Daily Saints: Recent Episodes
Kay Schellenberg
Welcome to Daily Saints, where you’ll hear information about the saint of the day and hopefully be inspired to be a saint yourself. Information is from Franciscan Media’s Saint of the Day, a book edited by Leonard Foley, O.F.M. and revised by Pat McCloskey, O.F.M. I highly recommend this book as a personal guide to the lives of the saints if you don’t already own it. God bless, and let’s go be saints today.
A “do not disturb” sign helped today’s saint find holiness and peace. He seemed solitude, despite others desiring his guidance both spiritually and materially.
Peter lived during an exciting time in history, and chose to turn to poverty and simplicity in order to find his path to God.
Brother of Mary and Martha, Lazarus experienced close friendship with Jesus and had firsthand knowledge of returning from the grave.
God announces to Mary that she will be the mother of the Savior of the world. May we all be as open and receptive to God’s will as Mary was.
Bishop and martyr of El Salvador, Romero upheld the Gospel regardless of consequences, and was killed saying mass in 1980.
Bishop and missionary, Turibius is the first known saint of the New World, who brought Christ to Lima, Peru.
Foster father of Jesus and husband of Mary, Joseph was a just and holy man, following wholeheartedly God’s plan for his life.
“It is not only among us who are marked with the name of Christ, that the dignity of faith is great; all the business of the world, even of those outside the Church, is accomplished by faith.” ~St. Cyril
Responsible for the conversion of all of Ireland, Patrick demonstrated courage and obedience to God’s call.
Patron of social workers and friend of St. Vincent de Paul, Louise shows us the importance of serving the disadvantaged of society.
A convert to the faith, John Ogilvie shows unwavering faith, even in the midst of trial and death.
A housewife in the late 1300s and early 1400s, Frances had a deep devotion to serving the poorest of the poor in Rome.
John of God, a revert soldier from the 1500s, teaches us a spirit of service and humility by his actions serving the sick poor of Tarifa, Spain.