SAINT THERESA OF CALCUTTA

"He is the Life that I want to live, Photo Credit:  St. Theresa of Calcutta He is Light that I want to radiate.He is the Way to the Father.He is the Love with which I want to love.He is the Joy that I want to share.He is the Peace that I want to sow.Jesus is Everything to me.Without Him, I can do nothing." - Mother Theresa of Calcutta Feast Day - September 5 Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia,...

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What is a Saint? Who are Saint? Why Saint?

I've been tackling so much about saints but I haven't discussed why Roman Catholic have saints. Before adding more in my line-up of the virtuous people on my blog, I will discuss first what, who and why there are people who are honored as saints. According to Google, as noun, saint is: 1. a person acknowledged as holy or virtuous and typically regarded as being in heaven after death. 2. used in titles of religious saints "the epistles of Saint Paul". As verb, formally recognized as a saint; canonize. In the Catechism inculcated in us in The...

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ST. GEMMA GALGANI

ST. GEMMA GALGANI - THE EXTRAORDINARY "GEM OF CHRIST" Feast Day - April 11 "I wish, oh Jesus, that my voice could reach to the ends of the world, to call all sinners and tell them to enter into Thy Heart....Oh, if only all sinners would come to Thy Heart!... Come! Come sinners, do not be afraid! The sword of Justice cannot reach you Here!"  A brief biography of the life of St Gemma Gemma was born on March 12, 1878 in Camigliano,...

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ST. ROSE OF LIMA - PATRONESS OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES

The people in the Philippines are presently in wrath because of Janet Napoles stealing of taxes. While she and her family extravagantly spend the wealth came from the taxes of the people, there are families who can hardly eat three times a day. While she's busy fooling the Catholic Church by her so called charity works through giving allowances to Bishops, priests, and communities, she's also busy stealing the portion of people's hard earned...

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LIFE OF FR. ALOYSIUS SCHWARTZ, A Father & a Saint to Me

I paused for a month due to busy schedules. Today, I have some spare time and think about whose life of saint I will tackle. All of a sudden, I think about  Fr. Al, my spiritual Tatay, my hero, my inspiration. His journey to sainthood has started. I mean the process for his canonization has just started. It's a long way to go before the Catholic Church declare him a saint, but for me and for my other brothers and sisters, and to those whose...

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ST. THERESE OF LISIEUX "THE LITTLE FLOWER"

"What matters in life is not great deeds, but great love." -St. Therese, The Little Flower For almost 4 years of stay in The Sisters of Mary the most important teaching the nuns inculcated in me is the importance of small deeds offered to God. I remember how we used to offer:         the washing of 50pairs of socks every afternoon...         the pain of kneeling down for an hour or so during station...

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ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL

When I was still young, I always thought the only people who have the right to become saints are priests and nuns who follow the will of the Lord in everyday of their lives. As I've turned pages of stories about saints, I've realized that all of us even an ordinary man or woman, single or married is called to become saints.Here is another story of sainthood of a wife and mother. THE STORY OF ST. JANE FRANCES DE CHANTAL Feast Day: August 12 from...

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