Your favourite Saints

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What is your favourite saint(s)? And can you tell one or two incidents in his life that you think is wonderful.

For me, it’s St. Francis de Sales and his perseverence in spreading the Word of God. He wrote his homily on papers, sent it to every houses so that people will be able to read it in private. He was able to convert 60,000 calvinists anti-Catholicism.
He’s the patron Saint for Journalist.

I’m also interested in writing and I just hope I have his perseverence. 😃

So tell me yours.
 
St.Maxamilian Kolbe my brother and hero
St Faustina my sister and friend
St. Francis De Sales the strength of my mind
Pope John Paul II the human embodyment of the mercy of Christ
My Blessed Mother in whose Immaculate Heart I am lost
 
St. Augustine!👍 😃

What an inspiring life he lead! Even before I knew all that much about him, I have always felt especially close to him.
 
I’ll second St. Maximillian Kolbe. I think the imatition of Christ he provided in the death camp is breathtaking.

I’ll also add St. Martin de Porres for his humility and kindness toward all God’s creatures.

But my favorite is St. Polycarp. I don’t know what it is, but the image of the kindly 80-something giving his final words, “For eighty-six years I have been His servant and He has never done me wrong; how can I blaspheme my King who saved me?” it just makes me want to weep.
 
St. Therese the Little Flower
Blessed Kateri
St. Bridget
St. Patrick
 
Mary, the Virgin Mother, above all
St. Bernadette, St. Terese of Lisieux, St. Faustina
St. Peter, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. John the beloved Apostle, and Saint Francis of Asissi
 
Our Blessed Mother, my protector
St. Therese of the Child Jesus
St. Anthony
St. Joseph
St. Michael the Archangel
St. Teresa of Avila (my patron saint)
My guardian angel (not technically a saint, but daily prayers to him)
 
Michael_Howard said:
St.Maxamilian Kolbe my brother and hero
St Faustina my sister and friend
St. Francis De Sales the strength of my mind
Pope John Paul II the human embodyment of the mercy of Christ
My Blessed Mother in whose Immaculate Heart I am lost
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I love the beautiful descriptive reasons you give… short and meaningful 🙂
 
Does Fulton Sheen count yet? 😉

Our Lady goes without saying!
St. Francis de Sales
St. Joseph
St. Faustina
St. Therese the little flower
St. Jane Frances de Chantal (who is going to become my patroness next month when I receive the sacrament of confirmation. 😃 )

…also, St. Jude is my pal, because he finds my keys for me more often that I am going to admit on a public forum. 😛

Most of the saints I listed are favorites of mine because of their writings. When I was living in Central America the only books I brought with me were my Bible and St. Faustina’s diary. I’ve probably read it three or four times through now, and my favorite pages even more times. St. Jane is special to me because she was such an intelligent woman, and she gracefully took on many different roles throughout her life. As for her dear friend St. Francis–wow! Wouldn’t we all like to write like that?

St. Therese … 🙂 I feel like she is a dear friend. She sent me a rose through her novena not long ago, and it was a great consolation to me! Regarding her life, I admire her childlike heart. With words, she was both simple and eloquent at once. Her Story of a Soul reflects God through her humble heart and without her even intending it, it has become a powerful tool for the conversion of many.

St. Joseph has long been my intercessor of choice when things get really rough. Sometimes when I have a “manly” project to do at home, I pray for St. Joseph to help me get it done (I think he helps–at any rate I have amazingly good fortune in repairing things I know nothing about). I also go to him with my toughest decisions and dilemmas, asking him to intercede for me, that I might know what what is the best choice to make. I figure if God Himself trusted Joseph to lead the Holy Family, I can count on him, too. Never been disappointed yet.
 
I’m assuming that the:love: Blessed Mother does not need to be mentioned, because…Well. Just:) because!!

St Teresa of Avila is my very most favorite saint. I love everything about her.
And since St Teresa’s favorite saint was St Joseph, I have become more & more fond of him, as well…
St Joan of Arc.
St Michael the Archangel.
St Gertrude of Nivelles, who is the patron saint of “cats & those who love cats”.
 
St. Thomas More - good father and husband and a man who put God before the King

St. Philip Howard - went from an undisciplined young rake and unfaithful husband to a man of deep piety and love for his wife. He died in the Tower of London because he was a Catholic

St. Teresa of Avila - mysticism, practicality and a sense of humor

Blessed Per Giorgio Frassati - loved God, loved his fellow man and loved nature. (and he was so handsome!!)

St. Edmund Campion - a wit and scholar who died for his faith
 
The saints that I keep in my prayer for their daily intercessions are:
  • Virgin Mary - ask her to help me know Jesus better
  • St Joseph - ask him to help me a better future husband 😃 especially keep me pure in heart and mind
  • St Rita - for the gift of Holy Spirit to guide me throughout my daily activies.
  • St Jude - for the gift of Holy Spirit to guide me throughout my daily activies.
  • St. Faustina - to trust in the mercy of Jesus
  • St. Teresa Little Flower - to become a childlike
  • Blessed Teresa of Calcutta - to love the poor and to see Jesus in each one of them
  • St. Anthony - keep my car in good shape so that I can go to work 🙂
  • St. Christopher - to protect me on the road
  • St. Paul - to be a disciple of Jesus
  • St. Francis of Assisi - to love and bring peace and live a simple life.
  • St. Michael the Archangel - to protect me from devil.
  • My guardian angel - to guard and remind me to think of God throughout my day, and protect me on the road.
 
PatienceAndLove said:
St. Therese the Little Flower
Blessed Kateri
St. Bridget
St. Patrick
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I want to clarify and respond to myself 😃

St. Therese the Little Flower- she is my Confirmation saint. I admire her simple faith and trust in Jesus

Blessed Kateri- Inspirational! Denial of what she was raised with for truth…wow!

St. Bridget and St. Patrick- Because of their courage and trust in the Faith to help convert Ireland and found orders.

I forgot one:
St. Francis- 1) I love the Franciscans (I went to FUS) 2) Like St. Therese, the simple love and trust in God is so admirable!
 
PatienceAndLove said:
St. Therese the Little Flower- she is my Confirmation saint. I admire her simple faith and trust in Jesus
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I’ve tried to keep my bed neat every morning. 🙂 Before, I used to leave it as a mess and rush to work. 😃 …I don’t do that anymore after praying for her intercession and helps me follow her simple way. Well, I am still working on other part of my room. 😃
 
Unrecognized Saints:
  • My Grandparents
  • Fulton Sheen
  • Solanus Casey
  • John XXIII
  • John Paul II
  • Margaret More and Will Roper
    Recognized Saint
  • Thomas More
  • Pius X (“Modernists” like me love him)
  • Thomas Aquinas
 
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