Tag: #saints

O Lamb of God, Mary is called Our Lady of Sorrows because her passionate love for You caused her to suffer when she watched Your enemies inflict their tortures upon You and slowly kill You.  […] Read More

Heavenly Lord, Saint Notburga (c.1265-1313) served as a maid for a nobleman, and then she went to work for a peasant family.  She discovered that she preferred working for the poor and devoted the rest […] Read More

Almighty God, Saint John Chrysostom was very vocal in condemning the sinful customs of his society, earning the name “John of the Golden Tongue.”  With his powers of persuasion, he stopped immoral performances of plays.  […] Read More

Sweet Jesus, Saint Eanswida (also known as Eanswith and Eanswythe; c.630-c.659) was betrothed by her father to a pagan prince, but she did not want to marry him.  Faced with the task of convincing her […] Read More

Dear Father, before Saint Adelphus of Remiremont (d.670) was born, an angel appeared in a dream to his mother and greeted her with, “Rejoice, because you will conceive and bring forth a new Paul, the […] Read More

Holy Spirit, Saint Nicholas of Tolentino was so profoundly touched by the messages of a powerful homilist that he became a priest to help others the same way.  But when the people did not come […] Read More

Holy Jesus, Saint Peter Claver was known as “the Slave of the Blacks” because during the arrival of slaves in America, he ministered to them physically and spiritually.  He entered the smelly cargo holds of […] Read More

God Our Father, the Blessed Mother came into this world full of grace.  The birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary meant that soon the Messiah would arrive and rescue us from sin.  I ask her […] Read More

Blessed Savior, Saint Cloud (522-c.560) was a prince on the road to becoming a king until a jealous uncle murdered his brothers and came after him.  He escaped and gave up his dream of ruling […] Read More

O God, Blessed Bertrand de Garrigues (c.1195-1230) used to attack people who did not share his beliefs, and he especially persecuted monks who were teaching the true Faith.  Eventually though, he became a priest and […] Read More