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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Brigid of Ireland

Saint Brgid of Ireland in stained glass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Macon, Georgia. The church was dedicated in 1903. PD-1923



I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us.
I would like an abundance of peace.
I would like full vessels of charity.
I would like rich treasures of mercy.
I would like cheerfulness to preside over all.
I would like Jesus to be present.
I would like the three Marys of illustrious renown to be with us.
I would like the friends of Heaven to be gathered around us from all parts.
I would like myself to be a rent payer to the Lord; that I should suffer distress, that he would bestow a good blessing upon me.
I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings.
I would like to be watching Heaven’s family drinking it through all eternity.

Saint Brigid of Ireland



Saint Brigid of Ireland's patronage: Babies; blacksmiths; boatmen; cattle; chicken farmers; children whose parents are not married; dairymaids; dairy workers; fugitives; infants; Ireland; Leinster; mariners; midwives; milk maids; newborn babies; nuns; poets; poultry farmers; poultry raisers; printing presses; sailors; scholars; travelers; watermen.



Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John Bosco

Saint John Bosco- PD-1923



My sons, in my long experience very often I had to be convinced of this great truth. It is easier to become angry than to restrain oneself, and to threaten a boy than to persuade him. Yes, indeed, it is more fitting to be persistent in punishing our own impatience and pride than to correct the boys. We must be firm but kind, and be patient with them. See that no one finds you motivated by impetuosity or willfulness. It is difficult to keep calm when administering punishment, but this must be done if we are to keep ourselves from showing off our authority or spilling out our anger. Let us regard those boys over whom we have some authority as our own sons. Let us place ourselves in their service. Let us be ashamed to assume an attitude of superiority. Let us not rule over them except for the purpose of serving them better. This was the method that Jesus used with the apostles. He put up with their ignorance and roughness and even their infidelity. He treated sinners with a kindness and affection that caused some to be shocked, others to be scandalized and still others to hope for God’s mercy. And so he bade us to be gentle and humble of heart.

Saint John Bosco from a letter



Saint John Bosco's patronage: Apprentices; boys; editors; Mexican young people; laborers; schoolchildren; students; young people.



Monday, January 29, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint David Galván-Bermúdez

Saint David Galván-Bermúdez- PD-1923


What greater glory is there than to die saving a soul?

Saint David Galván-Bermúdez on his way to minister to wounded in a fire fight





Sunday, January 28, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Dallan Forgaill

Saint Dallan Forgaill - PD-Art-1923


Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping Thy presence my light.

Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.

Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight,
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.
Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower.
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.

Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven my Treasure Thou art.

High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's son,
Heart of my heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.

Saint Dallan Forgaill



Saturday, January 27, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Thomas Aquinas


Saint Thomas Aquinas- PD-1923


Hence we must say that for the knowledge of any truth whatsoever man needs divine help, that the intellect may be moved by God to its act. But he does not need a new light added to his natural light, in order to know the truth in all things, but only in some that surpasses his natural knowledge.

Saint Thomas Aquinas


Saint Thomas Aquinas' patronage: Academics; against storms; against lightning; apologists; book sellers; Catholic academies; Catholic schools; Catholic universities; chastity; colleges; learning; lightning; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; schools; storms; students; theologians; universities; University of Vigo.



Friday, January 26, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Angela Merici


Saint Angela Merici


Keep to the ancient way and custom of the Church, established and confirmed by so many Saints under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. And live a new life. Pray, and get others to pray, that God not abandon His Church, but reform it as He pleases, and as He sees best for us, and more to His honor and glory.

Saint Angela Merici



Saint Angela Merici's patronage: Bodily ills; disabled people; handicapped people; illness; loss of parents; physically challenged people; sick people; sickness.



Thursday, January 25, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Irenaeus of Lyons

Saint Irenaeus of Lyons


As I said before, the Church, having received this preaching and this faith, although she is disseminated throughout the whole world, yet guarded it, as if she occupied but one house. She likewise believes these things just as if she had but one soul and one and the same heart; and harmoniously she proclaims them and teaches them and hands them down, as if she possessed but one mouth. For, while the languages of the world are diverse, nevertheless, the authority of the tradition is one and the same.

Saint Irenaeus of Lyons


Saint Irenaeus of Lyons' patronage: Archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama.



Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Paul the Apostle

"Saint Paul" -- by James Tissot- PD-1923


For I give you to understand, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For neither did I receive it of man, nor did I learn it; but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Saint Paul the Apostle from Galatians 1:11-12


Saint Paul the Apostle's patronage: Against snakes; authors; Cursillo movement; evangelists; hailstorms; hospital public relations; journalists; lay people; missionary bishops; musicians; poisonous snakes; public relations personnel; public relations work; publishers; reporters; rope braiders; rope makers; saddlemakers; saddlers; snake bites; tent makers; writers; Malta; Rome; Poznan, Poland; newspaper editorial staff Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Diocese of Covington, Kentucky; Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama; Diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada; Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island; Diocese of Worcester, Massachusetts.



Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis de Sales

Saint Francis de Sales- PD-1923


The highest degree of meekness consists in seeing, serving, honoring, and treating amiably, on occasion, those who are not to our taste, and who show themselves unfriendly, ungrateful, and troublesome to us.

Saint Francis de Sales


Saint Francis de Sales' patronage: Authors; Diocese of Baker, Oregon; Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Ohio; Catholic press; Diocese of Columbus, Ohio; confessors; deaf people; deafness; Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware; educators; journalists; teachers; writers.



Monday, January 22, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Vincent of Saragossa

15th-century painting of Saint Vincent by Tomás Giner- PD-1923


Everlasting God, to whom all hidden things are revealed, who sent into the world Thine Only Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, conceived through the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, that He might take on Him the punishment of our sins, and by His resurrection snatch us from the gates of hell, grant to our hearts such steadfastness of faith that confessing Christ, Thy Son, we may not perish but may be joined to Him in the confession of Thy Holy Name. Amen.

Saint Vincent of Saragossa


Saint Vincent of Saragossa's patronage: São Vicente, Lisbon; Diocese of Algarve; Valencia; Vicenza, Italy; vine dressers; vinegar-makers; vintners; wine growers; wine-makers; Order of Deacons of the Catholic Diocese of Bergamo (Italy); Portugal.



Sunday, January 21, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Gianna Beretta Molla

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla


O Jesus, I promise You to submit myself to all that You permit to befall me, make me only know Your Will. My most sweet Jesus, infinitely merciful God, most tender Father of souls, and in a particular way of the most weak, most miserable, most infirm which You carry with special tenderness between Your divine arms, I come to You to ask You, through the love and merits of Your Sacred Heart, the grace to comprehend and to do always Your holy Will, the grace to confide in You, the grace to rest securely through time and eternity in Your loving divine arms.

Saint Gianna Beretta Molla


Saint Gianna Beretta Molla's patronage: Against abortion; mothers; pregnant women; unborn children; World Meeting of Families 2015



Saturday, January 20, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Agnes of Rome

Saint Agnes of Rome - PD-1923


I place my trust in You, O adorable Blood, our Redemption, our regeneration. Fall, drop by drop, into the hearts that have wandered from You and soften their hardness.

Saint Agnes of Rome


Saint Agnes of Rome's patronage: Betrothed couples; chastity; Children of Mary; Colegio Capranica of Rome; crops; gardeners; Girl Scouts; girls; rape victims; virgins; the diocese of Rockville Centre, New York; the city of Fresno.



Friday, January 19, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando

Saint Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando



Love of God and of neighbor are two branches that are connected to the same trunk. The love of God gives life to the love of neighbor; and this, in turn, nourishes love towards God.

Saint Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando





Thursday, January 18, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

"Saint Polycarp of Smyrna", image in public domain, PD-US; PD-ART.


Let us then serve Him in fear, and with all reverence, even as He Himself has commanded us, and as the apostles who preached the Gospel unto us, and the prophets who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Lord [have alike taught us]. Let us be zealous in the pursuit of that which is good, keeping ourselves from causes of offense, from false brethren, and from those who in hypocrisy bear the name of the Lord, and draw away vain men into error.

Saint Polycarp of Smyrna


Saint Polycarp of Smyrna’s patronage: Against dysentery; against earache.



Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina- PD-1923


Prayer is the best armor we have, it is the key which opens the heart of God.

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina


Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina's patronage: Pietrelcina, Italy; civil defense volunteers; adolescents; stress relief; January blues; Italy; Malta.



Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anthony the Abbot (AKA Saint Anthony the Great)

Painting of Saint Anthony, a part of The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot by Piero di Cosimo, c. 1480 - PD-1923


Believe me; the devil fears the vigils of pious souls, and their fastings, their voluntary poverty, their loving compassion, their humility, but most of all their ardent love of Christ our Lord. As soon as he sees the sign of the Cross, he flees in terror.

Saint Anthony the Abbot


Saint Anthony the Abbot's patronage: Amputees; animals; basket makers; basket weavers; brushmakers; butchers; cemetery workers; domestic animals; eczema; epilepsy; epileptics; ergotism (Saint Anthony's fire); erysipelas; gravediggers; hermits; hogs; monks; pigs; relief from pestilence; skin diseases; skin rashes; swine; swineherds; Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, Rome.




Monday, January 15, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Bonaventure

Saint Bonventure by Claude Francois (dit Frère Luc)- PD-1923


We cannot help all who suffer; but we can, at least, have compassion on all and see Jesus Christ in all.

Saint Bonaventure


Saint Bonaventure's patronage: Against bowel disorders; Bagnoregio, Italy; Cochiti Indian Pueblo; Saint Bonaventure University, New York.



Sunday, January 14, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Macarius of Egypt

Saint Macarius of Egypt icon- PD-1923


Lord, be merciful now that my life is approaching its end, and the evening awaits me. There is not enough time for me to cleanse myself of my sins, for they are so many. Heal me while I am still on earth, and I shall be truly healthy. In your mercy, move me to repent so that I shall not be ashamed when I meet you in heaven.


Saint Macarius of Egypt



Saturday, January 13, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis of Assisi - PD-1923


No one can acquire any virtue unless he begins by dying to himself.

Saint Francis of Assisi


Saint Francis of Assisi's patronage: Against fire; animals; Catholic Action; dying alone; ecology; environment; families; fire; lacemakers; merchants; peace; zoos; Italy; Assisi, Italy; Colorado; Santa Fe, New Mexico; archdiocese of San Francisco, California; archdiocese of Denver, Colorado; archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico; diocese of Salina, Kansas.



Friday, January 12, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Saint Hilary of Poitiers


Little children follow and obey their father. They love their mother. They know nothing of covetousness, ill-will, bad temper, arrogance and lying. This state of mind opens the road to heaven. To imitate our Lord’s own humility, we must return to the simplicity of God’s little ones.

Saint Hilary of Poitiers


Saint Hilary of Poitiers' patronage: Against snakes; against rheumatism; backward children; children learning to walk; mothers; sick people; against snake bites; La Rochelle, France; Poitiers Luçon, France; Argusto, Italy; Vervio, Italy.



Thursday, January 11, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Margaret Bourgeoys

Saint Margaret Bourgeoys - PD-1923


It is true that all I have ever desired most deeply and what I still most ardently wish is that the great precept of the love of God above all things and of the neighbour as oneself be written in every heart.

Saint Margaret Bourgeoys


Saint Margaret Bourgeoys' patronage: Against poverty; against impoverishment; loss of parents; people rejected by religious orders; poor people; against poverty.



Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Vitalis of Gaza

Saint Vitalis of Gaza


Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the heart.

Saint Vitalis of Gaza



Saint Vitalis of Gaza's patronage: Prostitutes; day laborers



Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Angela Merici

Saint Angela Merici


The surest means of salvation is to do each day of our lives what we should wish to have done at the hour of our death.

Saint Angela Merici


Saint Angela Merici's patronage: Bodily ills; disabled people; handicapped people; illness; loss of parents; physically challenged people; sick people; sickness.



Monday, January 8, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Augustine of Hippo - PD-1923


No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.

Saint Augustine of Hippo


Saint Augustine of Hippo's patronage: Brewers; diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Cagayan de Oro, Philippines; diocese of Kalamazoo, Michigan; printers; city of Saint Augustine, Florida; diocese of Saint Augustine, Florida; sore eyes; diocese of Superior, Wisconsin; theologians; diocese of Tucson, Arizona.




Sunday, January 7, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Ambrose of Milan on the Baptism of the Lord

Saint Ambrose of Milan - PD-1923


The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

Saint Ambrose of Milan


Saint Ambrose of Milan's patronage: Bee keepers; bees; bishops; candlemakers; chandlers; domestic animals; French Commissariat; geese; learning; livestock; Milan, Italy; police officers; schoolchildren; students; wax melters; wax refiners.








Saturday, January 6, 2018

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Raymond of Penyafort

Saint Raymond of Penyafort - PD-1923


The preacher of God’s truth has told us that all who want to live righteously in Christ will suffer persecution...the only exception to this general statement is, I think, the person who either neglects, or does not know how, to live temperately, justly and righteously in this world.

Saint Raymond of Penyafort


Saint Raymond of Penyafort's patronage: Attorneys; barristers; canon lawyers; lawyers; medical record librarians.