Saint of the Day
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Medericus (Saint Merry)
Prison doors swung open. A hidden monk lit up Paris. ✨⛓️🏙️ Meet Saint Medericus (Saint Merry)—a Benedictine abbot who traded titles for a hermit’s cell, walked to Paris with his disciple, and left a trail of healings and mercy. From… Continue reading
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August 29th – Saint of the Day: Saint Sabina, Martyr
A Roman noble with everything to lose—chose Christ anyway. 🛡️🔥 Saint Sabina heard the Gospel through her servant, Saint Serapia, and let friendship in Christ flip her world. No headline miracles—just radical fidelity that ended with a sword and began… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Moses the Black, Martyr
From feared bandit to priest and martyr—Saint Moses the Black is proof that grace can reroute a life. ⚔️➡️🕊️ His strength didn’t vanish; God converted it. Today’s post dives into his jaw-dropping conversion, his legendary “basket of sand” humility, his… Continue reading
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August 28th – Saint of the Day: Saint Augustine of Hippo, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
“You have made us for Yourself, O Lord…” 🔥 Meet Saint Augustine of Hippo—prodigy, pleasure-chaser, truth-hunter turned Bishop and Doctor of Grace. His pivot point? A garden voice whispering tolle lege (“take and read”), a page of Romans that shattered… Continue reading
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August 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Caesarius of Arles
🔥 A bishop who prayed raging fires into silence, sold the Church’s treasures to ransom captives, and helped the Church proclaim that grace comes first—meet Saint Caesarius of Arles. ⛓️🕊️ His preaching wasn’t theory—it was a rescue plan. He called… Continue reading
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August 27th – Saint of the Day: Saint Monica
She changed history without a platform—just tears, fasting, and relentless love. 😭🔥 Saint Monica prayed her way through a hard marriage, chased her brilliant-but-wandering son across continents, and heard a bishop tell her, “the son of these tears shall not… Continue reading
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August 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges
She rode through the night for clandestine Mass… then turned prayer into action—founding the Daughters of the Cross, opening village schools, and nursing the forgotten. Saint Jeanne-Élisabeth Bichier des Âges shows how adoration becomes a lifestyle: receive Jesus, then go… Continue reading
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August 26th – Saint of the Day: Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars
She built homes so no elder dies alone. She told her Sisters to make sure the food was warm. And her battle cry? “Care for bodies to save souls.” Meet Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars—foundress of the Little Sisters… Continue reading
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August 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph Calasanz
Free school. Zero tuition. Rome, 1597. Saint Joseph Calasanz bet everything on piety + letters 🕊️📚 He opened classrooms for the poor, welcomed the overlooked, and proved education is mercy in action. He even befriended Galileo and sent his brothers… Continue reading
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August 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Louis IX, King of France
A king who washed feet, ate with the poor, heard court cases under an oak, and built a jewel-box chapel to honor the Crown of Thorns—meet Saint Louis IX 👑✨ “The first thing I advise is that you fix your… Continue reading
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