Saint of the Day
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June 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Priest & Founder of Opus Dei
He saw footprints in the snow… and his entire life changed. ❄️👣 Saint Josemaría Escrivá did not preach holiness as something reserved for monks, mystics, or people with “extra holy” lives. He preached something far more dangerous: Your desk can… Continue reading
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June 25th – Saint of the Day: Saints Dominic Henares (Bishop) & Francis Do Minh Chieu (Catechist & Dominican Tertiary), Martyrs
A Spanish bishop. A Vietnamese catechist. Five hundred soldiers sent to arrest two men who simply refused to stop being Catholic. 🔥 On June 25, 1838, Saints Dominic Henares and Francis Do Minh Chieu were given one final choice: step… Continue reading
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June 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint William of Vercelli, Hermit & Founder of the Congregation of Monte Vergine (the Williamites)
He was a teenage nobleman who gave up everything, walked barefoot across Europe wearing iron bands as penance, got robbed and beaten on the road to Jerusalem, and somehow ended up taming a wild wolf with a single command. 🐺… Continue reading
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June 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph Yuan Zaide, Priest & Martyr
⛪✝️ He lived as a fugitive farmer for 20 years. He was betrayed by someone from his own congregation. And as they walked him to his execution, his only concern was for the people he was leaving behind. 😔🙏 Saint… Continue reading
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June 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Mother Maria Guadalupe García Zavala (Mother Lupita), Nun & Co-Founder of the Congregation of the Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and the Poor
✝️ She was engaged to be married. Then, at a dance, she walked away from everything and chose God instead. What happened next changed thousands of lives across five countries and earned her a place among the saints of the… Continue reading
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June 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph Cafasso, Priest & Spiritual Director
He was called the “Priest of the Gallows” for a reason. ⚔️✝️ Saint Joseph Cafasso was a small, frail priest from Turin, but his courage was anything but small. He walked into prisons when others looked away. He heard confessions… Continue reading
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June 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Paulinus of Nola, Aristocrat, Poet, Husband, Governor & Bishop
He had money. Power. Status. A Roman career most people would have killed for. Then Saint Paulinus of Nola met Christ, and suddenly all of it looked like dust. ✨ This wealthy aristocrat became a bishop, poet, servant of the… Continue reading
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June 22nd – Saint of the Day: Saints John Fisher (Bishop, Cardinal, Scholar & Theologian) and Thomas More (Husband, Father, Lawyer, Author & Lord Chancellor of England), Martyrs & Defenders of the Faith
Two men. One king. Zero compromise. ⚔️🔥 Saints John Fisher and Thomas More lived in a time when saying “no” to power could cost you everything. Saint John Fisher was the only English bishop who openly refused King Henry VIII’s… Continue reading
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June 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint John Rigby, Layman & Martyr
He went to court for someone else… and walked out condemned to death. ⚖️🔥 Saint John Rigby was not a priest, bishop, monk, or famous preacher. He was a Catholic layman in Elizabethan England, living in a time when staying… Continue reading
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June 21st – Saint of the Day: Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Nobleman & Jesuit Religious
He was born into power, trained for war, and expected to rule. 👑 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga had the money, status, title, and future most people would chase forever. But at seventeen, he walked away from all of it to follow… Continue reading
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