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
November 16: Saint Gertrude the Great, Virgin—Optional Memorial
1256–1302
Patron Saint of nuns
Invoked for poor souls in Purgatory
Equivalent canonization in 1606
Added to the Universal Roman Calendar by Pope Clement XII in 1677
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Let the Abyss of Uncreated Wisdom invoke the Abyss of Omnipotent Power to praise and extol the amazing charity which, by an excess of Thine ...
November 16: Saint Margaret of Scotland—Optional Memorial
c. 1045–1093
Patron Saint of learning, parents of large families, parents who have lost a child, queens, and widows
Canonized by Pope Innocent IV in 1251
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
She was called Margaret, and in the sight of God she showed herself to be a pearl, precious in faith and works. She was indeed a pearl to you, to me, to al...
November 15: Saint Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor—Optional Memorial
c. 1200–1280
Patron Saint of scientists, medical technicians, natural sciences, philosophers, schoolchildren, and theology students
Canonized by Pope Pius XI on December 16, 1931
Declared a Doctor of the Church (Universal Doctor) during his canonization
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
I have felt moved to write a few last tho...
November 13: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin—USA Memorial
1850–1917
Patron Saint of immigrants, emigrants, hospital administrators, and orphans
Invoked against malaria
Canonized by Pope Pius XII on July 7, 1946
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
How lovely and sweet it is to undertake a sea voyage when one is tired and worn out with the labors of the Missions! The day was fixed, the cabins were ...
November 12: Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
1580–1623
Patron Saint of Ukraine
Invoked for the reunification of Eastern and Western Christians
Canonized by Pope Pius IX on June 29, 1867
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
You people of Vitebsk want to put me to death. You make ambushes for me everywhere, in the streets, on the bridges, on the highways, and in the marketplace. I am here among ...
November 11: Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop—Memorial
316 or 336–397
Patron Saint of beggars, cavalry, equestrians, geese, horses, innkeepers, Pontifical Swiss Guards, quartermasters, reformed alcoholics, soldiers, tailors, and winemakers
Invoked against alcoholism and poverty
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Accordingly, at a certain period, when he had nothing except h...
November 10: Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor—Memorial
c. 400–461
Pre-Congregation canonization
Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XIV in 1754
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
He conquered that we too might likewise conquer. For there are no works of power, dearly beloved, without the trials of temptations, there is no faith without proof, no contest without a foe, no victory wit...
November 9: Dedication of the Lateran Basilica—Feast
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. ~John 2:19–21
Prayer:
Christ our Savior, through the intercessions of Saints John the...
November 4: Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop—Memorial
1538–1584
Patron Saint of apple orchards, bishops, catechism writers, catechists, catechumens, seminarians, starchmakers, and spiritual directors
Invoked against abdominal pain, colic, stomach diseases, and ulcers
Canonized by Pope Paul V on November 1, 1610
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Most dearly beloved brethren, If you should look diligent...
November 3: Saint Martin de Porres, Religious—Optional Memorial
1579–1639
Patron Saint of African-Americans, biracial people, barbers, innkeepers, the poor, Peru, public health workers, public schools, television, and interracial and social justice
Canonized by Pope John XXIII on May 6, 1962
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Certain that he deserved more severe punishment for his sins than others d...
November 2: All Souls’ Day—Commemoration
Liturgical Color: White, Violet, or Black
Quote:
Turning to supplication, they prayed that the sinful deed might be fully blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves free from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what had happened because of the sin of those who had fallen. He then took up a collection among all his soldie...
November 1: All Saints’ Day—Solemnity
Holy Day of Obligation
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who is sea...
October 28: Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Apostles—Feast
First Century
Patron Saint of curriers, woodcutters, and tanners (Simon); hopeless causes and hospital workers (Jude)
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose ...
October 24: Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop—Optional Memorial
1807–1870
Patron Saint of the Catholic press, textile merchants, and weavers
Canonized by Pope Pius XII on May 7, 1950
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Love in a man who preaches the Word of God is like fire in a musket. If a man were to throw a bullet with his hands, he would hardly make a dent in anything; but if he takes this same ...
October 23: Saint John of Capistrano, Priest—Optional Memorial
1386–1456
Patron Saint of military chaplains, judges, jurists, and lawyers
Canonized by Pope Alexander VIII on October 16, 1690
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness that comes from the good example of a praiseworthy and blameless life. They must completely remove f...
October 22: Saint John Paul II, Pope—Optional Memorial
1920–2005
Patron Saint of World Youth Days
Canonized by Pope Francis on April 27, 2014
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ. To His saving power, open the boundaries of States, economic and political systems, the vast fields of culture, civilization and development. Do not be afraid. Christ knows “w...
October 20: Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest—USA: Optional Memorial
(October 19 outside of the USA)
1694–1775
Patron Saint of Hungary and Ovada, Italy
Canonized by Pope Pius IX on June 29, 1867
Liturgical Color: White
Quote:
You must correspond faithfully to His merciful action by humbling yourself ever more in your nothingness before His Sovereign Majesty, renouncing all these gifts and remaining...
October 19: Saints Jean de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, Priests and Martyrs; and their Companions, Martyrs—USA: Memorial
Saint René Goupil (1606–1642); Saint Isaac Jogues (1607–1646); Saint Jean de la Lande (Unknown–1646); Saint Antoine Daniel (1601–1648); Saint Gabriel Lalemant (1610–1649); Saint Jean de Brébeuf (1593–1649); Saint Charles Garnier (1606–1649); Saint Noël Chabanel (1613–1649)
Patron...
October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist—Feast
First Century, died c. age 84
Patron Saint of artists, bachelors, bookbinders, brewers, butchers, glassworkers, goldworkers, laceworkers, notaries, physicians, and surgeons
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as those who were ...
October 17: Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr—Memorial
Early- to Mid-First Century–c. 107
Patron Saint of the Church in Northern Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean
Invoked against throat diseases
Pre-Congregation canonization
Liturgical Color: Red
Quote:
I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way. I plead with...
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