Faith and Healing
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October 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Reparata, Virgin & Martyr
She was a teenager staring down an empire. 🔥 Fire could not scorch her. Boiling pitch could not break her. A final sentence tried to silence her, yet her story crossed the sea in a flowered boat guided by a… Continue reading
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October 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Pelagia the Penitent
She walked into the church covered in jewels and walked out a new creation. Once a famous courtesan and dancer in Antioch, Saint Pelagia heard Saint Nonnus preach on judgment and mercy, begged for Baptism, gave her riches to the… Continue reading
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October 7th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Mark
Pope Saint Mark had one of the shortest pontificates in history and still helped shape the papacy. 🔥 He confirmed the ancient custom that the Bishop of Ostia consecrates each new pope, strengthened Roman worship, and is linked to the… Continue reading
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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 Petronius, Bishop
Saint Petronius didn’t wait for perfect conditions. He turned a shaken city into a living catechism. 🕯️🏛️ Bishop of Bologna, he mapped Jerusalem into the streets with the Santo Stefano “Little Jerusalem,” rebuilt churches and hearts, and proved that beauty… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 