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.
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!) […]
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 […]
Solanus Casey was born in Wisconsin in 1870. He was one of sixteen children. His parents had immigrated to America from Ireland. Barney, as he was called as a boy, grew up in a very loving Catholic family. His siblings enjoyed playing baseball together, also skiing and skating, hunting, fishing, and swimming. The Casey family […]
St. Thomas Aquinas is one of the greatest minds of the middle ages and he would become one of the greatest saints of our Church. He lived in Italy in the 13th century in the area now known as Lazio. Thomas was born into a wealthy family. He could be considered brilliant, quiet, resolute, devout, […]
Did you know that Mary was approximately four feet and eleven inches tall? She may be petite, but in the eyes of God, she is a decorated Four-Star General and a powerhouse of a saint. The Blessed Mother is my favorite saint, I admit it. This may be the first of many articles on her. […]
Whenever we turn to a trusty compilation of saint biographies, we’re pretty likely to find plenty of examples of holiness in the convent and the priesthood. All well and good, but when we’re hoping for someone who might seem a little more familiar to our situation as Catholics living in a secular world, sometimes it’s […]
