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Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year

By: My Catholic Life!
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 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.2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. Christianity Spirituality
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  • August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity

    August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity
    Aug 12 2025
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    August 15: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Solemnity

    First Century
    Patron Saint of fishmongers, French air crews, harnessmakers, and numerous countries, cities, and dioceses
    Liturgical Color: White

    Quote:
    …by the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.
    Hence if anyone, which God forbid, should dare willfully to deny or to call into doubt that which we have defined, let him know that he has fallen away completely from the divine and Catholic Faith. ~Munificentissimus Deus, Pope Pius XII, 1950

    Prayer:
    Dearest Mother, assumed into Heaven, you are the Immaculate Conception, the Ever-Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. As we honor your glorious Assumption into Heaven, please pray for me and for all your children. In Heaven, you are honored by your Son and your prayers are most effective. I believe this with all my heart and entrust myself, my family, our Church, and the entire world to your motherly care and intercession. Mary, assumed into Heaven, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    11 mins
  • August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr—Memorial

    August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr—Memorial
    Aug 12 2025
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    August 14: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr—Memorial

    1894–1941
    Patron Saint of drug addicts, families, journalists, prisoners, and the pro-life movement
    Canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982
    Liturgical Color: Red

    Quote:
    Remember that you belong exclusively, unconditionally, absolutely, irrevocably to the Immaculate: Whoever you are, whatever you have or can, whatever you do (thoughts, words, action) and endure (pleasant, unpleasant, indifferent things) belong to the Immaculate. Consequently, may she dispose of them according to Her will (and not yours). In the same way it belongs to Her all your intentions; therefore, may she transform them, add others, take them away, as She likes (in fact, She does not offend justice). ~Saint Maximilian Kolbe

    Prayer:
    Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, you lived a holy life, sharing the Gospel through the modern means of your time. You culminated your service to God by laying down your life for a stranger. Please pray for me, that I will have the depth of love that you had and that God will take that gift of my life and use it for His glory. Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    13 mins
  • August 13: Saints Pontian, Pope and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs—Optional Memorial

    August 13: Saints Pontian, Pope and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs—Optional Memorial
    Aug 11 2025
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    August 13: Saints Pontian, Pope and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs—Optional Memorial

    Unknown–c. 235
    Saint Hippolytus—Patron Saint of horses
    Saint Pontian—Patron Saint of Carbonia and Montaldo Scarampi, Italy
    Pre-Congregation canonization
    Liturgical Color: Red

    Quote:
    But let each of the faithful be zealous, before he eats anything else, to receive the Eucharist; for if anyone receives it with faith, after such a reception he cannot be harmed even if a deadly poison should be given him. But let each one take care that no unbeliever tastes the Eucharist, nor a mouse nor any other animal, and that nothing of it fall or be lost; for the Body of Christ is to be eaten by believers and must not be despised. The cup, when thou hast given thanks in the name of the Lord, thou hast accepted as the image of the blood of Christ. Therefore let none of it be spilled, so that no alien spirit may lick it up, as if thou didst despise it; thou shalt be guilty of the blood, as if thou didst scorn the price with which thou hast been bought. ~From the Apostolic Tradition, by Saint Hippolytus

    Prayer:
    Saint Pontian and Hippolytus, you both served the Church during a difficult period in which the nature of the Most Holy Trinity was called into question. You defended the truth and taught it tirelessly. As a result of your fidelity, you both died for the faith, reconciled to God and to each other. Please pray for me, that I will always seek reconciliation, especially with other Christians, and will always remain faithful to the one true faith. Saints Pontian and Hippolytus, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.

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    10 mins
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