Saint of the Day
| St. John Bosco | |
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What do dreams have to with prayer? Aren't they just random images of our mind? In 1867 Pope Pius IX was upset with John Bosco because he wouldn't take his dreams seriously enough. Nine years earlier when Pope Pius IX met with the future saint who worked with neglected boys, he learned of the dreams that John had been having since the age of nine, dreams that had revealed God's will for John's life. So Pius IX had made a request, "Write down these dreams and everything else you have told me, minutely and in their natural sense." Pius IX saw ... Read More » |
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- St. Trypbaena
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- St. Domitius
- St. Eusebius
- St. Geminian
- St. Julius of Novara
- St. Madoes
- St. Marcella
- St. Martin Manuel
- St. Nicetas
- St. Metranus
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Tomorrow's Saint of the Day
| St. Brigid of Ireland | |
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Brigid was probably born at Faughart near Dundalk, Louth, Ireland. Her parents were baptized by St. Patrick, with whom she developed a close friendship. According to legend, her father was Dubhthach, an Irish chieftain of Lienster, and her mother, Brocca, was a slave at his court. Even as a young girl she evinced an interest for a religious life and took the veil in her youth from St. Macaille at Croghan and probably was professed by St. Mel of Armagh, who is believed to have conferred abbatial authority on her. She settled with seven of her ... Read More » |
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