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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