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‘St. Matilda,’ said Pope Benedict XVI, ‘was distinguished by her humility, her fervor, her friendliness, the clarity and the innocence of her life and by the familiarity and intensity with which she lived her relationship with God, the Virgin and the Saints.’
St. John Neumann is especially known for his work establishing the Catholic school system in Philadelphia.
St. John was the only Apostle at the foot of the Cross, and was given care of the Blessed Mother.
St. Louis Bertrand was related to St. Vincent Ferrer, ordained by St. Thomas of Villanova and a friend of St. Teresa of Ávila.
During their lifetimes, some saints were given a peek into the happiness of heaven and the horrors of hell.
St. Rose’s success came from spending every minute of every day praying to God, and listening to whatever he was asking her to do in that moment.
In the words of Blessed Solanus Casey, ‘Thank God ahead of time.’
The Holy Father reminded the faithful that ‘seeing God’s presence in everything … strengthens faith and hope, and even the ability of doing good.’
Mother Cabrini succeeded for one reason only: nothing she accomplished was her idea.
The saints can be models for holiness in the most concrete and practical of contexts.
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