Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year
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.
Episodes
Immaculate Heart of Mary—Memorial
Saturday following the second Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the sh...
June 13: Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor—Memorial
1195–1231
Patron Saint of amputees, animals, mail, horses, expectant mothers, fishermen, harvests, lost articles, boatmen, and travelers, as well as the elderly, oppressed, poor, and starving
Canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 30 May 1232
Declared the Evangelizing Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius X...
Sacred Heart of Jesus—Solemnity
Friday following the second Sunday after Pentecost
Quote:
Once, being before the Blessed Sacrament and having a little more leisure than usual, I felt wholly filled with this Divine Presence, and so powerfully moved by it that I forgot myself and the place in which I was. I abandoned myself to this Divine Spirit, and yielded my hea...
June 11: Saint Barnabas the Apostle—Memorial
Early First Century–c. 61
Patron Saint of Cyprus, Antioch, and peacekeeping missions
Invoked against hailstorms
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
The news about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to go to Antioch.When he arrived and sa...
June 9: Saint Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor—Optional Memorial
c. 306–373
Patron Saint of spiritual directors and spiritual leaders
Pre-Congregation canonization
Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XV in 1920
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
I, Ephrem, am dying. With fear, but also with reverence, I entreat you, citizens of Edessa, not...
June 6: Saint Norbert, Bishop—Optional Memorial
c. 1080–1134
Patron Saint of expectant mothers and Bohemia
Canonized by Pope Gregory XIII on July 28, 1582
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
…it happened one day that he was hastening secretly to a place called Freden. He was dressed in silk, accompanied by a single servant. While on the way a...
June 5: Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
c. 675–754
Patron Saint of Great Germania
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
Gregory, the servant of the servants of God, to Boniface, a holy priest: Your holy purpose, as it has been explained to us, and your well-tried faith lead us to make use of your services in spre...
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ—Solemnity
Thursday after Holy Trinity or, where this is not a holy day of obligation, on the following Sunday. In the United States, it is always transferred to the Sunday after the Most Holy Trinity.
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Although the Eucharist is celebrated solemnly every day, we deem it fitting that at lea...
June 3: Saints Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs—Memorial
1860–1886
Patron Saints of African youth, converts, and torture victims
Canonized by Pope Paul VI on October 18, 1964
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
This is the place where Christ’s light shone on your land with a particular splendor. This was the place of darkness, Namugongo, w...
June 2: Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
Mid-Third Century–c. 304
Invoked by those enduring hardships in life
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
Here lie the bodies of Saints Marcellinus the priest and Peter the exorcist, who by a marvelous inspiration, with the help of the Lord, have brought many ...
June 1: Saint Justin Martyr—Memorial
c. 100–c. 165
Patron Saint of philosophers, lecturers, and apologists
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
And this food is called among us the Eucharist, of which no one is allowed to partake but the man who believes that the things which we teach are true, and who has been washed with...
May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Feast
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cr...
The Most Holy Trinity—Solemnity
First Sunday after Pentecost
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
“Father,” “Son,” “Holy Spirit” are not simply names designating modalities of the divine being, for they are really distinct from one another: “He is not the Father who is the Son, nor is the Son he who is the Father, nor is...
May 29: Saint Paul VI, Pope—Optional Memorial
1897–1978
Patron Saint of Vatican Council II
Canonized by Pope Francis on October 14, 2018
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
And most important of all, on taking my leave of this earthly scene, and going to face the judgment and mercy of God, there are so many things I should say, indeed so many. On th...
May 27: Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop—Optional Memorial
Early Sixth Century–604
Patron Saint of England
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
The powerful Ethelbert was at that time king of Kent…the king came into the island, and sitting in the open air, ordered Augustine and his companions to come and hold...
May 26: Saint Philip Neri, Priest—Memorial
1515–1595
Patron Saint of Rome, joy, comedians, and artists
Canonized by Pope Gregory XV on March 12, 1622
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Leafing through the biography of St Philip, in fact, one is surprised and fascinated by the cheerful and relaxed method he used to educate, supporting each person with f...
May 25: Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin—Optional Memorial
1566–1607
Patron Saint of the sick
Canonized by Pope Clement IX on April 28, 1669
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Self-love is like the worm that gnaws at the root and destroys not only the fruit, but even the very life of the plant. The traitor that we have to fear most is self-lov...
May 25: Saint Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor—Optional Memorial
c. 673–735
Patron Saint of lectors, scholars, English writers, and historians
Pre-Congregation canonization
Canonization confirmed and proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
To the most glorious King Ceolwulf. Bede, the se...
May 25: Saint Gregory VII, Pope, Religious—Optional Memorial
c. 1020–1085
Invoked against corruption within the Church
Canonized by Pope Benedict XIII on May 24, 1728
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
In the name of Almighty God, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I withdraw, through Thy power and authority, from Henry the king, son of Henry the emperor,...
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church—Memorial
Celebrated the Monday after Pentecost
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Indeed, the Mother standing beneath the cross (cf. Jn 19:25), accepted her Son’s testament of love and welcomed all people in the person of the beloved disciple as sons and daughters to be reborn unto life eternal. She thus bec...
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