Unusual Saints

[FutureSister2009]

Love hearing about all these Saints I don't know! It helps me if I do have a call to married life and motherhood to pick a really beautiful Saints name for my children. There are so many!

[mysisterisalittlesister]

St. Bibiana was a pretty razzle dazzle martyr. look her up!

[BarbTherese]

St Moses The Black is a new saint to me, but his story really spoke to me in places. Thank you for sharing! I really love our saints who lived dreadful lives and many did - and went on to become saints. Gives one much hope.

These are only extracts:

Isidore told Moses, [b]"Only slowly do the rays of the sun drive away the night and usher in a new day, and thus, only slowly does one become a perfect contemplative." [/b]Moses proved to be effective as a prophetic spiritual leader. The abbot ordered the brothers to fast during a particular week. Some brothers came to Moses, and he prepared a meal for them. Neighboring monks reported to the abbot that Moses was breaking the fast. When they came to confront Moses, they changed their minds, saying [b]"You did not keep a human commandment, but it was so that you might keep the divine commandment of hospitality." [/b]Some see in this account one of the earliest allusions to the Paschal fast, which developed at this time.
When a brother committed a fault and Moses was invited to a meeting to discuss an appropriate penance, Moses refused to attend. When he was again called to the meeting, Moses took a leaking jug filled with water and carried it on his shoulder. Another version of the story has him carrying a basket filled with sand. When he arrived at the meeting place, the others asked why he was carrying the jug. He replied, [b]"My sins run out behind me and I do not see them, but today I am coming to judge the errors of another." [/b]On hearing this, the assembled brothers forgave the erring monk.


[u][b]And to nunsense[/b][/u] - St Joseph of Cupertino is a favourite of mine too! Apparently he would levitate in chapel and in the refectory - and so his fellow monks would tie him down by one of his feet. Many stories about him and all loveable!

[CatherineM]

Praying to a lesser known saint might mean they have more time to listen.

[brandelynmarie]

My thoughts exactly.

[Maximilianus]

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Praying to a lesser known saint might mean they have more time to listen.
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Yeah, there are usually multiple patrons for the same patronage. Lose your keys, ask St. Zita for help, and let St. Anthony help someone find something more urgent.

[FutureSister2009]

Has anyone ever heard of St. Leonie Aviat? She's pretty neat. I live in a dorm named after her

[MarysLittleFlower]

Not canonized yet, but Sr Josefa Menendez [url="http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2009/12/sister-josefa-menendez-way-of-divine.html"]http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2009/12/sister-josefa-menendez-way-of-divine.html[/url] I love the book that she wrote, called "Way of Divine Love".

Edited December 18, 2011 by MarysLittleFlower