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Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

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If a list were made of the greatest human beings who have ever lived, the Catholic saints would be at the top. Though historians often attempt to judge greatness from a subjective perspective, there must be objective criteria by which human greatness is judged. The only Being capable of establishing that criteria is God. The criteria that God has established are the virtues, as identified by Jesus and revealed by Him through the holy Gospels.

The goal of this podcast is to present each saint found on the Catholic liturgical calendar in such a way so as to identify the Godly virtues that place each one on that list. The Church has already confirmed the saints’ greatness and their heroic virtues. Importantly, God chose the men and women found in these pages, not only for greatness in their lifetimes, but also as models of holiness in ours. These men and women are gifts to you, given by God through the Church.

Each podecast reflection comes from the four-volume series Saints and Feasts of the Liturgical Year. These reflections can be read at our website for free: mycatholic.life. They are also available for purchase in eBook and paperback.2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Spirituality
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  • February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes—Optional Memorial

    February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes—Optional Memorial
    Feb 10 2026
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    February 11: Our Lady of Lourdes—Optional Memorial

    January 11–July 16, 1858
    Patron Saint of the sick, asthma sufferers
    Liturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday)

    Quote:
    I went every day for a fortnight, and each day I asked her who she was, and this petition always made her smile. After the fortnight I asked her three times consecutively. She always smiled. At last I tried for the fourth time. She stopped smiling. With her arms down, she raised her eyes to Heaven and then, folding her hands over her breast she said, “I am the Immaculate Conception.” ~Testimony of Saint Bernadette Soubirous

    Prayer:
    Dearest Mother, the Immaculate Conception, you chose the humblest of instruments in Bernadette to proclaim your universal message of repentance. You declared to the world that you are, indeed, the Immaculate Conception. Please pray for me, bring healing to my soul, and help me to be freed of all sin so that I may one day share in your glory in Heaven. Saint Bernadette, pray for me. Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    9 mins
  • February 10: Saint Scholastica, Virgin—Memorial

    February 10: Saint Scholastica, Virgin—Memorial
    Feb 9 2026
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    February 10: Saint Scholastica, Virgin—Memorial

    c. 480–543
    Patron Saint of nuns, school, tests, reading, convulsive children
    Invoked against storms and rain
    Pre-Congregation canonization
    Liturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday)

    Quote:
    The holy nun said to her brother: “Please do not leave me tonight; let us go on until morning talking about the delights of the spiritual life.” “Sister,” he replied, “what are you saying? I simply cannot stay outside my cell.”
    When she heard her brother refuse her request, the holy woman joined her hands on the table, laid her head on them and began to pray. As she raised her head from the table, there were such brilliant flashes of lightning, such great peals of thunder and such a heavy downpour of rain that neither Benedict nor his brethren could stir across the threshold of the place where they had been seated. ~Dialogues, Saint Gregory the Great

    Prayer:
    Saint Scholastica, you and your brother shared not only the same family, but you were also deeply united in a spiritual friendship centered on God. Please pray for me, that I may discover friends who assist me on my journey through this world and that I may be such a friend to others. Saint Scholastica and Saint Benedict, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    8 mins
  • February 8: Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin—Optional Memorial

    February 8: Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin—Optional Memorial
    Feb 7 2026
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    February 8: Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin—Optional Memorial

    1869–1947
    Patron Saint of Sudan and human-trafficking survivors
    Canonized October 1, 2000 by Saint Pope John Paul II
    Liturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday)

    Quote:
    If I was to meet those slave-traders that abducted me and those who tortured me, I’d kneel down to them to kiss their hands, because, if it had not have been for them, I would not have become a Christian and religious woman. ~Saint Josephine Bakhita

    Prayer:
    Saint Josephine, you endured unimaginable cruelty from earthly masters. Through it all, you sought out the God Who continuously spoke to you from within. When you met this glorious God within the Catholic faith, you refused to serve anyone other than Him. Please pray for me, that I may allow God to transform every hardship in my life into a source of His grace and transforming mercy. Saint Josephine Margaret Fortunata, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    10 mins
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