Lives of the Saints
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September 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Giles, Hermit, Abbot & Founder of the Monastery of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
He gave away a fortune. Fled across the sea. Hid in a cave. 🌲 And the whole world still found him. Meet Saint Giles, the hermit whose only friend was a wild deer 🦌 that tradition says nourished him in… Continue reading
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September 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Joshua, Son of Nun, Successor of Moses & Leader of Israel
⚔️ There’s a saint in the Bible whose name is literally… Jesus. 🤯 Meet Saint Joshua, son of Nun. Celebrated September 1st. ✨ His Hebrew name, Yehoshua, translates into Greek as Iesous. The exact same name as Jesus Christ. The… Continue reading
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August 31st – Saint of the Day: Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Missionary Monk, Bishop and Abbot
A king gave him a royal horse. 🐎 He gave it away to a beggar. Same day. 👑➡️🙏 When the king got mad, this Irish monk hit him with one question: “Is that son of a mare more dear to… Continue reading
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August 31st – Saint of the Day: Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, Pharisee Members of the Sanhedrin & Disciples of Jesus
They sat on the council that condemned Jesus. 😳 Then they risked everything to bury Him. ⚱️✨ Meet Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, the “secret disciples” the Church remembers on August 31. 🕯️ One followed Jesus quietly, terrified of… Continue reading
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August 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Margaret Ward, Wife, Servant & Martyr
She walked into one of England’s most feared prisons with a basket of bread. 🧺 Hidden underneath? A rope. 🪢 Margaret Ward wasn’t a nun, a noble, or a scholar. She was a servant. And when she heard a priest… Continue reading
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Sabina of Rome, Noblewoman, Widow & Martyr
A Roman noblewoman. A servant girl. One faith that flipped the social order upside down. ⚜️ Saint Sabina had it all: wealth, status, a senator husband, a villa on Rome’s most exclusive hill. 🏛️ Then her servant Serapia showed up… Continue reading
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jeanne Jugan (Mary of the Cross), Virgin, Domestic Servant, Hospital Worker & Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor
She founded a worldwide religious order. Then a priest stole the credit. ⛪ For 27 YEARS, Saint Jeanne Jugan lived hidden in the motherhouse of the congregation SHE founded. The young sisters around her had no idea she was their… Continue reading
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August 29th – The Passion of Saint John the Baptist
He was killed over a party trick. 🗡️ A king’s birthday. A dance. A rash oath in front of a room full of VIPs. By the end of the night, the greatest prophet who ever lived was dead, and his… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Moses the Ethiopian (Moses the Black), Monk & Priest
He swam the Nile with a sword in his teeth to kill a shepherd’s sheep over a barking dog. 🗡️🌊 He was a slave, a thief, a gang leader, and probably a killer. Today the Church calls him a saint.… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
🔥 He prayed “Give me chastity… but not yet.” Then God answered anyway. Saint Augustine of Hippo was brilliant, ambitious, and a mess. 😅 He left the faith, joined a trendy sect, fathered a son with a woman he never… Continue reading
