Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

• 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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• November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin—USA Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin—USA Memorial1850–1917Patron Saint of immigrants, emigrants, hospital administrators, and orphansInvoked against malariaCanonized by Pope Pius XII on July 7, 1946Liturgical Color: WhiteQuote: How lovely and sweet it is to undertake a sea voyage when one is tired and worn out with the labors of the Missions! The day was fixed, the cabins were secured, and September the 2nd came all too quickly…As soon as I had finished waving my handkerchief to the Sisters, I sat on a chair, and fell asleep. When I awoke…I realized that I was far away from the Sisters and felt the sorrow of separation from them… Reflecting upon my vocation as a Missionary, I remembered that I ought not to allow sadness to take hold of me. So I entered into the Heart of Jesus, where I saw all the Sisters, and though I could not speak to them, I asked the Sacred Heart to tell each of them what I had forgotten, or what I had not time to say. Great was my pleasure at the thought that the Sacred Heart would inspire you with the good resolution to do what I want you to do, and to add to it His Grace, and thus facilitate the exercise of those virtues which give to true Missionaries of the Sacred Heart that energy which makes them zealous for the salvation of souls. ~Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, letter to her daughtersPrayer:Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, in your humility and obedience you became a founder of an army of holy women who went forth across the globe to bring the Mercy in the Heart of Jesus to those in need. Please pray for me, that I will discover that same abundant mercy in Jesus’ Heart and will become an instrument of that love to all. Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, 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 1: All Saints’ Day—Solemnity

  Read entire reflection online >>>November 1: All Saints’ Day—SolemnityHoly Day of ObligationLiturgical Color: WhiteQuote: After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.” ~ Revelation 7:9–10Prayer:All saints in Heaven, I thank you for the holy witness you each have given to the Church and rejoice in the blessings you now enjoy in Heaven. Please pray for me and for all people, that every one of us will become holy, bearing witness to Christ with our lives, and one day enter Heaven. May God pour forth an abundance of grace upon the world through the example you set and the prayers you now pray before His throne. All saints of God, 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.Main, Lawrence OP, Flickr

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• October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop—Optional Memorial

  Read entire reflection online >>>October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop—Optional Memorial1807–1870Patron Saint of the Catholic press, textile merchants, and weaversCanonized by Pope Pius XII on May 7, 1950Liturgical Color: WhiteQuote: Love in a man who preaches the Word of God is like fire in a musket. If a man were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if he takes this same bullet and ignites some gunpowder behind it, it can kill. It is much the same with the Word of God. If God’s Word is spoken only naturally, it does very little; but if it is spoken by a priest who is filled with the fire of charity—the fire of love of God and neighbor—it will wound vices, kill sins, convert sinners, and work wonders. We can see this in the case of St. Peter, who walked out of the upper room afire with the love he had received from the Holy Spirit, with the result that through just two sermons he converted 8,000 people, three in the first sermon and five in the second. ~from the Autobiography of Saint Anthony Mary Claret (#439)Prayer:Saint Anthony Mary Claret, God set your heart on fire with a love for Him so deep that it overflowed into the hearts of every sinner you encountered. Please pray for me, that I will grow deeper in my love of God, and from that love will love others whom I encounter every day. Saint Anthony, 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.H. Zell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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• October 20: Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest—USA: Optional Memorial (October 19 outside of the USA)

  Read entire reflection online >>>October 20: Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest—USA: Optional Memorial(October 19 outside of the USA)1694–1775Patron Saint of Hungary and Ovada, ItalyCanonized by Pope Pius IX on June 29, 1867Liturgical Color: WhiteQuote: You must correspond faithfully to His merciful action by humbling yourself ever more in your nothingness before His Sovereign Majesty, renouncing all these gifts and remaining in utter nakedness and nothingness. At the same time offer a holocaustal sacrifice of all these gifts and put them in the thurible of your heart so that, enkindled by God’s charity, they may ascend as a fragrant incense before the Most High Majesty of the Supreme Good ~From a letter to Mother Mary Crucified, by Saint Paul of the CrossPrayer:Saint Paul of the Cross, God drew you to the heights of contemplation and taught you the deepest truths within the depths of your soul. You then shared the good fruits of your contemplation with the world. Please pray for me, that I will continuously seek to deepen my faith by deepening my prayer and penance, never shying away from the most glorious Gift of the Passion of Jesus Christ. Saint Paul of the Cross, 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.Images: Featured 

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