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When bread and wine become literal Flesh and Blood: The Lanciano Eucharistic Miracle, 1300 years later

When he said the Words of Consecration, with doubt in his soul, the priest saw the bread change into living flesh and the wine change into blood.

Saints for Today: Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mary, the Mother of God, Mother of Jesus, and wife of Joseph, is the greatest of all Christian saints.

Saints for Today: John Vianney, the Cure of Ars (1786-1859)

John Vianney was five years old when the reign of terror in Paris was exiling or murdering the Catholic clergy and religious.

Saints for Today: Charles Lwanga & Companions (1886)

Charles was from Uganda and was abused as a page as a young man under the rule of King Mwanga of Baganda in Uganda.

Saints for Today: Philip Neri, Priest (1515-1595)

Like his contemporary Teresa of Ávila, Philip Neri was a mystic-in-action.

Saints for Today: Benjamin, Deacon & Martyr (d. 421)

Benjamin was a martyr of Persia (modern Iran), a deacon during the persecution of Christians in the fifth century.

Saints for Today: Andre Bessette, Religious (1845-1937)

When he died at the age of 91, it was estimated that close to a million people came to the Oratory to pay their last respects.

Saints for Today: Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr (292-310)

When she refused to marry the emperor, he became enraged and condemned her to be tortured. He designed a spiked wheel that was supposed to tear her to pieces. But the machine miraculously broke apart and killed many onlookers.

Saints for Today: Cornelius, Pope & Martyr

The main issue facing Cornelius was the treatment of Christians who had denied their faith during the persecutions.

Saints for Today: Monica, Mother of St. Augustine (332-387)

This consolation experienced by St. Monica and her total abandonment to God can also be ours today if we persevere in patience and trust.

Saints for Today: Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot & Doctor of the Church (1090-1153)

He guided popes and kings, bishops and common folk. Because of him, the twelfth century is sometimes called the “Bernardine period.”

Saints for Today: Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious (1572-1641)

Francis de Sales called Jane “the perfect woman.”

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