Saint Quote : Pope Saint John Paul II on Saint Joseph the Worker

Saint Joseph, guardian of Jesus and chaste husband of Mary, you passed your life in loving fulfillment of duty. You supported the holy family of Nazareth with the work of your hands. Kindly protect those who trustingly come to you. You know their aspirations, their hardships, their hopes. They look to you because they know you will understand and protect them. You too knew trial, labor and weariness. But amid the worries of material life, your soul was full of deep peace and sang out in true joy through intimacy with God’s Son entrusted to you and with Mary, his tender Mother. Assure those you protect that they do not labor alone. Teach them to find Jesus near them and to watch over Him faithfully as you have done. Amen.

– Pope Saint John Paul II

Pope Saint John Paul II's patronage: Archdiocese of Kraków; World Youth Day (Co-Patron); World Meeting of Families 2015 (Co-Patron); Young Catholics; Families; Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation.

Saint Quote of the Day: Pope Saint Pius V

All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics.

– Pope Saint Pius V

Pope Saint Pius V's patronage: Bosco Marengo, Italy; Valletta, Malta; Pietrelcina, Italy; Roccaforte Mondovi; Diocese of Alessandria in Piedmont, Italy.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church

We are of such value to God that He came to live among us... and to guide us home. He will go to any length to seek us, even to being lifted high upon the cross to draw us back to Himself. We can only respond by loving God for His love.

– Saint Catherine of Siena

Saint Catherine of Siena's patronage: Against fire; against bodily ills; diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA; Europe; against illness; Italy; against miscarriages; people ridiculed for their piety; against sexual temptation; sick people; against sickness; nurses; nursing services; Siena, Italy; Varazze, Italy; firefighters; fire prevention; against temptations.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Let each one remember that he will make progress in all spiritual things only insofar as he rids himself of self-love, self-will, and self-interest.

– Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola's patronage: Basque country; Jesuit Order; Jesuits; retreats; soldiers; Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI).

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Canisius

Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were, to be in collusion with the Church's enemies and in conformity with the open foes of our faith.

– Saint Peter Canisius

Saint Peter Canisius' patronage: Catholic press; Germany; writers of Catechisms.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John Mary Vianney

When we are before the Blessed Sacrament, instead of looking about, let us shut our eyes and our mouth; let us open our heart: our good God will open His; we shall go to Him, He will come to us, the one to ask, the other to receive; it will be like a breath from one to the other. What sweetness do we not find in forgetting ourselves in order to seek God! The saints lost sight of themselves that they might see nothing but God, and labor for Him alone; they forgot all created objects in order to find Him alone. This is the way to reach Heaven.

– Saint John Mary Vianney from his writing "On the Real Presence"

Saint John Mary Vianney's patronage: Priests; confessors; Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa; Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota; diocese of Kansas City, Kansas; diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana; diocese of Kamloops, British Columbia; Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Mark the Evangelist

And they went forth and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that attended it.

– Saint Mark the Evangelist from “The Gospel According to Saint Mark” 16:20

Saint Mark the Evangelist's patronage: Against impenitence; attorneys; barristers; captives; Egypt; glaziers; imprisoned people; insect bites; lions; notaries; prisoners; scrofulous diseases; stained glass workers; struma; Diocese of Venice, Florida; Venice, Italy.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

The Blessed Sacrament is the first and supreme object of our worship. We must preserve in the depths of our hearts a constant and uninterrupted, profound adoration of this precious pledge of Divine Love.

– Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier's patronage: Travelers.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian

Saint George was a man who abandoned one army for another: he gave up the rank of tribune to enlist as a soldier for Christ. Eager to encounter the enemy, he first stripped away his worldly wealth by giving all he had to he poor. Then, free and unencumbered, bearing the shield of faith, he plunged into the think of the battle, an ardent soldier for Christ. Clearly what he did serves to teach us a valuable lesson: if we are afraid to strip ourselves of out worldly possessions, then we are unfit to make a strong defense of the faith. Dear brothers, let us not only admire the courage of this fighter in heaven's army, but follow his example. Let us be inspired to strive for the reward of heavenly glory. We must now cleanse ourselves, as Saint Paul tells us, from all defilement of body and spirit, so that one day we too may deserve to enter that temple of blessedness to which we now aspire.

– Saint Peter Damian from a sermon

Saint Peter Damian's patronage: Faenza, Italy; traceurs; freerunners.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Epiphanius of Salamis

We believe in one Catholic and Apostolic Church, and in one Baptism of repentance, and in the resurrection of the dead and the just judgment of souls and bodies, and in the kingdom of heaven, and in eternal life. But those who say that there was a time when the Son or the Holy Spirit was not, or was made out of nothing or of another substance or essence, who say the Son of God or the Holy Spirit is liable to change or to becoming different, these people the Catholic and Apostolic Church, your Mother and ours, anathematizes; and again we anathematize those who do not confess the resurrection of the dead, and all heresies which are not consistent with this, the true faith.

– Saint Epiphanius of Salamis

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anselm of Canterbury

God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.

– Saint Anselm of Canterbury

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

For me, prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.

– Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux's patronage: Florists; foreign missions; missionaries; pilots; against tuberculosis; AIDS sufferers; illness; loss of parents; Australia; France; Russia; Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska; Diocese of Fresno, California; Diocese of Juneau, Alaska; Diocese of Pueblo, Colorado.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Vincent de Paul

He who allows himself to be ruled or guided by the lower and animal part of his nature, deserves to be called a beast rather than a man.

– Saint Vincent de Paul

Saint Vincent de Paul's patronage: Against leprosy; Brothers of Charity; Sisters of Charity; charitable societies; charitable workers; charities; horses; hospitals; hospital workers; lepers; lost articles; prisoners; volunteers; spiritual help; Saint Vincent de Paul Societies; Vincentian Service Corps; Madagascar; diocese of Richmond, Virginia.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Apollonius the Apologist

No, I enjoy life; but love of life does not make me afraid to die. There is waiting for me something better: eternal life, given to the person who has lived well on earth.

– Saint Apollonius the Apologist when asked by the Roman senate at his trial if he wanted to die

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John of Damascus

All who ask receive, those who seek find, and to those who knock it shall be opened. Therefore, let us knock at the beautiful garden of Scripture. It is fragrant, sweet, and blooming with various sounds of spiritual and divinely inspired birds. They sing all around our ears, capture our hearts, comfort the mourners, pacify the angry, and fill us with everlasting joy.

– Saint John of Damascus

Saint John of Damascus' patronage: Pharmacists; icon painters; theology students.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

The Eucharist bathes the tormented soul in light and love. Then the soul appreciates these words, 'Come all you who are sick, I will restore your health.'

– Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes' patronage: Bodily ills; illness; Lourdes, France; people ridiculed for their piety; poverty; shepherdesses; shepherds; sick people; sickness.

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Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Chrysologus

He is The Bread sown in the Virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulcher, placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars, which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful.

– Saint Peter Chrysologus

Saint Peter Chrysologus' patronage: Against fever; against mad dogs.

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Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Gonzales

If you love me, follow me! If you cannot follow me, forget me!

– Saint Peter Gonzales to family and friends who wanted him to return to a worldly life.

Saint Peter Gonzales' patronage: Sailors; mariners.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint David Uribe-Velasco

If I was anointed with the holy oil that makes me minister of the Most High, why not be anointed with my blood in defense of the souls redeemed with the blood of Christ? What happiness to die in defense of the rights of God! To die before not knowing the Vicar of Christ!

– Saint David Uribe-Velasco

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Teresa of the Andes

I wish…I could help you find consolation near the Cross. In its shadow, every kind of bitterness fades. No one has suffered like Jesus has and from His cross, He teaches us to bear with every pain in silence and in resignation. From the cross and with open arms, He invites us, saying; “Come to me all you who are burdened under the weight of suffering and I will give you rest."

– Saint Teresa of the Andes

Saint Teresa of the Andes' patronage: Against disease; against illness; ill people; young people; Santiago, Chile; The Andes.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Gemma Galgani

If I saw the gates of Hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I should not despair, I should not lose hope of mercy, because I should trust in You, my God.

– Saint Gemma Galgani

Saint Gemma Galgani's patronage: Students; Pharmacists; Paratroopers and Parachutists; loss of parents, those suffering back injury or back pain; those suffering with headaches/migraines; those struggling with temptations to impurity; those seeking purity of heart.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Walk in the way of the Lord with simplicity and do not torment your spirit. You must hate your defects but with a quiet hate, not troublesome and restless.

– Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

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

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Francis de Sales

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them.

– 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.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Faustina Kowalska

On one occasion, I heard these words: "My daughter, tell the whole world about My inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy."

– Saint Faustina Kowalska from her diary

Saint Faustina Kowalska's patronage: World Youth Day 2016; Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

It is human to fall, but angelic to rise again.

– Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier

Saint Mary Euphrasia Pelletier's patronage: Good Shepherd Sisters; travelers.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John Baptist de La Salle

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water.

– Saint John Baptist de La Salle

Saint John Baptist de La Salle's patronage: Educators; school principals; teachers.

Saint Vincent Ferrer Quote

If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire.

– Saint Vincent Ferrer

Saint Vincent Ferrer's patronage: Archdiocese of Valencia; brick makers; builders; construction workers; pavement workers; plumbers; prisoners; Spanish orphanages; tile makers.

Saint Isidore of Seville Quote

We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's apostles as authorities, who did not themselves of their own wills choose anything of what they wanted to believe, but faithfully transmitted to the nations, the teachings of Christ.

– Saint Isidore of Seville

Saint Isidore of Seville's patronage: Computer technicians; computer users; computers; the Internet; schoolchildren; students.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Richard of Chichester

Satisfaction consists in the cutting off of the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger and sloth; alms to covetousness.

– Saint Richard of Chichester

Saint Richard of Chichester's patronage: Coachmen; Diocese of Chichester; Sussex, England.