
The Feast of All Saints: God’s Glorious Nobodies
Want to find a future saint? Look around you.
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Want to find a future saint? Look around you.

For decades, the saints have provided me with prayer tips that I still use today. May they deepen your own prayer journey.

Within the Catholic Church, we see unmistakable evidence of the ongoing popularity of Catholic saints.

You love St. Augustine, St. Magdalene, these souls to whom “many sins were forgiven because they loved much.” I love them too, I love their repentance, and especially…their loving audacity!

Angels appear frequently in Scripture, but only Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael are named. Each of these archangels performs a different mission in Scripture: Michael protects; Gabriel announces; Raphael guides.

Frustrated in their attempts to enter religious life, Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin married and had nine children. Their youngest child, who entered a Carmelite convent at 15, became Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, affectionately known as the Little Flower.

The Korean martyrs, including Saints Andrew Kim Taegon and Paul Chong Hasang, spread the gospel in their native land under extremely difficult circumstances. The holy companion martyrs include bishops, priests, and laity, some of whom where French missionaries.

We know little about Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus except what we find in scripture. We do know that they were Jewish men of some standing who were not afraid to express their respect for Jesus.

At Franciscan Media, we celebrate the saints in our prayers—and share their amazing, faith-filled stories with the next generation!

Pope Francis approved the memorial for Martha, Mary and Lazarus after “considering the important evangelical witness they offered in welcoming the Lord Jesus into their home, in listening to him attentively, (and) in believing that he is the resurrection and the life.”