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kim_wilson
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Hey—anybody heard of St. Thekla of Iconium? I just read the Acts of Paul and Thekla (an apocryphal book) and it was fascinating.
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marypar
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St. Alphonsus Liguori (suffered with scrupulosity, as I do)
St. Maria Goretti
St. Dominic Savio
Maximillan Kolbe
Blessed margaret Costello
St. Maria Goretti
St. Dominic Savio
Maximillan Kolbe
Blessed margaret Costello
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jay_2
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i love being a roman catholic
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wcknight
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Our Blessed Mother, then St Anthony of Padua. miracle worker extraordinaire… and of course St Aloysius Gonzaga the patron saint of my high school…Gonzaga HS in DC… go Eagles !!!
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nkelly
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Saint Faustina!
How she suffered so much in doing the Lord’s will and thereby save so many souls. Thank her and God for the Divine Mercy devotions!
How she suffered so much in doing the Lord’s will and thereby save so many souls. Thank her and God for the Divine Mercy devotions!
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didymus
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jay 2:
St. Thomas the Apostle – who gets an unfair rap for being a doubter.
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Chickamauga
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deaconswife
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St. Nicholas is still on the calendar - his feast day is December 6th.St. Nicholas of Myra ( I don’t think he’s an official saint anymore,but I believe he existed.
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My favorite is St. Rapheal - I have two teen drivers -nuff said
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Trick
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Saint PaTrick 
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Trick
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hilde_the_dog
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St Augustine
and St Raymond of Penafort (reminds me of my deceased father in law who helped lead me into the catholic church
and St Raymond of Penafort (reminds me of my deceased father in law who helped lead me into the catholic church
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empther
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It’s no contest…
Saint Joan of Arc
“Joan is a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind, that she finds no equal in a thousand years.”
----British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill
Saint Joan of Arc
“Joan is a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind, that she finds no equal in a thousand years.”
----British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill
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adstrinity
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St. Monessa
–Dymphna
–John the Baptist
–Sir Thomas Moore
–Gregory the Illuminator
Blessed Kateri
and more
BUT, Monessa is DEFINITELY my #1!!
–Dymphna
–John the Baptist
–Sir Thomas Moore
–Gregory the Illuminator
Blessed Kateri
and more
BUT, Monessa is DEFINITELY my #1!!
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Zooey
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St Teresa of Avila…Sweeping the devil out of the convent with a broom…Pulling out her castanets & dancing through the halls…Muttering “God deliver me from sour faced saints”…
Perhaps my favorite is that, a representative of the bishop came to the convent one day, & asked to speak to her. The nun at the door directed him to the chapel.
He entered, no doubt expecting to find her deep in prayer…He nearly tripped over a woman on her knees with a scrub brush. When she raised up, he exclaimed: “Mother!! What are you doing?” She:“Scrubbing the floor”.
He: “But…but, why???”
She:“Because it’s dirty!!”
You gotta love a woman like that…
Perhaps my favorite is that, a representative of the bishop came to the convent one day, & asked to speak to her. The nun at the door directed him to the chapel.
He entered, no doubt expecting to find her deep in prayer…He nearly tripped over a woman on her knees with a scrub brush. When she raised up, he exclaimed: “Mother!! What are you doing?” She:“Scrubbing the floor”.
He: “But…but, why???”
She:“Because it’s dirty!!”
You gotta love a woman like that…
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Gilbert
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St. Benedict of Norcia
Date: 2005-07-10
On St. Benedict of Norcia
“Prefer Nothing to the Love of Christ”
VATICAN CITY, JULY 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today from the window of his study, before praying the midday Angelus with some 40,000 tourists and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Tomorrow the feast of St. Benedict of Norcia is celebrated, patron of Europe, a saint who is particularly dear to me, as can be intuited from my choice of his name.
Born in Norcia about 480, Benedict’s first studies were in Rome but, disappointed with city life, he retired to Subiaco, where he stayed for about three years in a cave – the famous “sacro speco” – dedicating himself wholly to God.
In Subiaco, making use of the ruins of a cyclopean villa of the emperor Nero, he built some monasteries, together with his first disciples, giving life to a fraternal community founded on the primacy of the love of Christ, in which prayer and work were alternated harmoniously in praise of God.
Years later, he completed this project in Monte Cassino, and put it in writing in his Rule, the only work of his that has come down to us. Amid the ashes of the Roman Empire, Benedict, seeking first of all the kingdom of God, sowed, perhaps even without realizing it, the seed of a new civilization which would develop, integrating Christian values with classical heritage, on one hand, and the Germanic and Slav cultures on the other.
There is a particular aspect of his spirituality, which today I would particularly like to underline. Benedict did not found a monastic institution oriented primarily to the evangelization of barbarian peoples, as other great missionary monks of the time, but indicated to his followers that the fundamental, and even more, the sole objective of existence is the search for God: “Quaerere Deum.”
He knew, however, that when the believer enters into a profound relationship with God he cannot be content with living in a mediocre way, with a minimalist ethic and superficial religiosity. In this light, one understands better the expression that Benedict took from St. Cyprian and that is summarized in his Rule (IV, 21) – the monks’ program of life: “Nihil amori Christi praeponere.” “Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.”
Holiness consists in this valid proposal for every Christian that has become a true pastoral imperative in our time, in which one perceives the need to anchor life and history in solid spiritual references.
A Sublime and perfect model of sanctity is Mary Most Holy, who lived in constant and profound communion with Christ. Let us invoke her intercession, together with that of St. Benedict, so that the Lord will multiply also in our time men and women who, through an enlightened faith, witnessed in life, will be in this new millennium salt of the earth and light of the world.
Date: 2005-07-10
On St. Benedict of Norcia
“Prefer Nothing to the Love of Christ”
VATICAN CITY, JULY 10, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today from the window of his study, before praying the midday Angelus with some 40,000 tourists and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square.
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Tomorrow the feast of St. Benedict of Norcia is celebrated, patron of Europe, a saint who is particularly dear to me, as can be intuited from my choice of his name.
Born in Norcia about 480, Benedict’s first studies were in Rome but, disappointed with city life, he retired to Subiaco, where he stayed for about three years in a cave – the famous “sacro speco” – dedicating himself wholly to God.
In Subiaco, making use of the ruins of a cyclopean villa of the emperor Nero, he built some monasteries, together with his first disciples, giving life to a fraternal community founded on the primacy of the love of Christ, in which prayer and work were alternated harmoniously in praise of God.
Years later, he completed this project in Monte Cassino, and put it in writing in his Rule, the only work of his that has come down to us. Amid the ashes of the Roman Empire, Benedict, seeking first of all the kingdom of God, sowed, perhaps even without realizing it, the seed of a new civilization which would develop, integrating Christian values with classical heritage, on one hand, and the Germanic and Slav cultures on the other.
There is a particular aspect of his spirituality, which today I would particularly like to underline. Benedict did not found a monastic institution oriented primarily to the evangelization of barbarian peoples, as other great missionary monks of the time, but indicated to his followers that the fundamental, and even more, the sole objective of existence is the search for God: “Quaerere Deum.”
He knew, however, that when the believer enters into a profound relationship with God he cannot be content with living in a mediocre way, with a minimalist ethic and superficial religiosity. In this light, one understands better the expression that Benedict took from St. Cyprian and that is summarized in his Rule (IV, 21) – the monks’ program of life: “Nihil amori Christi praeponere.” “Prefer nothing to the love of Christ.”
Holiness consists in this valid proposal for every Christian that has become a true pastoral imperative in our time, in which one perceives the need to anchor life and history in solid spiritual references.
A Sublime and perfect model of sanctity is Mary Most Holy, who lived in constant and profound communion with Christ. Let us invoke her intercession, together with that of St. Benedict, so that the Lord will multiply also in our time men and women who, through an enlightened faith, witnessed in life, will be in this new millennium salt of the earth and light of the world.
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FuzzyBunny116
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Our Mother, St. Paul, St. Padre Pio, St. Philip Nerri, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Joseph.
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St.Curious
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striving
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St. Joseph, St. John the Baptist, St. Faustina, St. Pio
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Pius_X
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St Pius X
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jay_2
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a lot of people have said our lady but i dont think she is a saint she is more than that by far
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happycamper
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St. Faustina,
But as i was looking down all of your posts, i said , yes him, yes her.
there is so many wonderful saints. how is one to pick. So many to identify with and emulate, so many to learn from ,
St. Joseph, truely an awesome saint. St. Monica, i can identify with her, Blessed Jacinta and Francisco, i imagine their love and sacrifices, St. Pio, he gave his all. St. Montfort, his love for Mary, Bl. Kekakwitha, St. Kolbe.
I could go on and on.
But as i was looking down all of your posts, i said , yes him, yes her.
there is so many wonderful saints. how is one to pick. So many to identify with and emulate, so many to learn from ,
St. Joseph, truely an awesome saint. St. Monica, i can identify with her, Blessed Jacinta and Francisco, i imagine their love and sacrifices, St. Pio, he gave his all. St. Montfort, his love for Mary, Bl. Kekakwitha, St. Kolbe.
I could go on and on.
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