Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

• USA: Thanksgiving Day—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>USA: Thanksgiving Day—Optional MemorialFourth Thursday in NovemberPrayer:Most Holy Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are One God in Three Persons, perfectly united by divine love. I thank You profoundly for the gift of Your grace in my life, especially as that Gift is communicated to me through the Mass. In gratitude for all You have bestowed upon me, I pray that I will go forth for the rest of my life and become an instrument of Your loving mercy to all. Most Holy Trinity, I love Thee, adore Thee, and Thank Thee for everything. I wholeheartedly trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Images from Lawrence OP, Flickr: Main

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• November 23: Saint Columban (Columbanus), Abbot—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 23: Saint Columban (Columbanus), Abbot—Optional Memorial543–615Patron Saint of motorcyclistsInvoked against floodsPre-Congregation canonizationLiturgical Color: WhiteQuote: All we Irish dwelling on the edge of the world are disciples of Saints Peter and Paul and of the disciples who, under the Holy Spirit, wrote the Sacred Canon. We accept nothing outside this evangelical and apostolic teaching. There was no heretic, no Jew, no schismatic, but the Catholic Faith, as first delivered to us by you, the successor of the apostles, is kept unshaken…. We, indeed, are, as I have said, chained to the Chair of Saint Peter; for although Rome is great and known afar, it is great and honored with us only by this Chair. ~Saint ColumbanPrayer:Saint Columban, God called you at a young age to enter monastic life so as to form you into a holy man of God. He later called you forth to preach, administer the Sacraments, found new communities, teach, and influence the Church throughout Europe. Please pray for me, that I will first cooperate with the Holy Spirit in the conversion of my own soul so that God can then use me for His greater glory and the salvation of souls. Saint Columban, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed. Image: CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia

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• November 23: Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 23: Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr—Optional Memorialc. 35–c. 99Patron Saint of sailors, mariners, sick children, and stonecuttersPre-Congregation canonizationLiturgical Color: RedQuote: Concerning the things pertaining to our religious observance which are most profitable for a life of goodness to those who would pursue a godly and righteous course, we have written to you, men and brethren, at sufficient length. For concerning faith and repentance and true love and continence and soberness and patience, we have touched upon every passage, putting you in mind that you ought in righteousness and truth and long-suffering to be well-pleasing to Almighty God with holiness, being of one mind—not remembering evil—in love and peace with instant gentleness, even as also our fathers forementioned found favor by the humility of their thoughts towards the Father and God and Creator and all mankind. And of these things we put you in mind with the greater pleasure, since we were well assured that we were writing to men who were faithful and of highest repute and had peered into the oracles of the instruction of God. ~Pope Saint Clement, Letter to the CorinthiansPrayer:Pope Saint Clement, you were entrusted with the care of the Church on earth at the very beginning of its founding. You led through your pastoral care, your writings, and by the witness of your life. Please pray for me, that I will have the courage to lay my life down for Christ. Pray that out of love for others, I will share the Gospel with those entrusted to my care in imitation of you. Saint Clement I, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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• November 18: Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 18: Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles—Optional MemorialLiturgical Color: WhiteQuote: But not to dwell upon ancient examples, let us come to the most recent spiritual heroes. Let us take the noble examples furnished in our own generation. Through envy and jealousy the greatest and most righteous pillars [of the church] have been persecuted and put to death. Let us set before our eyes the illustrious apostles. Peter, through unrighteous envy, endured not one or two, but numerous labors; and when he had at length suffered martyrdom, departed to the place of glory due to him. Owing to envy, Paul also obtained the reward of patient endurance, after being seven times thrown into captivity, compelled to flee, and stoned. After preaching both in the east and west, he gained the illustrious reputation due to his faith, having taught righteousness to the whole world, and come to the extreme limit of the west, and suffered martyrdom under the prefects. Thus was he removed from the world, and went into the holy place, having proved himself a striking example of patience. ~Epistle of Saint Clement of Rome to the CorinthiansPrayer:Saints Peter and Paul, God used you in unique and powerful ways that continue to have a profound impact upon the lives of God’s people today. Please pray for me, that I will also become a foundation upon which God continues to build His Church and from which the message of salvation goes forth. Saints Peter and Paul, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Image from Lawrence OP, Flickr

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• November 15: Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 15: Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorialc. 1200–1280Patron Saint of scientists, medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers, schoolchildren, and theology studentsCanonized by Pope Pius XI on December 16, 1931Declared a Doctor of the Church (Universal Doctor) during his canonizationLiturgical Color: WhiteQuote: I have felt moved to write a few last thoughts describing, as far as one may in this waiting-time of our exile and pilgrimage, the entire separation of the soul from all earthly things and its close, unfettered union with God.I have been more urged to this, because Christian perfection has no other end but charity, which unites us to God. This union of charity is essential for salvation, since it consists in the practice of the precepts and in conformity to the Divine will. Hence it separates us from whatever would war against the essence and habit of charity, such as mortal sin. ~Saint Albert, “On Union With God”Prayer:Saint Albert the Great, though your mind was incapable of comprehending the depth and breadth of God, you strove for that goal nonetheless. As a result of that continuous striving, God used you in numerous ways, helping to lay a firm foundation for the development of the Church’s faith. Please pray for me, that I will devote myself more fully to the study, prayerful pondering, and contemplation of all that God has revealed, so that I will be drawn more deeply into communion with Him. Saint Albert the Great, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Image from Lawrence OP, Flickr

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