DiscerningSoul Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) Saint Alphonsus de Liguori educated, profound love for our Lord. I love his book "The true spouse of Jesus Christ" it's like a handbook for Nuns! Edited June 12, 2008 by DiscerningSoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 St. Margaret of Scotland. She married a crusty guy, and civilized him. She also cared deeply for the poor. She's also one of my ancestors, so I find that fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiquitunga Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, OCD "God is Love" I love her spirituality, [i]From the Sacred Heart to the Trinity[/i], which is the title of a short book on her, and love her devotion to the two saints she was named after in religion, St. Teresa of Avila and St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Her virtuous life is extremely inspiring to read about. Also, she was very devoted to St. Francis of Assisi. [url="http://www.stteresamargaret.org"]http://www.stteresamargaret.org[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudem Gloriae Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 Besides St. Therese, my patron saint, my other favorite saint is St. Clare of Assisi. For me the PCCs and Carmel are neck and neck and discerning between them is hard! I have read so much on the Franciscans and especially St. Clare and her order and St. Colette, I love all she was, is, has done, her order and her Franciscan joy that oozes from her daughters, the PCCs I visited in Cleveland. I have a 2.5 foot statue of her in my bedroom: [img]http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2403/stclarestatuewd8.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deus te Amat Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) St. Catherine of Siena Humble, Holy, Handmaid St. Catherine's parents opposed her vocation,... they wanted her to get married, even though she was the youngest of 23. She had the fortitude to do God's will, and the patience to wait until they approved. She has been a guide in my journey because my parents also oppose my vocation, and she is an example to me of how hearts can be changed by God, if one just remains patient and humble. It isn't easy, and she labored as a servent for a year before winning her parents over--the perfect example of a Handmaid. She is also a Doctor of the Church, one of the two women saints to be named such. Her ability to allow God to use her as He will helps me to try to do the same. [url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03447a.htm"]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03447a.htm[/url] [url="http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CATSIENA.HTM"]http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/CATSIENA.HTM[/url] [url="http://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.html"]http://www.ccel.org/ccel/catherine/dialog.html[/url] Edited June 13, 2008 by Deus_te_Amat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AccountDeleted Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 St John of the Cross nada, nada, nada Without his [i]Dark Night of the Soul[/i], I would never have survived. Without his [i]Living Flame of Love[/i], I wouldn't have wanted to! This saint wrote about my soul and taught me the joy of the Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeresaBenedicta Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, of course! Actually, she's a relatively new "find" of mind. Her biography and a book of her writings were both given to me by my s/d for summer reading. I've already devoured both books and am looking for more to read on/by her! I relate to her sooooo much. Both of us are converts. Both have struggled with our mother's with our conversions. She's an amazing philosopher and I'm majoring in Philosophy. She took ancient/medieval philosophy and attempted to bring it together with phenomenology-- something I absolutely love (both fields are fields I love, actually). She had to wait before she could enter religious life, as will I (at the moment, at least three years). She taught! Yay. Aaaaand, yeah. I love her. Too bad she wasn't Dominican. I tend to shift favorite saints every once and a while. A list of other saints that have been my number one favorite (and are still in the top arena): St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Therese of Liseaux, and St. Dominic Savio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 I don't have a single favourite saint, and if I had one, it would probably be St. Augustine or St. Thomas Aquinas. But everyone knows them already, and I really can't pick So instead I'll plug... drumroll... St. Bavo Convert, missionary, hermit (in other words, he had a rather interesting life!) Without St. Bavo there wouldn't have been a vocational journey for me! (If only because he wouldn't have saved my home town from the vile people of Amsterdam way back in ancient history.) He's the patron of the cathedral I grew up in. I wasn't very religious when I first came there at age 9, but through the long, long hours I spent as a choir girl and organ assistant he managed to get to me So in that aspect, I've got the 'convert' down... I'm working on 'missionary', but I'm rather unsure about 'hermit', so don't get your hopes up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominicanPhilosophy Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 St. Therese of Lisieux is my one favorite saint. Being "young" as far as age goes in a society that pays no attention to your soul but merely your body, I can actually relate to the Little Flower and her deep, intense desire to give herself totally to God and espouse Christ. The best word I can use to describe Therese - I don't mean to copy you - is LOVE. I just finished [i]Story of a Soul[/i], and when I came across the famous, "My vocation is LOVE," I had a spiritual awakening: "WHOA! She's RIGHT!" In four words, one simple sentence, Therese unlocked the mystery that I had been trying to clarify for the past several months. I realized that every human has the same general vocation - to love and to be holy, to be a saint. While we all have individual vocations, being able to solidly agree with one of the greatest modern saints on what my vocation as a human person was.. it was very humbling to realize that I had reached the point in my discernment that [u]St. Therese[/u] was once at! I would also use the word "perseverance" to describe St. Therese. She found that her vocation was Love and persevered until she achieved what God wanted her to achieve. She let neither opinions of others nor her physical age get in the way of her spiritual maturity and strong inner pull toward religious life. Quite honestly, no. I could try to find one right now for you, but I don't want to just find any site and post it on here as if I had been devout in visiting it and truly felt it to be a superb site on St. Therese. However, the site for the movie [i]Therese[/i] is one that I've marvelled at a lot. It's just such a beautiful site and I can't WAIT to see the movie! [url="http://www.theresemovie.com/"]http://www.theresemovie.com/[/url] I feel that I owe so much of my vocational journey thus far to St. Therese, and being that discernment is a life-long process, I can't even begin to imagine the ways in which she will guide me in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted June 13, 2008 Share Posted June 13, 2008 (edited) One of my favourites is Saint Faustina. [url="http://www.faustina.ch/index_en.htm"]http://www.faustina.ch/index_en.htm[/url] Edited June 13, 2008 by Jennirom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Therese Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 I forgot i changed my avatar. My favorite saint is St.Therese, the Little Flower. Why she is myfavorite: Trust, Mercy, Love Also, (I know this is more than a few words) but she has been very influential in my own life.. I even recieved a rose once, when i desperately needed it, as a sign of God's love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ambrose Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 All my "saints" aren't canonized saints! Thomas Merton, Hildegard Von Bingen and Brother Lawrence. They aren't "blessed", but they are my homies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selah Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 [quote]St.Therese, the Little Flower[/quote] I love her. I am currently reading her autobiography. I love it. She was such a sweet, beautiful lady I have also fallen in love with St. Bernadette, but I think everyone has figured that out by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlterDominicus Posted August 6, 2008 Share Posted August 6, 2008 St. Therese the Little Flower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Domine ut Videam Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 St. Teresa of Avila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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