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Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas!

Seeing as how he is my patron saint, be ready for an onslaught of posts regarding him!

St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us!

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Saints in a Hat

badwolfcomplex:

Use this nifty online generator to “pick a saint out of hat” for your new 2013 patron!

I’ve been told of a New Year’s tradition that is popular in monasteries and convents. Every year, the monks and nuns get together and draw the names of saints from a hat. These become their patrons of the year, about whom they will learn and for whose intercession they will pray.

So I spent some time to program the following for you. There are 130 possible saints. Enjoy!

I drew St. John the Apostle!!!

Source: badwolfcomplex

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Be the Straw: The Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

bethestraw:

Today, on the Third Day of Christmas, we commemorate St. John, who with his brother, St. James the Greater, was one of the first apostles to answer the call of Jesus Christ and the last apostle to fall asleep in the Lord, in the year 100 A.D. Traditionally, he is considered the author of…

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He who knows the weakness of human nature, the same has had experience of divine power.

St. Maximus Confessor

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Why marvel at the stars, when you are eternal? They were not made in the image and likeness of God. You were.

Saint Gregory of Nyssa

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Don’t be anxious about what you have, but about what you are.

Pope St. Gregory the Great

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Sometimes it happens that despite their best efforts, God allows some souls to remain imperfect because it would be to their spiritual detriment to believe they are virtuous.

St. Therese of Lisieux (via sermoveritas)

Source: sermoveritas

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