Daily Prayers

Prayer is Love, I want to Love

Tag: 10 minute prayer

  • St Anthony Mary

    Featured Saint: St Anthony Mary Claret (1807 – 1870) St Anthony was born into a wool manufacturing family at Sallent, Spain. At 12, following his early education in the local village school, he became a weaver. Later he moved to Barcelona for specialist training in his trade and remained there until he was 20. Recognising…

  • St Hilarion

    Featured Saint: Saint Hilarion (291 – 371) St Hilarion was born to pagan parents in southern Gaza, Palestine. He converted to Christianity and at 15, lived as a hermit in the desert with St Anthony the Great for two months. When he returned home, he found that his parents had died in his absence, so…

  • Pope St John Paul

    Featured Saint: Pope Saint John Paul II (1920 – 2005) Pope Saint John Paul was born the youngest of three children at Wadowice, Poland. His younger sister died before his birth and his mother, a teacher, died in childbirth when he was 8yrs old. His older brother, a physician, died when he was 13yrs from…

  • St John Capistrano

    Featured Saint: St John Capistrano (1386 – 1456) St John was born at Capestrano, Italy. He studied law at Perugia University and was appointed Governor of Perugia. As Governor, his efforts to establish peace between warring factions led to his imprisonment. During St John’s captivity, he studied theology with St Bernardine of Siena and following…

  • St Paul of the Cross

    Featured Saint: St Paul of the Cross (1694 – 1775) St Paul of the Cross was born the son of a wealthy merchant at Ovada, Italy. At 19, he began to actively follow a religious life having been influenced by the writings of St Francis and the message of the Capuchin Order. He soon became…

  • The Canadian Martyrs

    Featured Saints: The Canadian Martyrs (Died between 1642 – 1649) The Canadian Martyrs were a group of eight Jesuit missionaries executed between 1642 and 1649. The Jesuits worked throughout the world spreading Christianity. Like many missionaries they were not always welcomed and, with other foreigners, they were often thought to bring death and disease. Although…

  • St Luke the Evangelist

    Featured Saint: St Luke (Died approx. AD 84) St Luke was born in Antioch, possibly a Gentile, but converted to Christianity. He was a Doctor by profession and also an artist, creating more than 600 pictures which included the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Peter, St Paul and depictions of many Gospel events. St Luke was one…

  • St Ignatius of Antioch

    Featured Saint: St Ignatius of Antioch (Approx.35 – 107) St Ignatius was an early convert to Christianity; soon after the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Tradition holds that St Ignatius was one of the many small children whom Jesus personally took in his arms and blessed. He was a student and follower of St John…

  • St Margaret of Cortona

    Featured Saint: St Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 1297) St Margaret was born into a farming family in Laviano, Italy. Margaret’s mother died when she was seven. Her father remarried but Margaret and her stepmother didn’t agree. To say that Margaret was strong minded and wholly determined to do things her way, could be close…

  • St Teresa of Avila (St Teresa of Jesus)

    Featured Saint: St Teresa of Avila or St Teresa of Jesus (1515 – 1582) St Teresa was born at Avila, Spain. Her mother died when she was 14, “Prompting her to embrace a deeper devotion to the Virgin Mary as her spiritual mother”. St Teresa entered a cloistered life with the Augustinian Order. While there…