Saints to Share

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What saints and blesseds do you feel especially inspiring stories; stories that testify to the fullness of the Catholic faith in particularly amazing ways? Who do you feel might inspire a secular audience with their virtue and devotion? I plan to start posting saint stories on instagram every morning. I am a 17 y/o male.
 
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I really like St. Therese, St. Pope John Paul II, St. Clare and St. Mary Magdalene.
 
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Giuseppe Moscati
St. Thomas More
St. Moses the Black
St. Jose Sanchez Del Rio
St. Mary Mackillop
St. Andre Bessette
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
St. Katherine Drexel
St. Damian of Molokai
St. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero
St. Philip Neri
St. John XXIII
Bl. Miguel Pro
Bl. Jerzy Popieluszko
Bl. Solanus Casey
Bl. Bartolo Longo

Be sure to read good sources on the saints you post. Wikipedia is usually pretty good. The saint blurbs posted online at websites like Catholic Culture often leave quite a lot out of the amazing stories of saints.
 
St Augustine. He had a worldly life that everyone can relate to but was always searching for the truth. Then one day his life changes and he converts…to the extent that he is a Latin Church Father.
His “Confessions” is one of the best books I’ve read, so inspiring.
 
Saint Maria Goretti, who teaches us about forgiveness. This eleven year old, who was stabbed fourteen times forgave her attacker, even in the midst of horrendous physical suffering. As she lay dying in the hospital, her last words were; “I forgive Alessandro Serenelli … and I want him with me in heaven forever.”

Simply remarkable!
 
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Thanks. I’ll look into them. I was certain I’d do St. Jose Sanchez del Rio when I came up with the idea.
 
Saint Josephine Bakhita. Her story is called, “From Slave to Saint”. Whereas Jesus was a slave by choice, Saint Bakhita was enslaved by force. Once her freedom was bought, however, thanks to the convent she’d stayed in with one of her master’s families, she chose to remain a slave, only this time to be a slave for Christ.

During her life with the religious order, she began speaking to sisters of many different convents to share her story and prepare sisters for missions to Africa. When asked what she would do if she saw her old slaveholders, she famously said that she would kneel and kiss their hands, because if that hadn’t happened, “I wouldn’t be a Christian today”.

The world may have said that she had a right to be bitter about her condition. Instead, she showed great love in her exercise of forgiveness towards those who’d wronged her.
 
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