Lives of the Saints
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October 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus (Thérèse of Lisieux), Virgin, Discalced Carmelite Nun & Doctor of the Church
She never left her convent. She died at 24. 🥀 And she still became one of the most powerful saints in Church history. 👑 At 15, Thérèse of Lisieux was told “no” by every authority who could let her become… Continue reading
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September 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop & Hermit
They threw him in a pit to die. He climbed out 13 years later and converted an entire nation. 🕯️ Saint Gregory the Illuminator’s dad assassinated a king. The king’s son got his revenge: torture, then a snake-filled dungeon called… Continue reading
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September 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jerome, Priest & Doctor of the Church
He had a temper. A past he regretted. And a serious obsession with books. 🦁📚 The Church made him a Doctor and a Saint. Meet Saint Jerome, the genius who ditched a Roman career, fled to a cave in Bethlehem,… Continue reading
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September 29th – Saint of the Day: Saints Rhipsime, Gaiana, and Companions, Virgins & Martyrs
She turned down the most powerful man on earth. 👑❌ Emperor Diocletian saw her portrait and demanded her hand in marriage. The palace. The throne. The empire. All hers. Rhipsime said no. She was already taken, by Christ. ✝️ So… Continue reading
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September 29th – Saint of the Day: Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
⚔️ Heaven has an army. And it has a commander. 🔥 The only three angels named in the Bible aren’t cute cherubs on greeting cards. Michael literally threw Satan out of Heaven. His name is a battle cry: “Who is… Continue reading
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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
