The saints have been great friends to me throughout my life. Today, we are reminded that our destiny is not of this world but of the next. Failure, humiliation, loss, and suffering in this life are nothing compared to the glories that await the blessed.
It is so much easier to say it than to believe.
That is why we need the saints. We need the concrete examples of holiness in this fallen world to help us remember that this world is not our home.
So today, I would like to share with you the litany of saints that my wife and I pray every day. I am leaving out those who are not canonized or in the process. There are many whose intercession I seek, like my mom and my grandparents, trusting that the love we still share will be strengthened through prayer. But here are the saints that we turn to each day.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.
St. Joseph, pray for us.
St. Gerard Majella, pray for us.
St. Padre Pio, pray for us.
Servant of God Lucia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, pray for us.
Sts. Jacinta and Francesco Marto, pray for us.
Sts. Anne and Joachim, pray for us.
Sts. Elizabeth, Zechariah, and John the Baptist, pray for us.
Abraham, Sarah, Hannah and Rachel of the Old Testament, pray for us.
St. Gianna, pray for us.
Pope St. John Paul the Great, pray for us.
St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us.
St. Teresa of the Little Flower, pray for us.
St. Teresa of Avila, pray for us.
St. Catherine of Sienna, pray for us.
Bl. Miguel Pro, pray for us.
St. Thomas Aquinas, pray for us.
St. Augustine, pray for us.
St. Maria Goretti, pray for us.
St. Joan of Arc, pray for us.
St. Francis of Assisi, pray for us.
St. Clare of Assisi, pray for us.
St. Anthony of Padua, pray for us.
St. Ignatius of Loyola, pray for us.
St. Dominic, pray for us.
St. Benedict, pray for us.
St. Philip Neri, pray for us.
St. Peter, pray for us.
St. Patrick, pray for us.
St. Peregrine, pray for us.
St. Paul, pray for us.
St. Jude, pray for us.
Sts. Cosmos and Damian, pray for us.
Venerable Fulton Sheen, pray for us.
St. William of Rochester, pray for us.
Bl. Michael McGivney, pray for us.
St. Faustina Kowalska, pray for us.
St. Raphael, pray for us.
St. Gabriel, pray for us.
St. Michael, pray for us.
Bl. Carlo Acutis, pray for us.
All holy saints and angels, pray for us.
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