Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Anthony of Padua

We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment, insofar as he infuses us with his grace, by using our bodily senses in a perfect manner by keeping the commandments. Likewise we shall request that we may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith so our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendor of the saints and to look upon the triune God.

– Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Anthony of Padua's patronage: Lisbon, Portugal; Lost items; lost people; lost souls; American Indians; amputees; animals; barrenness; Brazil; elderly people; faith in the Blessed Sacrament; fishermen; Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land; harvests; horses; lost articles; lower animals; mail; mariners; oppressed people; poor people; Portugal; pregnant women; seekers of lost articles; shipwrecks; starvation; sterility; swineherds; Tigua Indians; travel hostesses; travellers; Tuburan, Cebu; Watermen; runts of litters; counter-revolutionaries; Pila, Laguna, Taytay, Rizal; Iriga, Camarines Sur; Camaligan, Camarines Sur.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Ignatius of Loyola

"Saint Ignatius  of Loyola"
-- by Peter Paul Rubens

He who carries God in his heart, bears heaven with him wherever he goes.

– Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Saint Ignatius of Loyola's patronage: Dioceses of San Sebastián and Bilbao, Biscay and Gipuzkoa; Basque Country; Military Ordinariate of the Philippines; Society of Jesus; Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Junín, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Archdiocese of Baltimore and Antwerp, Belgium; retreats; soldiers; Spiritual Exercises; Vizcaya, Spain; World Youth Day 2011.

Saint Quote of the Day: Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce

I am leaving this world with faith, hope and love! I hope to find you there…where God reigns and where we will live forever.

– Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce

Blessed Maria Teresa Fasce's patronage: Against breast cancer.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Catherine Labouré

When I go to the Chapel, I place myself before the good God and I say to Him: ‘Lord, here I am, give me what You will.’ If He gives me something, I am very pleased, and I thank Him. If He gives me nothing, I still thank Him because I do not deserve anything. And then again, I tell Him all that passes through my mind; I recount my pains and my joys and … I listen. If you listen to Him, He will speak to you also, because with the good God it is necessary to speak and to listen. He will always speak to you if you go to Him simply and sincerely.

– Saint Catherine Labouré

Saint Catherine Labouré's patronage: Miraculous Medal; infirmed people; the elderly; pigeon fanciers; pigeons.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

It is not sinners, but the wicked who should despair; it is not the magnitude of one’s crime, but contempt of God that dashes one’s hopes.

– Saint Peter Damian

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

Saint Quote: Saint John Regis

If you only knew me, you would give me much more than that.

– Saint John Regis after being struck by a man whom he had admonished for being drunk.

Saint John Regis' patronage: Kansas City, MO; marriage; illegitimate children; lacemakers; medical social workers.

Saint Quote: Saint Germaine Cousin

Dear God, please don’t let me be too hungry or too thirsty. Help me to please my mother. And help me to please you.

– Saint Germaine Cousin from a prayer attributed to her

Saint Germaine Cousin's patronage: Abandoned people; abuse victims; against poverty; disabled people; girls from rural areas; illness; impoverishment; loss of parents; shepherdesses; sick people; unattractive people; physical therapists; victims of child abuse.