Roman Catholic saints
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May 5th – Saint of the Day: Saint Maximus of Jerusalem, Bishop & Confessor
He had one eye taken from him. His body was crippled by torture. He was sent to the mines for refusing to deny Christ. ⚒️🔥 And then he became Bishop of Jerusalem. Saint Maximus of Jerusalem is not one of… Continue reading
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May 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Florian, Public Servant & Martyr
🔥 He was not just the “saint with the bucket.” Saint Florian was a Roman official during one of the fiercest persecutions in Church history. When Christians were being arrested and tortured, he did not hide. He went toward them.… Continue reading
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May 4th – Saint of the Day: Saints John Houghton, Robert Lawrence, Augustine Webster, and Richard Reynolds, Martyrs
They were told to choose: obey the king or stay faithful to Christ. 👑✝️ Saints John Houghton, Robert Lawrence, Augustine Webster, and Richard Reynolds chose Christ. On May 4, 1535, these holy Catholic men were taken to Tyburn and executed… Continue reading
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May 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Philip, Apostle & Martyr
Most people think evangelization means having the perfect answer. Saint Philip shows us something way simpler and way stronger. 👀🔥 When Nathanael doubted Jesus, Philip did not argue him into belief. He just said, “Come and see.” That one invitation… Continue reading
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May 3rd – Saint of the Day: Saint James the Lesser, Apostle & Martyr
He was called “the Lesser”… but there was nothing small about his faith. 🔥 Saint James the Lesser was one of the Twelve Apostles, a hidden powerhouse of the early Church, and traditionally remembered as the first bishop of Jerusalem.… Continue reading
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May 2nd – Saint of the Day: Saint Athanasius, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
He was exiled 5 times, hunted by emperors, accused by enemies, and pressured to water down the faith. Saint Athanasius refused. 🔥 Why? Because the truth at stake was massive: Is Jesus truly God, or just a created being? Athanasius… Continue reading
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May 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Jeremiah, Prophet
🔥 He was thrown into a muddy cistern, rejected by his own people, and called a traitor for speaking God’s truth. Saint Jeremiah was not the prophet people wanted. He was the prophet they needed. Known as the “weeping prophet,”… Continue reading
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April 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Marie of the Incarnation, Ursuline Mystic, Widow, Businesswoman, Missionary, Educator & Foundress
She was a wife. A mother. A widow. A businesswoman. A mystic. A missionary. And then she crossed the ocean to help build the Catholic Church in Canada. 🌊✝️ Saint Marie of the Incarnation, born Marie Guyart, did not have… Continue reading
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April 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Catherine of Sienna, Dominican Mystic, Virgin & Doctor of the Church
She was not a queen. She was not a nun hidden behind monastery walls. She was not a scholar with a fancy title. She was a lay Dominican woman from Siena who loved Jesus so fiercely that popes, politicians, priests,… Continue reading
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April 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Simeon of Jerusalem, Bishop & Martyr
Most people know Saint James of Jerusalem. Almost no one talks about the man who came after him. 👀 Saint Simeon of Jerusalem was the second bishop of Jerusalem, a kinsman of the Lord, a shepherd of the early Church,… Continue reading
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