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Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons and Feasts » (Revised)

Book cover image of Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons and Feasts by Leonard Foley

Authors: Leonard Foley, Patrick McCloskey
ISBN-13: 9780867168877, ISBN-10: 0867168870
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Saint Anthony Messenger Press & Franciscan Communications
Date Published: September 2009
Edition: Revised

Author Biography: Leonard Foley

Book Synopsis

This classic best-seller has been revised and updated to include those recently canonized, beatified or recognized as persons of heroic virtue. The new entries include Marguerite Bourgeoys, Jacinta and Francisco Marto, Damien of Molokai, Pio of Piatrelcina, Eugene de Mazenod, Edith Stein, Frederic Ozanam, Mother Theodore Guerin, Francis Xavier Seelos, Pope John XXIII, Marguerite d'Youville, Adolph Kolping, Juan Diego and Miguel Agustin Pro.

"Most saints weren't private people concerned with 'saving their soul,'" says Father Foley. "There were a few hermits, of course, but so many of them were out there in the front lines doing the Church's work, at times in spite of the Church itself. Because there were reformers, prophets, leaders, people who did what was right regardless of opposition, they were controversial. Some were even dismissed from their religious orders for being troublemakers."

Each of the more than two hundred entries includes a short biography of the saint, a comment linking the example of this life relevant to our own and an appropriate quotation from Scripture, the words of the saint or another spiritual writer for reflection.

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Revised with the inclusion of the recently canonized, beatified or recognized as person of heroic virtue, Saint of the Day...includes a short biography of the saint, a comment linking the example of their lives to our own, and words from that saint or another spiritual writer for

	Introduction	xiii
	January
	1 Mary, Mother of God	1
	2 Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors	2
	4 Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious	5
	5 John Neumann, bishop	6
	6 Blessed Andre Bessette, religious	8
	7 Raymond of Penyafort, priest	10
	12 Marguerite Bourgeoys, religious	11
	13 Hilary, bishop and doctor	13
	17 Anthony, abbot	14
	20 Fabian, pope and martyr	15
	20 Sebastian, martyr	16
	21 Agnes, virgin and martyr	17
	22 Vincent, deacon and martyr	18
	24 Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor	20
	25 Conversion of Paul, apostle	22
	26 Timothy and Titus, bishops	23
	27 Angela Merici, virgin	26
	28 Thomas Aquinas, priest and doctor	27
	31 John Bosco, priest	29
	February
	2 Presentation of the Lord	31
	3 Blase, bishop and martyr	32
	3 Ansgar, bishop	33
	5 Agatha, virgin and martyr	34
	6 Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs	35
	8 Jerome Emiliani	37
	10 Scholastica, virgin	38
	11 Our Lady of Lourdes	40
	14 Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop	41
	17 Seven Founders of the Order of Servites	43
	20 Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto	45
	21 Peter Damian, bishop and doctor	46
	22 Chair of Peter, apostle	48
	23 Polycarp, bishop and martyr	49
	March
	3 Katharine Drexel, virgin	51
	4 Casimir	52
	7 Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs	54
	8 John of God, religious	55
	9 Frances of Rome, religious	57
	17 Patrick, bishop	58
	18 Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and doctor	60
	19 Joseph, husband of Mary	62
	23 Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop	63
	25 Annunciation of the Lord	65
	April
	2 Francis of Paola, hermit	67
	4 Isidore of Seville, bishop and doctor	69
	5 Vincent Ferrer, priest	70
	7 John Baptist de la Salle, priest	72
	11 Stanislaus, bishop and martyr	73
	13 Martin I, pope and martyr	75
	21 Anselm, bishop and doctor	76
	23 George, martyr	78
	24 Fidelis of Sigmaringen, priest and martyr	79
	25 Mark, evangelist	80
	28 Peter Chanel, priest and martyr	82
	29 Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor	83
	30 Pius V, pope	85
	May
	1 Joseph the Worker	87
	2 Athanasius, bishop and doctor	88
	2 Blessed Pio of Piatrelcina, priest	89
	3 Philip and James, apostles	91
	10 Blessed Damien of Molokai, priest	93
	12 Nereus and Achilleus, martyrs	94
	12 Pancras, martyr	95
	14 Matthias, apostle	96
	15 Isidore the Farmer	97
	18 John I, pope and martyr	99
	20 Bernardine of Siena, priest	100
	21 Eugene de Mazenod, bishop	102
	25 Venerable Bede, priest and doctor	103
	25 Gregory VII, pope	104
	25 Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, virgin	105
	26 Philip Neri, priest	107
	27 Augustine of Canterbury, bishop	109
	31 Visitation	110
	June
	Sacred Heart	112
	Immaculate Heart of Mary	113
	1 Justin, martyr	115
	2 Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs	116
	3 Charles Lwanga and Companions, martyrs	117
	5 Boniface, bishop and martyr	118
	6 Norbert, bishop	119
	9 Ephrem, deacon and doctor	121
	11 Barnabas, apostle	122
	13 Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor	124
	19 Romuald, abbot	125
	21 Aloysius Gonzaga, religious	126
	22 Paulinus of Nola, bishop	128
	22 John Fisher, bishop and martyr	129
	22 Thomas More, martyr	131
	24 Birth of John the Baptist	132
	27 Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and doctor	134
	28 Irenaeus, bishop and martyr	135
	29 Peter and Paul, apostles	137
	30 First Martyrs of the Church of Rome	140
	July
	1 Blessed Junipero Serra, priest	142
	3 Thomas, apostle	144
	4 Elizabeth of Portugal	145
	5 Anthony Zaccaria, priest	147
	6 Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr	148
	11 Benedict, abbot	150
	13 Henry	151
	14 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin	152
	15 Bonaventure, bishop and doctor	154
	16 Our Lady of Mount Carmel	155
	21 Lawrence of Brindisi, priest and doctor	157
	22 Mary Magdalene	158
	23 Bridget, religious	160
	25 James, apostle	161
	26 Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary	163
	29 Martha	164
	30 Peter Chrysologus, bishop and doctor	165
	31 Ignatius of Loyola, priest	167
	August
	1 Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor	169
	2 Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop	171
	4 John Vianney, priest	172
	5 Dedication of St. Mary Major	174
	6 Transfiguration of the Lord	175
	7 Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and Companions, martyrs	176
	7 Cajetan, priest	177
	8 Dominic, priest	179
	9 Edith Stein, martyr	181
	10 Lawrence, deacon and martyr	182
	11 Clare, virgin	184
	13 Pontian, pope and martyr, and Hippolytus, priest and martyr	186
	14 Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr	188
	15 Assumption	189
	16 Stephen of Hungary	191
	18 Jane Frances de Chantal, religious	192
	19 John Eudes, priest	194
	20 Bernard, abbot and doctor	196
	21 Pius X, pope	198
	22 Queenship of Mary	199
	23 Rose of Lima, virgin	201
	24 Bartholomew, apostle	202
	25 Louis	204
	25 Joseph Calasanz, priest	205
	27 Monica	207
	28 Augustine, bishop and doctor	209
	29 Beheading of John the Baptist, martyr	210
	September
	3 Gregory the Great, pope and doctor	212
	7 Blessed Frederic Ozanam	213
	8 Birth of Mary	215
	9 Peter Claver, priest	216
	13 John Chrysostom, bishop and doctor	218
	14 Triumph of the Cross	220
	15 Our Lady of Sorrows	221
	16 Cornelius, pope and martyr, and Cyprian, bishop and martyr	222
	17 Robert Bellarmine, bishop and doctor	225
	19 Januarius, bishop and martyr	227
	20 Andrew Kim Taegon, priest and martyr, Paul Chong Hasang and Companions, martyrs	229
	21 Matthew, apostle and evangelist	231
	26 Cosmas and Damian, martyrs	232
	27 Vincent de Paul, priest	233
	28 Lawrence Ruiz and Companions, martyrs	235
	28 Wenceslaus, martyr	237
	29 Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, archangels	238
	30 Jerome, priest and doctor	239
	October
	1 Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor	242
	2 Guardian Angels	243
	3 Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, virgin	244
	4 Francis of Assisi	246
	5 Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, priest	248
	6 Bruno, priest	249
	6 Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher, virgin	250
	7 Our Lady of the Rosary	252
	9 Denis, bishop and martyr, and Companions, martyrs	253
	9 John Leonardi, priest	254
	11 Blessed John XXIII, pope	256
	14 Callistus I, pope and martyr	258
	15 Teresa of Jesus, virgin and doctor	260
	16 Hedwig, religious	261
	16 Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin	263
	16 Marguerite d'Youville, religious	264
	17 Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr	266
	18 Luke, evangelist	267
	19 Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs, and Companions, martyrs	268
	23 John of Capistrano, priest	270
	24 Anthony Claret, bishop	272
	28 Simon and Jude, apostles	274
	November
	1 All Saints	276
	2 All Souls	277
	3 Martin de Porres, religious	278
	4 Charles Borromeo, bishop	280
	9 Dedication of St. John Lateran	282
	10 Leo the Great, pope and doctor	283
	11 Martin of Tours, bishop	285
	12 Josaphat, bishop and martyr	287
	13 Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin	288
	15 Albert the Great, bishop and doctor	290
	16 Margaret of Scotland	291
	16 Gertrude, virgin	293
	17 Elizabeth of Hungary, religious	294
	18 Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin	295
	18 Dedication of the Churches of Peter and Paul	297
	21 Presentation of Mary	299
	22 Cecilia, virgin and martyr	300
	23 Clement I, pope and martyr	301
	23 Columban, abbot	302
	23 Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro, martyr	304
	24 Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and Companions, martyrs	305
	30 Andrew, apostle	307
	December
	3 Francis Xavier, priest	309
	4 John Damascene, priest and doctor	310
	6 Nicholas, bishop	311
	6 Blessed Adolph Kolping, priest	313
	7 Ambrose, bishop and doctor	314
	8 Immaculate Conception	316
	9 Blessed Juan Diego	318
	11 Damasus I, pope	319
	12 Our Lady of Guadalupe	320
	13 Lucy, virgin and martyr	322
	14 John of the Cross, priest and doctor	323
	21 Peter Canisius, priest and doctor	325
	23 John of Kanty, priest	326
	26 Stephen, first martyr	328
	27 John, apostle and evangelist	329
	28 Holy Innocents, martyrs	332
	29 Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr	333
	31 Sylvester I, pope	334
	Index	337

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