Lives of the Saints
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September 12th – Saint of the Day: Saint Francis Ch’oe Kyŏng-hwan, Husband, Father, Catechist & Martyr
He wasn’t a priest. He wasn’t a monk. He was a farmer with 6 kids. 🌾 And he still became a SAINT. ⛪ Saint Francis Ch’oe Kyŏng-hwan taught the Catholic faith at night, in secret, in his own home, in… Continue reading
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September 11th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre, Vincentian Missionary Priest & Martyr
He was betrayed by one of his own students. Sold out for money. Just like Jesus. ✝️ Saint Jean-Gabriel Perboyre wasn’t supposed to be the missionary. His younger brother was. But when his brother died at sea on the way… Continue reading
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September 11th – Saint of the Day: Saints Protus and Hyacinth, Brothers, Servants & Martyrs
They sealed his tomb in the 3rd century. ⚰️ Nobody opened it again until 1845. 🕯️ Inside: the charred bones of a martyr, wrapped in expensive fabric, with his name still carved on the stone. The date matched the exact… Continue reading
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September 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Pulcheria, Empress & Virgin
She became regent of the Roman Empire at 15. 👑 Then she did something no one saw coming: she took a lifelong vow of virginity and turned the imperial palace into a monastery. 🙏 Saint Pulcheria raised her little brother… Continue reading
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September 10th – Saint of the Day: Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Augustinian Friar & Priest
He performed miracle after miracle, then told everyone the same thing: “Say nothing of this.” 🤫 No self-promotion. No credit. Just 30 years of showing up for one broken, war-torn Italian town. ⛪ At his canonization, the Church credited him… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise, Priest & Abbot
He had 7 months. He built something that lasted 1,000 years. ⛪🔥 Saint Ciarán of Clonmacnoise was a carpenter’s son from the west of Ireland who gave away his only Gospel book to a classmate who needed it… having only… Continue reading
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September 9th – Saint of the Day: Saint Peter Claver, Jesuit Missionary Priest
He signed his name “slave of the slaves forever.” ✍️⛓️ And then he spent 44 years proving he meant it. While the wealthy crossed the street to avoid the slave ships, one quiet Jesuit priest climbed INTO them. 🚢 Baskets… Continue reading
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September 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Thomas of Villanova, Professor, Augustinian Friar & Bishop
The emperor of half of Europe begged this man to become a bishop. He said no. Twice. 😳 When they finally forced him under his vow of obedience, he showed up in a worn-out habit and a battered hat… then… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Cloud (Clodoald), Prince, Priest & Hermit
A Crown Left on the Floor Every September 7th the Church remembers a man who could have been a king and chose to be a priest instead. Saint Clodoald, known in France and the English speaking world simply as Saint… Continue reading
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September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki
✝️September 7th – Saint of the Day – The Martyrs of Košice: Saints Mark Križin, Stephen Pongrácz, and Melchior Grodziecki✝️ 3 priests. 3 nations. 1 night. 🔥 A Croatian, a Hungarian, and a Pole walk into a city that has… Continue reading
