Who is your favorite saint?

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“Favorite” so to speak, God’s mercy is abundant upon all saints and their virtue is forever and ever abundant. But as we all are different souls with preferences for… hmmm… let’s call it… perhaps we all have a likeness in the specific Grace bestowed upon us with certain persons or saints, as 1 Peter 4:10 says. I’ll go first: Mine is St. Francis of Assisi.

1 Peter 4:10: *Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
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The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ always be with you.
 
Based on which saints I most often turn to in prayer, it would have to be our Blessed Mother Mary and Saint Joseph.

Close behind them would have to be Saint Benedict, whose Holy Rule and the many lives he inspired are an endless source of guidance, wisdom and inspiration in my life.
 
Teresa of Avila. I practice mystical contemplation and have done so since I was a child. I also like John of the Cross, but identify more with Teresa since she’s female, as I am.
 
Shino918 said:
“Favorite” so to speak, God’s mercy is abundant upon all saints and their virtue is forever and ever abundant. But as we all are different souls with preferences for… hmmm… let’s call it… perhaps we all have a likeness in the specific Grace bestowed upon us with certain persons or saints, as 1 Peter 4:10 says. I’ll go first: Mine is St. Francis of Assisi.

1 Peter 4:10: *Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.
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The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ always be with you.
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My favorite saint is Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in a Nazi death camp in Auschwitz.
 
Teresa of Avila. The more I learn about her, the more I love her. What an amazing woman!
 
I also like St Theresa of Avila and the St Augustine’s questioning mind. But this year, I turned to St Joseph when I was battle weary and on the ground (spiritually speaking) and I am still very grateful and astounded.
 
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My favorite saint is Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in a Nazi death camp in Auschwitz.
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Yep! My son chose him as his Confirmation saint. Reading the story of his life now. A very close second is Saint Pope JPII.
 
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My favorite saint is Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in a Nazi death camp in Auschwitz.
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He is a fascinating man, and seemingly on the path to sainthood before his sacrifice at Auschwitz!
 
Saint Arcadius for his heroic martyrdom. As every piece of his body was severed at the joint (starting with his toes), he continued to preach the Gospel. After all limbs had been removed, he proclaimed that his body was truly holy because it had finally been made a sacrifice to God. He then tells the crowd that all of the suffering and torment is nothing for one who has the everlasting crown, that their gods are false gods and the one true God is the one for whom he is being tortured.

If anyone hasn’t, please read his martyrology in Butler’s Lives of the Saints!

I also have a special devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes!
 
There’s so many to choose from!

The Blessed Mother, of course.

Also,
St. Pius X (my confirmation saint)
St. Joseph
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas More
St. Teresa of Avila

Bonus: Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
 
Saint Philomena. With her intervention i was able to get pregnant despite being told it would be difficult. Also st. Dymphna helps with my anxiety tremendously.
 
St. Francis de Sales, As Bishop of Geneva, the hotbed of Calvinism, he never uttered an ill word about them, despite the awful treatment he received from them. Considering the time and place of where he lived, that would have been truly heroic.

There is a story about St. Francis of Assisi appearing to him on the shore of Lake Geneva, and Francis told him, "You desire martyrdom, just as I once longed for it. But like me, it will not be obtained. You will have to become an instrument of your own martyrdom.

His commitment to Our Lord was nothing less than total. He is a wonderful example for us all.
 
St. Pio
St. Anthony
St. Clare
St. Franz Jaeggerstatter
St. Catherine of Alexandria
St. Denis
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Mary Magdalene
 
This sounds like a good idea for a thread in which no one reads the other replies, LOL. Forgive my rashness, but I know that I am joking. I used to thoroughly read threads like this, so I take it others do too.

Anyway, mine is St. Thomas More: “We cannot go to heaven in feather beds.” I used to sleep in a lot, so this was especially crucial for me.
 
St. Joseph of Arimathea (as I’m sure is obvious by my name)
St. Nicodemus
St. Thomas More
 
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