Anonymous wrote:I remember (in Catholic School) reading about St. Bridget and how she prayed to be ugly so that her beauty wouldn't distract her devotion or whatever.

I thought that was insane. I would have never wanted to be ugly or prayed for that. It made no sense to me as a third grader .

I thought Saint Bridget was a remake of the Irish goddess Brigid. They seem to be assigned the similar areas.(poetry, healing, blacksmithng…)

St. Nick and all the presents.

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Anonymous wrote:There are so many amazing saints. I am always interested in finding new canonized saints to learn about. I love reading how these people followed in their life God’s will and how they can intercede for us in our prayers to God

I was raised Catholic and didn't have a favorite saint. I never could understand the need to have a saint intercede for me. I went straight to the main man.

It's not a need; it's a reflection. You mediate on their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:The little flower -- Thérèse of Lisieux. I think a lot of people don't realize that she is a Doctor of the Church, only four of whom are women.

Her finger is on display in her home town. I declined to see it.

The book "Nicked" is about thieves trying to steal St Nicholas' parts.
So crazy how people were big fans of mummified saint parts, splinters of the "true cross" etc.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200555176-nicked

Anonymous wrote:Saint Catherine of Siena. She really did not want to marry a living man, so she married Jesus instead. Her wedding ring was Jesus’s foreskin. She had holy anorexia and only needed communion wafers (body of Christ) to survive.

Love her!

NICE.

I remember (in Catholic School) reading about St. Bridget and how she prayed to be ugly so that her beauty wouldn't distract her devotion or whatever.

I thought that was insane. I would have never wanted to be ugly or prayed for that. It made no sense to me as a third grader .

Saint Catherine of Siena. She really did not want to marry a living man, so she married Jesus instead. Her wedding ring was Jesus’s foreskin. She had holy anorexia and only needed communion wafers (body of Christ) to survive.

Love her!

Anonymous wrote:The little flower -- Thérèse of Lisieux. I think a lot of people don't realize that she is a Doctor of the Church, only four of whom are women.

Her finger is on display in her home town. I declined to see it.

Anonymous wrote:There are so many amazing saints. I am always interested in finding new canonized saints to learn about. I love reading how these people followed in their life God’s will and how they can intercede for us in our prayers to God

I was raised Catholic and didn't have a favorite saint. I never could understand the need to have a saint intercede for me. I went straight to the main man.

Anonymous wrote:I was always partial to Joan of Arc. She just seemed so strong, courageous, and determined.

Also a fan of the three shepherd chidren who saw Our Lady of Fatima.

Did the three shepherd children who saw Our Lady of Fatima all become saints?

I was always partial to Joan of Arc. She just seemed so strong, courageous, and determined.

Also a fan of the three shepherd chidren who saw Our Lady of Fatima.

St. Francis of Assisi--crazy like a fox.
St Jude--for very hard times.
St. Dymphna--for mental illness.
Dorothy Day--not sainted yet but should be for her work with the poor and her repentance of her past which is helpful for addicts and others who change due to conversion.
Ignatius of Loyola--created a good way to pray, the Examen.

The little flower -- Thérèse of Lisieux. I think a lot of people don't realize that she is a Doctor of the Church, only four of whom are women.

Anonymous wrote:I like Saint Joseph Cupertino. We were told to pray to him when we were taking a test and then we weren’t allowed to ask him to give us the right answer. We were supposed to ask him to help us study the right questions..

lol.

Big fave in my family.

Also:
Padre Pio
Both St. Teresa of Avila and Ste. Therese of Liesuex (I can’t spell)
St. Martin de Porres

I am not Catholic but I still have a lot of love for these followers of Jesus.

The one though who has to top the list in my view is St. Paul. He did more to spread the message of the early church than anyone else. He wrote so much of the New Testament. His observations about the human condition in Romans 7 absolutely changed my life. His humility is an example.