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.