Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

Let us, therefore, forsake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning.

– Saint Polycarp of Smyrna

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

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Cyprian of Carthage

He who deserts the chair of Peter, upon whom the Church was founded, does he trust himself to be in the Church?

– Saint Cyprian of Carthage

Saint Cyprian of Carthage's patronage: Algeria; North Africa.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Peter Damian

For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the flesh is the enemy of God; it is not subject to God's law, nor can it be. And since the wisdom of the flesh is unable to bear the yoke of God's law, it cannot look upon it either, for its eyes are clouded with the smoke of pride.

– Saint Peter Damian

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

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint John Chrysostom

What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?

– Saint John Chrysostom

Saint John Chrysostom's patronage: Constantinople; education; epilepsy; lecturers; orators; preachers.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Basil the Great

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.

– Saint Basil the Great

Saint Basil the Great's patronage: Russia; Cappadocia; Hospital administrators; Reformers; Monks; Education; Exorcism; Liturgists.

Saint Quote of the Day: Pope Saint Leo the Great

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

– Pope Saint Leo the Great

Pope Saint Leo the Great's patronage: All Parishes named after Pope Saint Leo the Great.

Saint Quote of the Day: Saint Philip Neri

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

– Saint Philip Neri

Saint Philip Neri's patronage: Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy; Gravina, Italy; Rome; Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest; Mandaluyong,Philippines; Piczon Vill, Catbalogan; laughter; humor; joy; United States Army Special Forces.