Saint of the Day
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September 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and All the Holy Martyrs of Nagasaki
He wasn’t a priest. He wasn’t a monk. He was a dad with 3 kids and a desk job. 🖋️ Then a murder accusation forced him onto a ship… and he found out mid-voyage it was headed to the deadliest… Continue reading
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September 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Wenceslaus of Bohemia, Duke & Martyr
The “Good King Wenceslas” from the Christmas carol? He was REAL. 👑 And his story is way darker than the song. 🕯️ His mother had his grandmother killed. His own brother ambushed him at a church door. ⚔️ His last… Continue reading
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September 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint John Mark of Byblos, Disciple of the Apostles & Bishop
His worst moment is literally written in the Bible. 😳 Meet Saint John Mark of Byblos, the guy who quit the first missionary journey halfway through… and still became a saint. 🙌 He grew up in the house where the… Continue reading
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September 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest & Founder of the Congregation of the Mission, the Confraternities of Charity & the Daughters of Charity
He started out chasing money and a comfortable career. ⛪💰 He ended up as the saint the whole world calls the Apostle of Charity. 🔥 Saint Vincent de Paul claimed he was kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave… Continue reading
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September 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Thérèse Couderc, Virgin & Foundress of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Cenacle
She founded a religious order. Then they FORGOT she founded it. 😳 Saint Thérèse Couderc built something beautiful for God, took the blame for debts that weren’t her fault, and got replaced by a rich widow who’d barely started her… Continue reading
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September 26th – Saint of the Day: Saints Cosmas and Damian, Brothers, Physicians & Martyrs
Two doctors. Zero fees. One unstoppable faith. 🩺✝️ Meet Saints Cosmas and Damian, twin brothers who healed anyone who walked in and never charged a single coin. 💸🚫 Their nickname? The “moneyless ones.” Their waiting room? Packed. Their secret? Jesus.… Continue reading
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September 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Abbot
The kid who couldn’t read became the saint an entire nation ran to. 📖✨ Bartholomew was the slow one in class. The one falling behind while his brothers breezed through their lessons. 😔 Then a mysterious monk under an oak… Continue reading
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September 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cleophas, Disciple of Jesus Christ & Martyr
He walked 7 miles with Jesus and had NO idea it was Him. 🔥 Saint Cleophas was done. Hope crushed. Walking away from Jerusalem with the words “we were hoping” on his lips. Past tense. 💔 Then a stranger fell… Continue reading
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September 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Pacificus of San Severino, Franciscan Priest
He went blind. He went deaf. He never complained once. 🕊️ Meet Saint Pacificus of San Severino, the Franciscan friar who spent 29 YEARS lame, deaf, and blind, and somehow became the most joyful man in Italy. ✨ Orphaned at… Continue reading
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September 24th – Saint of the Day: Saint Gerard Sagredo, Benedictine Monk, Bishop & Martyr
He packed for Jerusalem. God unpacked him in Hungary. 🌊⛵ A storm wrecked his pilgrimage plans, and that “failure” turned a Venetian monk into the Apostle of an entire nation. 🙏 He tutored a prince who became a saint. 👑… Continue reading
