would be these saints. I don’t use the words like piety or others I don’t understand, but love, grace, peace, yes.
My heart fills with wonderment at the thought of these saints. My whole being feels like it is floating what wonders of God’s love we have to perceive in Heaven.

God bless
littleone

 

[blessedstar]

Well now it is a strange facet of life that people see those who have died as dead, but the real fact of the matter is is that those who have died and now live in Christ are more fully alive than the living here behind the veil. If they were not they would not be able to petition on our behalf as they do.

Those in Heaven are my closest friends, that is the Saints and saints. They have fought in this life as I do now, they have faults and failings but they triumphed over them by way of repentance and perseverance in the faith and this had led to their final peace in Jesus by His mercy and grace. Saints are sinners who believed and repented and refused to throw the towel in.

Who better to turn to than one who has struggled and fought and now has truimphed in Jesus and gazes upon him eternally? What better friend can I have besides Jesus? I cannot because they have battled through everything and won the Heart of Jesus.

My saintly friends are: St Padre Pio, most close and loved to me is this man he has helped me fight many a battle against the evil one, his relic sits upon my desk and I kiss him daily, him I love very dearly, he is one of my best friends and St Therese she is ever near me and I am sure of her intercession by my commitment to Carmel, her picture smiles down at me from the wall and I love her so very much, she has bought peace many times by her intercession. St Francis because he knows I love my animals and all animals and he knows I love all of God’s creation and many times he has had the ear of God for me. By St Francis’ intercession my animals have been healed, have been found when they were lost and taken mercifully when they were suffering and their life was at an end. St Anthony because he knows I lose things regularly and he knows I trust that whatever he asks Jesus will grant it, so whatever is lost is soon found. St Elizabeth because she was a strong woman of faith and a loved friend of mine. My Blessed Mother I love her above all Saints I commend my daughter to her constantly and seek her motherly love and protection for myself and those I love and especially for the Priests I know. Pope John Paul II who is a Saint just procedure awaits, I talk to him often and seek his counsel, my heart is the same as his and I love his wisdom. My father who is a little saint, I talk to him and put my mother and my family under his prayers and every prayer I have asked of him has been dealt with with such wisdom.St Mary Magdalene because like her I am a sinner who loves Jesus and has changed their life by His grace and love. St Paul my most beloved Saint, tender is his care for me, always listening, always helping me, knowing I am a sinner, his prayers are powerful for me, I love him so very dearly. I know one saint who is alive behind the veil though his prayers pierce the veil, he would be cross for me to say he is a saint, but my heart knows it and one day I will see him in the green vestments of life when I cross from this life to the next, this Priest has been Jesus to me in the here and now and no greater accolade can a man have than that than to be Jesus to another and if this Priest is never beatified then it will be to his greater glory in Heaven that he was not known as a saint behind the veil but will be honoured as one in the glory of God.

All these but I know that they are in Jesus because what happens is of God even if sometimes the course is hard to run its outcome is holy.

So my thank you is always foremost to Jesus but my thank you is to my friends who live to the fullest, my beloved saints who by their intercession help me in my striving to please Jesus and to arrive by the narrow gate, the way of the Cross to Heaven because without the Saints the narrow road would be all the harder. The Saints shout from Heaven ‘Run the race, we pray for you’…I hope I do not let them and Jesus down.

 

[dkoinzan]

My children and I had been praying for years to have their father agree to having one more child. On my eleventh wedding anniversary, my husband agreed to having one more child. I was so thrilled. One month later, I was pregnant with my daughter. We gave her to our children as their Christmas gift. The doctors gave us ultrasound pictures to put in Christmas cards for the kids. I delivered her on Mother’s Day. She was born dead 31 weeks after conception. We had decided to name her Theresa Little Flower and we gave her to our Heavenly Mother for Mother’s Day. On that Day my Six year old son begged my non-catholic Mother-in-law to purchase me 24 red roses.

 

[littleone]

My children and I had been praying for years to have their father agree to having one more child. On my eleventh wedding anniversary, my husband agreed to having one more child. I was so thrilled. One month later, I was pregnant with my daughter. We gave her to our children as their Christmas gift. The doctors gave us ultrasound pictures to put in Christmas cards for the kids. I delivered her on Mother’s Day. She was born dead 31 weeks after conception. We had decided to name her Theresa Little Flower and we gave her to our Heavenly Mother for Mother’s Day. On that Day my Six year old son begged my non-catholic Mother-in-law to purchase me 24 red roses.

OH Lord it is through YOUR wounds that we are heald. May your spirit be ever in our sister and her family, fill her oh Lord with the Joy of your Fatherly love. May she know the beauty of this truth, that the little flower was not a little flower at all but the biggest in the garden showering our sister with 24 roses to tell her that her prayer has always been heard, showing her that Jesus love for she and her family can never be out done.

God bless
littleone

 

[littleone]

Littleone,

The Little Flower surely shows us how to make God happy in every little we do. It seems to be easy to think of doing little thing, but in fact it is very difficult to accomplish little thing that pleases God. I too praying for her intercession. A friend of mine has been praying to her for her intercession, and one night out of nowhere there was a long stem rose in front of his house’s door. For me, I haven’t received a real one, but in my dream, I smelled rose’s fragment so strong.

I have a thorn that causes much pain to me and that is, that my wife smokes heavily. To me that is money that could be used on accounts ( that she accumlicated before marrage). I don’t like the smell of smoke and although there is no smoking inside the house or in the cars the situation is not easy. Well i know that Jesus has given me this thorne and I look at the situation the same way as St Therese did with the Nun’s rattling their beeds, their splashing the soap sudds over her.

The strongest point though is Therese asking the head nun if she could work next to the one no one wanted to. I asked Jesus if He had a woman for me I didn’t mind if she had 4 children even with health problems. All I wanted is a woman who would love me for being me, she had to be catholic, and could hear God speaking to her.
I accepted my wife and have no complaints, and also know that this thorn is for my rubbing of the humanness. Like sandpaper against rough wood. I am the wood and her situations are the sandpaper.

I love the “little way” and live it to the best I can. It was never to be easy, or without solvable problems, solvable by Jesus that is through my listening to the HolySpirit. Being ready to get on my knees. I often think about Therese and relate to asking God to help me get up the next step so that I am more able to tackle the problem God presents to me. I know though that these problems are only problems because of my humanness, and that the problem is the fact that God is wishing me to rub my humanness against these rough sandpapers to irradicate obsticles ( in my thought patterns, beliefs) that are not what God want’s me to have.

You know one night I was lieing out on some blanket with my wife and I asked Jesus how much He loved my wife and I being together, could he show us in the stars. All of a sudden there was a display of shooting stars all over the sky and my wife said she thought that that was silly. I asked Jesus once more to show her and all of a sudden there were another show of stars and satalights moving all over the sky. My point is that this is the little way to the max in that God is our Father who delights in showing His joy for His children.

We only have to look at the children and imitate their acceptance, their faith and joy in having adults do silly things for them to laugh, enjoy life. Isn’t that the little way, to realy on God to the max, put all our faith in Him who cannot let us down.

God bless
littleone

 

[homewardbound]

Mother Mary holds me close when I feel weak and scared…and St. Therese of Jesus of the Andes is going to be my patron saint. I feel a very strong bond with her and i feel we are similar in our longing and deep love for God. Her life has always touched me and she’s my role model. Might sound weird, but I love her dearly and look forward to meeting her someday.