Anonymous wrote:Every Catholic thread on this site is designed to hate on Catholics.

Anonymous wrote:St. Jude
St. Anthony
St. Joseph
St. Michael

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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 like a childhood with no friends.

I had lots of friends, like most kids. They were all real people, not made up or long dead, like saints.

Some kids have imaginary friends for a while. This is what the saints are like, I guess.

Except many saints are well-documented individuals.

I get that you are trying to riff off the invisible sky daddy meme of 13 year old edgelords, but it doesn’t work in this case.

Anyone who isn’t a Nazi should see why someone would look up to Maximillian Kobe. He is a model of bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming terror and repression. We need his example now more than ever.

Better a parasocial relationship with a saint like Kobe than a pop star or gamer.

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Anonymous wrote:St. Anthony because I am always losing things.

and St. Anthony is supposedly the saint of lost objects. If you call out his name when you're looking for something, supposedly, you'll find it, Of course, if you're looking for something, you'll probably find it, anyhow.

Anonymous wrote:St. Anthony because I am always losing things.

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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 like a childhood with no friends.

I had lots of friends, like most kids. They were all real people, not made up or long dead, like saints.

Some kids have imaginary friends for a while. This is what the saints are like, I guess.

Except many saints are well-documented individuals.

I get that you are trying to riff off the invisible sky daddy meme of 13 year old edgelords, but it doesn’t work in this case.

Anyone who isn’t a Nazi should see why someone would look up to Maximillian Kobe. He is a model of bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming terror and repression. We need his example now more than ever.

Better a parasocial relationship with a saint like Kobe than a pop star or gamer.

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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 like a childhood with no friends.

I had lots of friends, like most kids. They were all real people, not made up or long dead, like saints.

Some kids have imaginary friends for a while. This is what the saints are like, I guess.

Except many saints are well-documented individuals.

I get that you are trying to riff off the invisible sky daddy meme of 13 year old edgelords, but it doesn’t work in this case.

Anyone who isn’t a Nazi should see why someone would look up to Maximillian Kobe. He is a model of bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming terror and repression. We need his example now more than ever.

Better a parasocial relationship with a saint like Kobe than a pop star or gamer.

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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 like a childhood with no friends.

I had lots of friends, like most kids. They were all real people, not made up or long dead, like saints.

Some kids have imaginary friends for a while. This is what the saints are like, I guess.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not Catholic but my mom was interested in all types of Christian scholarship so we had a book of saint's lives.

It was interesting to me to think about how people qualified and how long it took to declare their sainthood.

My favorite was St. Margaret, the medieval queen of Scotland. I was very interested in medieval history and royalty as a child.

It interested me that a queen would be so noted for direct charitable works with the poor and the sick. Given the limited curing powers of the medical profession back then, I think it took more bravery for a rich person to associate with the poor back then.

The British Royal Family has a ceremonial tradition for Maundy Thursday that is aligned with the expectation of demonstrations of royal charity.

https://www.royal.uk/royal-maundy-service?page=1#:~:text=Every%20Maundy%20Thursday%2C%20the%20Monarch,in%20the%20current%20King's%20reign.

Here is some info clipped from the web.

"As Queen of Scots, Margaret (c. 1045–1093) instituted significant reforms in the Scottish Church, built hospitals, and devoted herself to prayer and helping the disadvantaged, embodying Christian virtues in her royal role."

"Charitable Acts as Miraculous: While not always classified as "miracles," her daily feeding of the poor, washing their feet, and welcoming orphans were seen as divinely inspired acts of immense charity, earning her the title "Mother of Orphans"."

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Anonymous wrote:I am not Catholic but am inspired by the lives of Saint Teresa of Calcutta and Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

But you don't pray to them, right?