Lives of the Saints
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August 7th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Sixtus II and Companions, Martyrs
You hear his name at Mass and probably never noticed. 👀 Sixtus. Right there in the ancient Eucharistic Prayer, between Clement and Cornelius. 🙏 Here’s who he actually was: ⛪ A pope for less than ONE year 🕯️ Celebrated Mass… Continue reading
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August 6th – Saint of the Day: Saints Justus and Pastor, Brothers & Child Martyrs
Two kids. One empire. Zero hesitation. ⚔️ Around the year 304, two schoolboy brothers in Roman Spain heard that Christians were being executed for their faith. So they threw down their school tablets 📚 and RAN to the governor… to… Continue reading
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August 6th – Saint of the Day: Pope Saint Hormisdas, Widower & Father
The pope whose SON also became a pope. 🤯 And they’re BOTH saints. ⛪✨ Meet Pope Saint Hormisdas: widower, girl dad? No, saint dad. 👨👦 He raised a future pope while healing a 35-year split in the Church. The emperor… Continue reading
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August 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Nonna, Wife & Mother
She never wrote a book. Never preached a sermon. Never left her small town. 🕯️ And yet EVERYONE in her house became a saint. Her husband. All 3 of her kids. Even her nephew. 😳 Meet Saint Nonna, the 4th… Continue reading
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August 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Oswald of Northumbria, King & Martyr
A king gave away his Easter dinner. Then he smashed the silver dish it came on and gave that away too. 👑🔥 Meet Saint Oswald of Northumbria, the warrior king nobody talks about enough. ⚔️ Exiled at 12 after his… Continue reading
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August 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica, Bishop & Missionary Companion to Saint Paul
His entire biography can be summed up in two words: he stayed. ⛓️ Saint Aristarchus of Thessalonica never wrote a book. Never gave a famous speech. Not ONE word he ever spoke was recorded. 🤯 And yet the Holy Spirit… Continue reading
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August 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint John Vianney, Priest
He failed out of seminary. The Church almost rejected him. ⛪ Then God turned him into the most sought-after confessor in the WORLD. 🔥 Meet St. John Vianney, the farm boy who couldn’t learn Latin but could read souls. 👀… Continue reading
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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
