Feast Day
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August 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter of Anagni, Benedictine Monk & Bishop
An orphan. A monk. A bishop under fire for 43 YEARS. 🔥 Meet Saint Peter of Anagni, the saint you’ve never heard of who refused to quit. ⛪ He lost his parents as a kid 💔 Got handed a broken-down… Continue reading
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August 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Aspren of Naples, Bishop
The saint people literally rest their heads on. 🤯 Meet Saint Aspren, celebrated August 3rd. ⛪ He was just a sick man in Naples until Saint Peter himself walked into his city, healed him, baptized him, and made him the… Continue reading
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August 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest & Founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament in Paris & the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament
He walked away from everything to kneel before ONE thing. 🕯️ Meet St. Peter Julian Eymard, the priest they call the Apostle of the Eucharist. ✨ His dad said no to his vocation. Illness crushed his first attempt. His superiors… Continue reading
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August 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop & Defender of the Faith
An emperor threatened him with death. ⚔️ Every bishop in the room caved and signed. He slammed the Nicene Creed on the table and said sign THIS first. 📜 Meet Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, honored August 2nd. 🕊️ They exiled… Continue reading
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August 2nd – Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula
🕊️ A chapel the size of a living room… and Heaven walked through its door. On August 2nd, the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula, the tiny chapel St. Francis rebuilt with his own hands. ⛪… Continue reading
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August 1st – Saint of the Day: The Seven Holy Maccabee Brothers, their Mother, and Saint Eleazar, Martyrs
She watched all 7 of her sons die in a single day. And she never stopped believing. 🔥 Meet the Maccabee family: seven brothers, their mother, and a 90-year-old teacher named Eleazar who were killed around 167 BC for refusing… Continue reading
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August 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Lawyer, Mystic, Bishop, Founder of the Redemptorists & Doctor of the Church
He got a law degree at 16. 👨⚖️ Didn’t lose a single case for 8 YEARS. Then he lost one… and it changed everything. 🔥 He walked out of the courtroom, laid his sword on an altar, and gave his… Continue reading
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July 31st – Saint of the Day: Saint Germanus of Auxerre, Lawyer, Imperial Governor & Bishop
He won a battle without swinging a single sword. ⚔️🚫 Meet St. Germanus of Auxerre: Roman lawyer, imperial governor, hunting-obsessed rich guy… until God ambushed his whole life. 😳 They literally dragged him into ordination. He went from luxury to… Continue reading
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July 31st – Saint of the Day: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Soldier, Pilgrim, Priest & Founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits)
He got hit by a CANNONBALL… and it was the best thing that ever happened to him 💥 Meet St. Ignatius of Loyola: vain, obsessed with fame, addicted to attention. Then one battle shattered his leg and his ego 🦵… Continue reading
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July 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Leopold Mandić, Capuchin Priest
He was 4’5″, walked with a limp, and stuttered so badly he couldn’t preach. ⛪ The Church said no to his missionary dreams. So God gave him a bigger mission. 🔥 Saint Leopold Mandić sat in a tiny confessional cell… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 