Christian devotion
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October 7th – Saint of the Day: Saints Sergius & Bacchus, Martyrs
Roman officers with honors on their chests and chains at their feet. When the court demanded incense to Jupiter, Sergius and Bacchus chose Jesus. They were mocked in women’s garments, flogged, and forced into iron shoes lined with nails. Bacchus… Continue reading
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October 7th – The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
What if a simple chain of beads helped change history? 📿 On October 7 the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary, born from a world-shaking prayer movement, a dramatic naval victory, and a mother who still leads us straight… Continue reading
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October 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Faith (Fides) of Agen, Virgin & Martyr
She was barely twelve when Rome demanded incense to false gods. She chose Jesus. 🔥 Her courage in Agen lit a fire that never went out, and her relics at Conques became a beacon on the Way of St James.… Continue reading
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October 6th – Saint of the Day: Saint Bruno
Silence that shook the world. 🕯️⛰️ Saint Bruno walked away from academic fame and a bishop’s chair to build a hidden desert of prayer in the Alps. The result? The Carthusian way of life: radical silence, Scripture day and night,… Continue reading
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October 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Charitina (Caritina) of Amisus, Virgin & Martyr
🔥 Meet Saint Charitina of Amisus: a quiet heart with fearless fire. Under Diocletian’s persecution, tradition tells that she was dragged to trial for leading others to Christ. When accused of deceiving people, she answered with laser clarity: “It is… Continue reading
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October 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Faustina Kowalska, Virgin & Mystic
She was a hidden nun whose Diary set the world on fire with mercy. In 1931, Saint Faustina Kowalska saw Jesus with rays of mercy flowing from His Heart, and He asked for an image, a chaplet, and an hour… Continue reading
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October 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Francis of Assisi
He sang with Brother Sun, tamed a wolf, staged the first live Nativity, and walked away marked with the wounds of Christ. Meet Saint Francis of Assisi. 🕊️🌞🐺✝️ Born to wealth, he kissed a leper, stripped himself of privilege, and… Continue reading
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October 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saints Ewald the Fair & Ewald the Dark, Martyrs
Two brothers. One name. One blazing mission. ✝️🔥 English priest brothers from Northumbria carried a portable altar, prayed the psalms, and brought the Gospel into pagan Saxony. 🕊️📿 They were martyred for Christ, yet God answered with signs that stunned… Continue reading
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October 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Mother Theodore (Theodora) Guerin
She crossed the Atlantic with five sisters and almost no money. She stepped into an Indiana forest and built schools, an orphan care mission, and a free pharmacy with prayer and grit. She founded the Sisters of Providence and launched… Continue reading
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October 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Leodegar (Léger) of Autun, Bishop & Martyr
🛡️🔥 Meet Saint Leodegar, Bishop of Autun, the reformer who rebuilt hearts and city walls. He championed the Creed, pushed for reverent Eucharistic worship, and called the Church to receive Communion at the great feasts. He even repaired Autun’s ancient… Continue reading
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