Catholic saints are like the Hall of Fame for our faith. For Catholics, having the saints as role models and a source of inspiration allows us to look at others who may have found themselves in similar situations that we are currently in. By looking to the saints, we have a model to follow.
For Catholic singles, following the lives of the saints is critical to using our time as singles to grow in our faith and to be ready for whatever God has in store for us.
Many of us have probably heard of hermit saints in the days of the early church. When we think of these early Church hermits, it might seem at first like a very radical way to live. But monasteries and formally organized religious orders didn’t exist in the way we know of them today. Monasticism literally means […]
There is nothing quite like the pain of a breakup. In fact, a broken heart can sometimes feel as if it will never heal. While are many things you can do if you’re struggling with the pain of heartbreak, perhaps the best way to begin the healing process is with prayer. You can always bring […]
Saints–we have one for everything! Butchers, bakers, candlestick makers. There’s patrons saints for widows, doctor, lawyers, and gravediggers. Anything you can imagine, there’s a patron saint for it! Our summer Catholic dating endeavors are no different. While there’s not a specific saint for Catholic dating in the summertime, there are plenty of patron saints you’ll […]
I have often found it difficult to relate to saints or holy men and women that have a radically different temperament or personality style from my own. Padre Pio would have been intimidating to me with all of his spiritual gifts and bi-location. I think Saint Therese would have annoyed me with her sensitive nature […]
The pink and red hearts have been exploding out of the holiday sections of stores since the day after Christmas. The greeting card, flower, and candy companies have all been coming after us hard for weeks now. They keep reminding us that the holiday of romance is coming up . . . have you bought […]
It’s no easy to thing to have perfect trust in God. Even when we know intellectually that he loves us and will provide for our needs, it can be hard to live like we truly believe he will take care of us. When we look to the saints, most of them probably came a lot […]
Hope is a virtue that is so powerful and pure. But like love, hope has become warped into something much smaller. This fruit of the Spirit that has been gifted to us for life-changing prayer and encounters has become a synonym for “want”—and in a really basic way. For instance, “I hope we have sandwiches […]
We know very little about Saints Joachim and Anne, except that legend names them as the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of this holy married couple on July 26. The little we do know about them comes largely from a document called the “Gospel of James.” This document […]
For some time, the only way I knew Saint Bridget of Sweden was through her set of prayers found in the little blue Pieta Prayer Book. Bridget’s fifteen prayers in the beginning of this little booklet are prayers revealed by Christ to Bridget. He told her that if she said each prayer followed by an Our […]
When I was a kid, the first Bible verses I memorized were from 1 Corinthians 13. It wasn’t because I was a particularly holy kid, but because it was my favorite VBS song. To this day, my family still knows every word—to the song and the verse. (Lucky you, reader, I found the song here!) […]
