Catholic Saints

Hands forming a heart by water

St. Joseph, Pure of Heart

Just as Joseph’s life was completed by the child he raised to adulthood, so will the life of any person who seeks Jesus be free from the enslavement to sin.

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St. Anthony statue holding Chris child in his arms.

Anthony: The Hammer of Heretics

Anthony traveled tirelessly in both northern Italy and southern France, choosing to enter the cities where the heretics were strongest.
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hand holding jars with lights

Love Pours Forth

When I once preached on the wedding feast at Cana, I suggested that the six stone jars had a moral interpretation: six ways to purify the soul.
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two metal gear grinding together.

The Place You Call Holy

Forget your cell, your cave, your place of prayer and be where you are—and in no other place.
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the word yes sprayed graffiti on a wall

Mary’s Yes

She is remembering now what she has stored up in her heart all these years. It began the first time she experienced the Light that is God.
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Saint Anthony of Padua holds Jesus

Saint Anthony Is Second to Nobody

Saint Anthony often plays for second with his brother, Saint Francis. But we love them both equally.
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Woman looking beyond through telescope

Divine Beyond the Mind

Bonaventure and Francis each came to La Verna with aching hearts and heavy minds.
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