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St. Anthony is invoked as the patron saint of lost things. A little jingle goes like this: “St. Anthony, please look around; something is lost and must be found.”. This attribution comes from an incident where a novice carried off a valuable psalter St. Anthony was using. St.
Other saints too knew the value of laughter and joy: St. Ignatius of Loyola taught, “Laugh and grow strong.” St. John Bosco said, “I want no long-faced saints.” St. Francis de Sales said, “A sad saint is a sorry saint.” St. Thomas Aquinas taught, “Happiness is the natural life of man.”
Who is St. Anthony and why is he the patron saint of lost things? What is the stigmata? What is the official process for declaring someone a saint? What is the Church’s teaching on martyrdom? What are relics? What are angels? Whatever happened to St. Christopher? Is he still a saint? More Answers →
St. Joseph was “of the house and lineage of David” (Luke 2:4). Because of this ancestry, St. Joseph is the linkage between the old covenant made with Abraham and Moses, and the new, perfect, and everlasting covenant which will be made through the blood of Jesus. He brings to a close the notion of the Patriarch’s promised land and King ...
St. Michael the Archangel, whose name means, “one who is like God,” led the army of angels who cast Satan and the rebellious angels into Hell; at the end of time, he will wield the sword of justice to separate the righteous from the evil (cf. Revelation 12:7ff). The early Church Fathers recognized the importance of the angels and archangels ...
The confusion over whether St. Christopher is still a saint arose when Pope Paul VI revised the Liturgical Calendar, which includes the feast days of saints that are commemorated at Mass. Due to the proliferation of the number of feast days over the centuries, the Second Vatican Council in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy proposed ...
Relics include the physical remains of a saint (or of a person who is considered holy but not yet officially canonized) as well as other objects which have been “sanctified” by being touched to his body. These relics are divided into two classes: First class or real relics include the physical body parts, clothing, and instruments connected ...
What is the significance of incorruptibility? Since his death, Pope John Paul II has been referred to as “the great.”. Have any other Popes been given this title? In the movie The Passion the good thief is called “Dismas” and the soldier who pierced the side of Jesus is called “Cassius.”.
The official process for declaring someone a saint is called canonization, meaning the person is worthy of inclusion in the canon of the Mass. Prior to the year 1234, the Church did not have a formal process as such. Usually martyrs and those recognized as holy were declared saints by the Church at the time of their deaths.
Boethius (c. 480-524) made a slight reference to them, thereby suggesting their presence at that time. At the Benedictine abbey of Fleury (now Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire), these antiphons were recited by the abbot and other abbey leaders in descending rank, and then a gift was given to each member of the community.