Top 25 Articles of 2024 for the Mystery of Faith
The following articles are YOUR favorite articles on the Mystery of Faith. I have listed them in order of popularity. The year of 2024 is gone. I want to thank everyone for reading the articles I have posted.
May each of you have a blessed 2025!
The Creation of Man by Michelangelo Sistine Chapel
October 1...St. Therese of Lisieux...France…Carmelite…Doctor of the Church…Patron Saint of florists, missionaries, pilots and against tuberculosis
October 2…Feast of the Guardian Angels
October 3…St. Theodore Guerin…France and United States..Patron Saint of the Diocese of Lafayette, Indiana…Sisters of Providence
October 4…St. Francis of Assisi…Italy…Founder of Franciscans…Patron Saint of the environment, peacemakers, and animals.
October 5…St. Faustina...Poland…Apostle of Mercy…Visionary
October 6…St. Bruno...Germany…Founder of Carthursian Order
October 7…Feast of the Most Holy Rosary...Devotion begun by St. Dominic
October 8…Bl. Ambrose of Sienna...Dominican…Peacemaker
October 9…St. Denis & Companions...Italy…Bishop of Paris…Martyr…Patron Saint of France and against headaches
October 10…Bl. Mary Angela...Poland…Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice
October 11…St. John XXIII...Italy…Bishop of Rome…Franciscan
October 12…Bl. Maria Teresa …Fasce…Italy…Augustinian
October 13…Bl. Alexandrina Mariada Costa...Portugal… Patron Saint of the bedridden and paralyzed.
October 14…St. Callistus I...Bishop of Rome…Martyr
October 15…St. Teresa of Avila...Spain…Carmelite mystic…Patron Saint against headache
October 16…St. Margaret Mary…France…Apostle of the Sacred Heart…
October 17…St. Ignatius of Antioch…Bishop of Antioch…Church Father…Martyr
October 18…St. Luke…Disciple of Jesus…Patron Saint of physicians and surgeons
October 19…St. Laura of Cordoba…Spain…Widow and Martyr
October 20…St. Paul of the Cross...Republic of Genoa…Founder of Passionist Order…
October 21…St. Gaspar of Bufalo…Rome…Missionaries of the Most Precious Blood
October 22…St. John Paul II…Poland…Bishop of Rome…Patron Saint of youth.
October 23…St John of Capistrano...Franciscan…Patron Saint of chaplains, military chaplains and judges.
October 24…St. Anthony Mary Claret...Archbishop of Canary Islands…Patron Saint of educators, the Catholic Press and weavers
October 25…St. John Roberts…England…Benedictine…Martyr…Founder of Claretians…Archbishop of Canary Islands
October 26…Bl. Bonaventura of Poternza…Italy…Franciscan
October 27...St. Frumentius…Lebenon…Bishop of Axsom…Ethiopia
October 28…St. Simon & St. Jude...Apostles…Martyrs..Patron Saint of impossible causes.
October 29...Bl. Maria Restituta...Austria…Franciscan Sister…Martyr
October 30…St. Alphonsus Rodriguez...Spain…Jesuit Brother
October 31…St. Quintin…Italy…Missionary…Martyr
Prayer for Peace and Healing
May I be at Peace
May my heart remain open.
May I be aware of my true nature.
May I be healed.
May I be a source of healing for others.
May I dwell in the
Breath of God.
O Blessed Jesus,
give stillness of soul in You.
Let Your mighty calmness reign in me.
Rule me, O King of Gentleness, King of Peace.
And I saw a river over which every soul must pass to reach the Kingdom of Heaven, and the name of that river was suffering.and then I saw a boat which carried souls across the river, and the name of that boat was Love.
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you.;
May you be content knowing you are a child of God.
Let this presence settle into your bones and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, prais and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.
Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Prayer for Peace of Mind
Fortify me with the grace of Your Holy Spirit and give Your peace to my soul that I may be free from all needless anxiety, solicitude and worry.
Help me to desire always that which is pleasing and acceptable to You so that Your will may be my will.
I pray for Your healing touch upon my body, mind and spirit.
I beg You to remove any fear or anxiety.
Fill me with the Peace that You alone can give.
I place myself completely in Your hands.
O my Lord Jesus, trusting in Your care and love for me, may my recovery be swift, my strength be renewed, and my health restored.
I lift up all my afflictions in Your hands, Lord, for You are the Divine Healer with Divine Mercy.
O Sacred Heart of Jesus, I put my trust in You.
Amen.
Feb. 1 St. Brigid of Ireland
Feb. 2 Presentation of the Lord
Feb. 3 St. Blaise...patron saint of throat maladies and wild animals
Feb 4 St. Andrew Corsini...Italy…patron saint against riots and disorder…Bishop
Feb 5 St. Agatha... martyr…Sicily…patron saint of breast cancer
Feb 6 St. Paul Miki & Companions….Martyrs in Japan….Jesuit
Feb 7 St. Luke the Younger….Greece
Feb 8 St. Josephine Bakhita…Sudan
Feb 9 St. Jerome Emiliani...Italy….Priest
Feb 10 St. Scholastica...Italy…Benedictine…Patron Saint Against Storms
Feb 11 Our Lady of Lourdes...patron saint of bodily ills
Feb 12 St. Apollinia...patron saint of dentists and invoked by those suffering from toothaches.
Feb 13 St. Catherine dei Ricci...patron saint of the sick…Dominican
Feb 14 St. Valentine…Roman Priest…patron saint of happy marriages
Feb 15 St. Claude de la Columbiere.…France…Jesuit
Feb. 16 St. Onesimus,,,Martyr
Feb 17 Seven Founders of the Order of Servites; St. Peregrine...patron saint of cancer
Feb. 18 St. Gertrude Caterina Comensoli...Italy
Feb 19 St. Gabinus...Martyr
Feb 20 St. Jacinta of Fatima.…visionary
Feb 21 St. Robert Southwell…Martyr…England…Jesuit
Feb 22 The Chair of Peter
Feb 23 St. Polycarp…Martyr…Church Father
Feb 24 Bl. Luke Belludi.…patron saint of students…Italy
Feb 25 Bl. Marie Adcodata Pisani…Italy…Benedictine
Feb 26 St. Isabel of France…patron saint of the sick
Feb 27 St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows...patron saint of students, young people and of clergy..Italy
Feb 28 St. Romanus...France…patron saint of mental illness
Feb 29 St. Oswald...Benedictine…England
January 1 Mary, Mother of God Feast of the Holy Family
January 2 St. Basil the Great…. Patron saint of hospital administrators…Doctor of the Church
January 3 Most Holy Name of Jesus
January 4 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton...U.S.A…patron saint of in-law troubles and loss of children.
January 5 St. John N Neumann…Bishop of Philadelphia…Patron saint of children, immigrants, and Catholic education
January 6 Epiphany of the Lord St. Peter of Canterbury…Italian Monk
January 7 St. Raymond Penyafort...Spain…patron saint of lawyers
January 8 St. Apollinaris...Bishop
January 9 Bl. Eurosia Fabri...Italy…Third Order Franciscan
January 10 St. Peter Orseolo…France…Benedictine Monk
January 11 Bl. William Carter...England…Martyr
January 12 St. Margurite Bougeogs … Canadian Missionary
January 13 St. Hilary of Poiters….Doctor of the Church
January 14 Bl. Peter Donders...Holland
January 15 St. Macarius of Egypt...priest with gift of healing
January 16 St. Berard...Franciscan monk and martyr; Italy
January 17 St. Anthony of Egypt...Egyptian monk
January 18 St. Margaret of Hungary...Dominican Nun
January 19 St. Fabian…Bishop of Rome…Martyr
January 20 St. Sebastian….patron saint of athletes and plague sufferers…martyr in 268.
January 21 St. Agnes…Martyr 304…Rome
January 22 St. Vincent Palliotti...Italy…Incorrupt…Franciscan priest
January 23 St. Marriane Cope...U.S.A…Franciscan…Patron Saint of Outcasts
January 24 St. Francis de Sales…Bishop of the Diocese of Geneva….Patron of the Deaf
January 25 Conversion of St. Paul...Apostle… Martyr…Patron Saint of writers…publishers… musicians and evangelists
January 26 Bl. Michal Kozal...Poland…Priest…Martyr
January 27 St. Angela Merici... Patron Saint of the sick and disabled., Italy…Franciscan
January 28 St. Thomas Aquinas...Dominican Priest,,,patron saint of students and universities’, Doctor of the Church
January 29 Bl. Archangela Girlani ….Italy….Carmelite Nun
January 30 St. Hyacintha of Manincotti…Italy…Third Order Franciscan
January 31 St. John Bosco.…Italy….Salesian Priest..Patron saint of boys and young people.
The feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas is celebrated on Jan. 28. He is the patron saint of students and universities and a Doctor of the Church. He was ordained as a Dominican Priest.
St. Thomas was born in Roccasecca, Sicily in 1225. His parents were from Italian nobility. St. Thomas was well educated. He was raised in a Benedictine monastery at Monte Casino. He finished his studies at Naples.
Against his families wishes he joined the Dominicans, also known as the Order of Preachers and was ordained a priest. His brothers followed careers in the military. In an attempt to end his desires to become a Dominican, his brothers hired a prostitute to seduce him. According to legend, two angels appeared to Thomas to strengthen him and increase his determination to remain celibate. He thus became known as the “Angelic Doctor”.
While he was still a student, St. Thomas was given the nickname “the dumb ox” due to his large size and silent nature. However, he was actually quite gifted and intelligent. He is considered one of the most influential theologians in the history of the Church.
After he was ordained a priest, Pope Urban IV called him to Rome where he was appointed to teach. St. Thomas turned down an offer from Pope Clement IV to be the Archbishop of Naples.
St. Thomas published many books. He also wrote many hymns which are still sung today. One of St. Thomas most famous works, Summas Theologica was never completed. He fell ill and died before he could finish it in 1274.
St. Thomas was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius V. He is the patron saint of students and universities.
O Lord my God, make me submissive without protest,
poor without discouragement, chaste without regret,
patient without complaint, humble without posturing,
cheerful without frivolity, mature without gloom,
and quick witted without flippancy.
Quote of St. Thomas Aquinas
January is the Month of the Holy Name.
