Why are we drawn to certain Saints?

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It is often said that we do not choose particular Saints to be our friends; they choose us. It is reasonable, then, to believe that God wants to establish a friendship between us and certain Saints…Why is this? …

Well, we won’t know for sure until Heaven, but I think it is worth asking the following questions:
  1. Do my favourite Saints have anything significant in common? (Maybe God is trying to tell me something)
  2. How have I benefited from my relationship with the Saints? (Maybe mention a particular grace, if you like)
I would LOVE to hear what people have to say about this. I find it both fascinating and inspiring.

Your testimonies may influence others to seek the friendship and intercession of the Saints!
 
Perhaps they were drawn to us first? Just a thought…
 
All of my favorite saints were contemplatives or mystics, and I am drawn to them, and their writings, because I am of a contemplative nature myself. Maybe they chose me. I do not know.
 
St Jude is my favorite saint. I guess you could say my devotion to him was “handed down” to me by my mother as he was her favorite saint. I know that she prayed to him when she and my father were first married and they were having trouble conceiving. She stayed devoted to him her entire life.

For me, I know his intercession helped me and my family tremendously during my mother’s illness and after her death. Many graces (more than I could even imagine) were granted to us and for that I will always be grateful.
 
God is the source of such variety-- such a variety of butterflies, but they’re all butterflies. Such a variety of tropical fish, but they’re all tropical fish. Such a variety of songbirds, but they’re all songbirds.

I think the same thing is true for people. There’s no one monolithic “type” of saint that God calls us to be. Some saints are great scholars; some are great servants; some are militant for their faith; some are quiet and humble and unassuming.

So when I’m drawn towards one particular saint’s path or attributes, it makes me think of fish schooling together, or birds flocking together.
 
I am drawn to St. Faustina’s writings from her Diary and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. When I read her quotes or what Jesus dictated to her I feel like I soak it all up like a sponge.
 
Thanks for sharing 🙂

midori:
I like your analogy; I feel the same way.

My favourite Saints/Blesseds etc., could all be described as “little souls,” like St. Therese, and/or they are Benedictine. This is interesting because I plan on entering a Benedictine Order that has heavily imbibed the spirituality of “spiritual childhood.”

I came across a remarkable revelation last night. St. Therese - in a locution or a vision (I am not sure which) - said this to Servant of God Sr. Yvonne Aimée: “You will help me to shower roses on the Earth.” I have tried, in my own small way, to do the same - primarily by means of promoting the little way of trust in God’s mercy. This encourages me greatly! 🙂

Sr. Yvonne Aimée, aged 9, wrote these beautiful words: “I want to save many souls and love you more than anyone, but I also want to be very small in order to give you more glory.” (Jan 1, 1911)

God bless.
 
I find myself drawn to certain Saints for a variety of reasons. One of them is simple enough: learning about a particular Saint’s personality makes me love them.

St. Catherine of Siena is a great example of this. I love the things she said to men especially. She told the Pope to stop playing cards with his cousins and to get back to work. She told Bl. Raymond, shortly after he was nearly assassinated, that he’s not trying hard enough and he needs to be a man. I just love that, and I love how St. Catherine encouraged men to throw away their love of comfort and follow the perfect man in all His particulars, Cross most especially!

Being a man in our effeminate culture is difficult, and we need wonderful Saints like St. Catherine interceding for us so that we can put ourselves aside, live for others, and learn to separate ourselves from the endless pleasures we’re always so wrapped up in. She can help us to appreciate Christ’s masculinity, and this is one reason I am so fond of her.

… I would have similar points of contact with the other Saints I love.
 
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I find myself drawn to certain Saints for a variety of reasons. One of them is simple enough: learning about a particular Saint’s personality makes me love them.

St. Catherine of Siena is a great example of this. I love the things she said to men especially. She told the Pope to stop playing cards with his cousins and to get back to work. She told Bl. Raymond, shortly after he was nearly assassinated, that he’s not trying hard enough and he needs to be a man. I just love that, and I love how St. Catherine encouraged men to throw away their love of comfort and follow the perfect man in all His particulars, Cross most especially!

Being a man in our effeminate culture is difficult, and we need wonderful Saints like St. Catherine interceding for us so that we can put ourselves aside, live for others, and learn to separate ourselves from the endless pleasures we’re always so wrapped up in. She can help us to appreciate Christ’s masculinity, and this is one reason I am so fond of her.

… I would have similar points of contact with the other Saints I love.
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Some excellent points. Thanks for sharing!
 
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