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.