February 26, 2012
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Back to Lent
Now that the Oscars are over with (bummer that Mother Dolores didn’t win! Oh well!), here’s a simple little post to give you all something to think about for Lent. After all, as I’ve mentioned in years past, St. John Chrysostom described Lent, I think, very well in saying that it is a time for “fasting from sin.”
So here’s a question: what do these sinners all have in common? (The answer is in the comments!)
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They all had a vision of Mary?
May
They are all saints.
And you put your sweetheart first
Heehee!
@sonnigenmai - Some of them did in this life, but I’m sure all of them eventually!
See the answers below!
@NightCometh - Well I KNEW you’d get it.
I hope some of the answers below surprise you!
1. St. Gemma Galgani
2. Francesco Forgione, better known as St. Padre Pio
of Pietrelcina
3. Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
4. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, who would become Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta (isn’t she just beautiful in this picture?)
5. St. Gianna Beretta Molla (an amazing, brave woman)
6. St. Giuseppe Moscati
7. Blesseds Louis and Marie-Azélie “Zélie” Martin, the parents of little Thérèse (number 11!)
8. Karol Józef Wojtyła, better known by everyone in the world as Blessed Pope John Paul II (handsome, wasn’t he?)
9. St. Josephine Bakhita, born in Darfur, Sudan, sold into slavery, and later became a nun in Italy.
10. Blesseds Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the children who witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima.
11. The aforementioned Thérèse Martin, better known throughout the world as the wonderful St. Thérèse of Lisieux, or St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face as her Carmelite sisters knew her.
12. Edith Stein, who was an atheist, philosopher and Jew until she fell in love with Jesus Christ, became Catholic, and then as the Nazis came into power in Germany became a Carmelite nun, taking the name St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was gassed in Auschwitz on August 9th, 1942.
13. St. Katherine Drexel, one of the few Americans to be canonized.
14. St. Bernadette Soubirous, the young peasant girl who witnessed the apparitions of Our Lady at Lourdes.
God wants all of us to be saints; don’t waste a moment of Lent!
@Ancient_Scribe - I recognised a few
I enjoy the lent posts, keep them up please!
May
Was 5 the one who was a doctor who had a baby and refused abortion even though they told her it would kill her?
And of course 11 <3
I love how you described them in your comment. It seems odd to see real photos of saints…
@Passionflwr86 - When I was a novice I remember the first time I saw a photo of a saint; I was always used to seeing paintings, stained glass, and statues. I was in a Catholic store and saw a beautiful face on the cover of a book; that’s when I fell in love with St. Gemma Galgani (number one in my post here). It just blew my mind to think that there have been saints close enough to my life time to have been photographed!
@NightCometh - You got it; that is she! And I knew you’d like #11; and how about her parents at #7? They were amazing folks; I think all five of their daughters eventually became nuns.
I’m guessing redemption.
@JstNotherDay - I suppose you would be right on that as well!
I only recognize Pope John Paul and Mother Teresa (both incredibly good-looking when they were young, indeed).
I need to get in on this Lent thing… I’m gonna read your posts on it, Jacob!
Wow. JPII was very attractive! Kind of reminds me of Grandpa B.
@BrowneyedGirl1017 - And again! Did you have a boring night?
You haven’t been on Xanga forever, Sis!
Oh, I’ve been on Xanga. I’ve just been all Ninja and have silently slipped through, un-noticed
Thank you for all these saints. Yesterday my family sent a saint to heaven. Will you please pray for my daughter’s soul? She was an angel, 45 years old. We are lost without her.
Thank you, Father.
@biglakewriter - Please forgive the delay! I was away for the weekend and am just now able to catch up on things. Of course I will pray not only for your daughter’s soul, but for you and all who mourn her. God bless you, and remember that you are always her mother; there is nothing that changes that reality, so whether your daughter is here on earth or with Our Lord in heaven your love for her and her’s for you is not lost, nor lessened. If anything, in the presence of Love Himself, it is magnified beyond understanding. Peace, Sister, and all consolation.