Evangetholic Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The Virgin of course, she defeats heresies. But I've met someone else. He has become my dearest brother. :) Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati layman, friend of the poor, anti-fascist and (through the mystery that is the Communion of Saints) my spiritual companion, my friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. John of the Cross and St. Francis of Assisi, St. Peter and St. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilllabettt Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St Anthony and St. Philip Neri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfink Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 The Virgin of course, she defeats heresies. But I've met someone else. He has become my dearest brother. :) Bl Pier Giorgio Frassati layman, friend of the poor, anti-fascist and (through the mystery that is the Communion of Saints) my spiritual companion, my friend. Excellent choice, he has been a favorite of mine as well. I'm also a big fan of Polycarp, the bishop to chose to treat the men who came to kill him to dinner before walking back to the arena with them to be martyred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evangetholic Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." Hebrews 12:1 and let's not forget: "And when he had taken it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints." Revelations 5:8 Excellent choice, he has been a favorite of mine as well. I'm also a big fan of Polycarp, the bishop to chose to treat the men who came to kill him to dinner before walking back to the arena with them to be martyred. Holiness is a thing of wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I have a rather large list, but a few of them from this list are Saint Padre Pio (My lifetime favorite Saint. He was the first Saint I learned about when I was five or six), Saint Francis, Saint Anthony, Saint Therese of Lisiuex, Saint John Vianney, Saint Augustine, Saint Dominic (It's natural that I would like him. He was an intellectual, a preacher - Things that appeal to me - and of course, he had a beautiful singing voice and sang everywhere he went), and a thousand others I can't remember the names of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Cecilia, and St. Dominic (of course). Oh, and St Maria Goretti, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. Peter, St. Louis de Montfort...I could go on. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SstrAli Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Padre Pio, St. Teresa of Andes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I've always been partial to Thomas Apostle. He gets too much bad rap. He's, like, the third most-quoted apostle in the gospels, and from those quotations, I conclude that he was a practical thinker, pretty literal most of the time, but that he supported Jesus (when he understood what Jesus was talking about). But he gets remembered as Doubting Thomas - as if that's all there was to him. So from the Apostolic Age, Thomas is my favorite saint. From the Middle Ages, Dominic Guzman. Another very practical thinker. He was a get-it-done kind of a guy. He didn't leave a lot of writings - who has time to write when there's all that preaching to do? He didn't write a rule - why reinvent the wheel when there's a perfectly good Augustinian rule at hand? He gave the brothers lots of wiggle room - stay within the four pillars, that's all. From the modern era, Mother Duchesne. A very practical woman - she could manage money, establish a school, teach, nurse a sick student back to health, sew, train a novice, garden, milk a cow, pray before the Blessed Sacrament, knit a pair of socks - anything but cook (although she took her turn when it rolled around). She explained to St. Sophie Barat that she couldn't analyze complex theological concepts - she said something like, "When I look at a thing, I see the whole thing; I can't break it down into parts to explain it." She saw it as a weakness, but I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kateri89 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Here goes (in no particular order): St. Maria Goretti, St. Josemaria Escriva, St. Kateri, St. Bakhita, St. Gianna, St. Therese of Lisieux, St. Augustine, Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati, St. Cecilia, Bl. Teresa of Calcutta...I'm sure I've forgotten quite a few... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlySunshine Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 I can't count the number of times I've answered this but I'll answer again just for the heck of it (and because it's fun): St. Elizabeth of the Visitation (my most favorite) Bl. John Paul II (he is my patron saint this year) St. Augustine of Hippo (I love his writings) St. Therese of Lisieux (she inspired me to discern religious life) Bl. Jerzy Popieluszko (his story is very much like Christ's) St. Rose of Lima (I admire her for her courage) St. Faustina Kowalska (I am very devoted to Divine Mercy) I love our Blessed Mother very much but I cannot put her on the same level as the saints. She is so much more than a saint -- she's the Mother of God! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyAnn Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. Paul, St. Ambrose, St. Maria Goretti, St. Augustine, St. Emiliana, Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity. But my all-time favourite saint ever is St. Agnes. She rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. Joseph St. Augustine St. Benedict St. Therese St. Faustina St. Kateri St. Pio St. Kolbe Blessed JP the Great Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Venerable Fulton J Sheen My guardian angel St. Michael the Archangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotkirch Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 St. Padre Pio St. Francis Bl. Charles de Foucauld St. John Bosco St. Augustin of Hippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immanuel Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Also in no order but St. Pio (my patron saint this year) St. Therese of the child Jesus Blessed Teresa of Calcutta St.Benedict (I'm an oblate of st. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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