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Thom18
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Our Lady more than anyone else. I keep meaning to talk more to St. Andrew the apostle, St. Camillus de Lellis and St. Josephine Bakhita, though. I need to do that.
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bassmansteiny
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St. Philomena and St Maximilian Kolbe, discovered them when I was incarcerated. St.Therese of Lisieux, St. John Paul 2 or JP2 as I call him because he was the Pope when I was growing up and one of my roll models/inspirations. Mother Mary and St Joseph because well she is our Holy Mother. St. Micheal the Arc Angel and my Guardian Angel. Those are my main Saints I ask for help and to pray for me.
I also like St Augustine, St Jerome, St John of the Cross (our Catholic church group where I was incarcerated named our little parish, it was part of an outside parish, St John Of the Cross), Mother Teresa and St Joan of Arc.
I also like St Augustine, St Jerome, St John of the Cross (our Catholic church group where I was incarcerated named our little parish, it was part of an outside parish, St John Of the Cross), Mother Teresa and St Joan of Arc.
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Hope1960
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Mother Mary and St. Therese seem to be very popular.
blackforest
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Mine are continually changing. Lately . . . St. Agatha - breast cancer, and St. Gertrude - cats! 
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Hope1960
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I don’t pray to St. Francis of Assisi but I really do admire him a lot because I’m a huge animal lover.
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leslie85
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St Dymphna is my main one due to having depression and anxiety. Then St Michael the arch angel. I’ve had a devotion to him from the beginning.
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Mary888
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St. Spyridon and St. Nicholas lately. They just pop in my head often because I prayed to them both.
St. John the Baptist also, he has always been and continues to be. If he is depicted on the rood of a church I go to he just catches my eye at different moments in the liturgy and I dedicate to him all my wandering thoughts and tiredness and he takes them away.
St. John the Baptist also, he has always been and continues to be. If he is depicted on the rood of a church I go to he just catches my eye at different moments in the liturgy and I dedicate to him all my wandering thoughts and tiredness and he takes them away.
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Shasta-Rose
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St. Francis de Sales. And St. Therése of Liseux.
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CatholicSpirit
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My list is super long, greetz to Saint Nick! Much love!
The unnamed know who they are :
oints at heaven:: :: high five::
The unnamed know who they are :
oints at heaven:: :: high five::
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giuseppe96
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Michael, Jude, Paul, John the Baptist, Joseph, Anne Mother of Mary, Augustine, Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, Dominic, Pius V, Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Ignatius Loyola, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Pius X, Padre Pio, Faustina, John Paul II. To name a few…
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MagdalenaRita
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St. Rita of Cascia, St. Padre Pio, St. Monica, St. Augustine, St. John Bosco, St. Patrick,
St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Anthony, St. Francis, St. Odelia, St. Benedict,
St. James, St. Mark, St. Joseph, Blessed John Newman (the last four our my go to saints for my son), Saint Christopher(for my husband’s travels) and of course Our Lady under the titles of Our Lady of Guadlaupe (who led me back to the Church), Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Sorrows and recently due to happenings in our time, Our Lady of Good Success.
St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Anthony, St. Francis, St. Odelia, St. Benedict,
St. James, St. Mark, St. Joseph, Blessed John Newman (the last four our my go to saints for my son), Saint Christopher(for my husband’s travels) and of course Our Lady under the titles of Our Lady of Guadlaupe (who led me back to the Church), Our Lady of Fatima and Our Lady of Sorrows and recently due to happenings in our time, Our Lady of Good Success.
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Sarcelle
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The Blessed Mother, St. Michael, my guardian angel, St. Faustina, St. Jude
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chessnerd321
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On an intellectual level I always go to the summa, so St. Thomas Aquinas. On an emotional level I usually go to St. John of the Cross or the Blessed Mother.
St. Paul is my confirmation saint so he’s up there along with St. Joe. There’s a few other occasionally but that’s about it
St. Paul is my confirmation saint so he’s up there along with St. Joe. There’s a few other occasionally but that’s about it
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Footprints
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Lately mine have been St. Dymphna, the Blessed Mother, St. Joan of Arc (Confirmation Patron), and St. Therese of Lisieux. I do ask a lot of others for prayer too!
Tis_Bearself
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I have a huge long list so I will just put my top three:
- Mary
- Joseph
- St. Therese of Lisieux
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MarthaSo
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This might be an “off” question but how do you pray to them?
I’ve been trying to get closer to our Blessed Mother and have literally said things like “Dear Mother, you know Id like to get closer to you, can you walk with me today?” If I’m taking a walk. Sometimes I’ll have the nerve to ask if she can throughout the day surprise me with a sign that she’s with me. (This might make more sense to lonely people). But sometimes I’ll go home and forget I asked her to join me and then feel like “what’s the point if I can’t even remember I prayed to her that morning”
With St Therese, I love her, I’ll talk to her like a sister sometimes but seldom ask her to pray for me. Sometimes when I’m desperate I do but mostly I’m so used to praying to Jesus directly I don’t know what to say or to expect.
I’ve been trying to get closer to our Blessed Mother and have literally said things like “Dear Mother, you know Id like to get closer to you, can you walk with me today?” If I’m taking a walk. Sometimes I’ll have the nerve to ask if she can throughout the day surprise me with a sign that she’s with me. (This might make more sense to lonely people). But sometimes I’ll go home and forget I asked her to join me and then feel like “what’s the point if I can’t even remember I prayed to her that morning”
With St Therese, I love her, I’ll talk to her like a sister sometimes but seldom ask her to pray for me. Sometimes when I’m desperate I do but mostly I’m so used to praying to Jesus directly I don’t know what to say or to expect.
Tis_Bearself
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Talking to Mary and the saints is a good way to go.
Mary understands we are busy and our minds are human and we forget stuff. She’s okay with it. If you talk to her throughout the day you don’t necessarily have to remember if you talked to her that morning because you can just talk to her again.
As for St. Therese, it’s good when you’re talking to her to always ask her to pray for you, or perhaps pray With you so you both pray to Jesus together.
You might like to read about Servant of God Rhoda Wise. She was a Protestant her whole life and decided to convert to Catholicism when she was really sick in a Catholic hospital for a long time and made friends with the Catholic sisters who were caring for her. Her Protestant family and friends didn’t like that she converted.
She developed a great devotion to St. Therese and would talk to her and Jesus all the time. Allegedly she then saw apparitions of Jesus and St. Therese in her home and received many spiritual gifts through them, but because those are unapproved private revelations I can’t talk about them on this forum. Rhoda Wise became Mother Angelica’s mentor and influenced her to become a nun when she was a teenage girl, and Rhoda’s house is now an approved shrine and like I said she has a sainthood cause pending.
en.wikipedia.org
http://rhodawise.com/the-rhoda-wise-story/
Mary understands we are busy and our minds are human and we forget stuff. She’s okay with it. If you talk to her throughout the day you don’t necessarily have to remember if you talked to her that morning because you can just talk to her again.
As for St. Therese, it’s good when you’re talking to her to always ask her to pray for you, or perhaps pray With you so you both pray to Jesus together.
You might like to read about Servant of God Rhoda Wise. She was a Protestant her whole life and decided to convert to Catholicism when she was really sick in a Catholic hospital for a long time and made friends with the Catholic sisters who were caring for her. Her Protestant family and friends didn’t like that she converted.
She developed a great devotion to St. Therese and would talk to her and Jesus all the time. Allegedly she then saw apparitions of Jesus and St. Therese in her home and received many spiritual gifts through them, but because those are unapproved private revelations I can’t talk about them on this forum. Rhoda Wise became Mother Angelica’s mentor and influenced her to become a nun when she was a teenage girl, and Rhoda’s house is now an approved shrine and like I said she has a sainthood cause pending.
Rhoda Wise - Wikipedia
http://rhodawise.com/the-rhoda-wise-story/
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MarthaSo
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Oh my, thank you. This post was not only helpful (why didn’t I just think to talk to our blessed Mother again instead of thinking I failed and why bother…and I thank you for the idea to pray with St Therese as well) but it brought me a bit of joy today. I love looking forward to reading something interesting and inspiring about our faith (I always seem to need that) and I’m looking forward to reading more about Rhoda Wise.
Thank you. As our sister Therese said… I often wonder why God gives certain people graces such as a beautiful faith and others struggle so hard to maintain theirs. I actually pray to God to make me love Him more. I used to be embarrassed by praying that thinking God is looking down at me saying “That’s your job!” but maybe I’m a little bitter because “nowadays” I know I’m where I am spiritually (still drinking milk I would say) because it’s where God is keeping me. I’m only saying that because I know God knows how much I’ve tried to get close to Him through all the angst He allows a human to feel and with all my mental limitations and I just have to believe He’ll be merciful because He’s love. That’s kind of all I hold onto.
Thank you. As our sister Therese said… I often wonder why God gives certain people graces such as a beautiful faith and others struggle so hard to maintain theirs. I actually pray to God to make me love Him more. I used to be embarrassed by praying that thinking God is looking down at me saying “That’s your job!” but maybe I’m a little bitter because “nowadays” I know I’m where I am spiritually (still drinking milk I would say) because it’s where God is keeping me. I’m only saying that because I know God knows how much I’ve tried to get close to Him through all the angst He allows a human to feel and with all my mental limitations and I just have to believe He’ll be merciful because He’s love. That’s kind of all I hold onto.
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frumacat
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The Blessed Mother, first and foremost.
I pray every night for St. Joseph to intercede on my grandmother so she may have a good death (she’s 98 and still with it).
I put saints into two categories–one’s I have interest in, and others I have devotion to (they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive). I love reading and researching many different saints, without necessarily turning to them in prayer. For instance, right now I’m reading a book on Catherine of Siena, who I find fascinating, but I don’t think I would ever ask for her intercession (There’s something off-putting about her and I feel like if she knew me, she would hate my guts).
St. Bernadette, St. Michael, St. Therese, St. Teresa are saints I’ve spoken to in prayer. Also Peter of Alcantara, who is a lesser known saint, but I started asking for his intercession after reading Saint Teresa’s autobiography because she recommends him as a patron who always responds (they were friends). It’s been awhile since I’ve prayed to him. (For any Protestants reading this, when I said ‘pray to’ a saint, I don’t mean worship, I mean ask for intercession for, la dee da, etc. etc.)
I pray every night for St. Joseph to intercede on my grandmother so she may have a good death (she’s 98 and still with it).
I put saints into two categories–one’s I have interest in, and others I have devotion to (they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive). I love reading and researching many different saints, without necessarily turning to them in prayer. For instance, right now I’m reading a book on Catherine of Siena, who I find fascinating, but I don’t think I would ever ask for her intercession (There’s something off-putting about her and I feel like if she knew me, she would hate my guts).
St. Bernadette, St. Michael, St. Therese, St. Teresa are saints I’ve spoken to in prayer. Also Peter of Alcantara, who is a lesser known saint, but I started asking for his intercession after reading Saint Teresa’s autobiography because she recommends him as a patron who always responds (they were friends). It’s been awhile since I’ve prayed to him. (For any Protestants reading this, when I said ‘pray to’ a saint, I don’t mean worship, I mean ask for intercession for, la dee da, etc. etc.)
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