The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Felix of Cantalice Felix’s name means happy. You might not think he would have been happy. His family was poor and when he was 12, he had to become a hired farm laborer. For the next 16 years, he did this difficult work. When he was miraculously …
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Francisco Marto Francisco was just an ordinary boy. Then he met Mary. Once he met Mary, his life changed. He now wanted to love Jesus with his whole heart and with his whole life. He was willing to give up his life for Jesus as a martyr …
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Marie-Catherine de Saint-Augustin Marie-Catherine chose Mary as her traveling companion in this life and therefore Mary helped her to travel safely to Jesus in Heaven. Marie-Catherine was devoted to the care of the sick and the poor even when she was a child. After she joined an …
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Maria Ghattas Saint Maria Ghattas lived a life of union with Mary in the service of Jesus. She was born in Jerusalem in 1843 and named Soultaneh Maria which means Mary the Queen. When she was 19, she was sent to teach catechism in Bethlehem. Mary appeared …
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Stanislaw Kazimierczyk St. Stanislaw Kazimierczyk was devoted to Mary. He wanted to follow her example of doing all the ordinary humble activities of life with great love and for the glory of God. Because of his devotion, his preaching touched hearts, penitents left his confessional with renewed …
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The Saints and Their Love for Mary St. Athanasius St. Athanasius loved Jesus. He loved Jesus as God and he loved Jesus as man. He knew that Jesus was God incarnate, God made man, God becoming one of us. Some people began to say that Jesus was not God but only a creature. Athanasius knew …
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How can someone put the words Easter and penance together? Isn’t Lent all about sorrow and penance and Easter all about joy and freedom? Lent is a time of preparation. We prepare to celebrate Easter with joy. But while it seems like most of us are pretty good at coming up with ways to do …
