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Thursday, March 31, 2011

A Catholic saint for every medical condition (Part 3 of 7)

My recent episode of ill health inspired me to research the canonized Roman Catholic saints who specialize in particular health issues.  It was great to know that not only do Catholics have saints for every occupation, but for every medical need as well.  May this list be helpful to you in finding the spiritual intercession you need for your case.

Patrons against epilepsy:

Patrons against erysipelas (Saint Anthony's fire):

Patrons against eye problems:

Patrons against fever:
Antoninus of Florence….. http://saints.sqpn.com/sainta9u.htm

Patron against fistula:

Patrons against frenzy:

Patrons against gall stones:

To be continued…

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Rising to the occasion


Someone rudely barged into my Sunday sloth (in the middle of my watching “The Amazing Race”) and dumped a shocker on my shoulder:  She had lost a bundle gambling in the casino and needed the funds to replace the money she had withdrawn from her joint bank account with her spouse.  Reason:  The mister was totally unaware of her gambling addiction and must never know that the amount temporarily disappeared from their savings.  The bad news for me was that the unexpected visit was made because she hoped that I could bail her out of her monetary predicament.

To make a long story short, the woman left my house with a personal check from me bearing an amount that I could afford to lend, not the exact amount she needed to deposit in their joint savings.  I felt proud of myself that I could rise to the occasion at a moment’s notice even if it meant sacrificing my own personal hard-earned savings to help someone in need.

Let me tell you about this person.  This woman is abundantly blessed, not only financially but in terms of good health for herself and every member of her family.  She seems to have her act together until the past few years when due to her gambling addiction (which she claims to have been a temporary indulgence when she got genuinely bored), her world seems to have fallen apart.  Her life is materially comfortable and she has traveled to places I can only dream about, thanks to a spouse whose medical profession pays well and provides for the conveniences of above-average living.  So I don’t get why she would risk her peace and security for a slot machine whose mission on earth is to defraud hard-working people of their money!  Obviously, by squandering personal wealth in the casino, she can't seem to appreciate her bountiful blessings.

I know another woman who was a slotaholic once upon a time.  She and her husband owned a few businesses, profits flowed and if that wasn't enough, she got hooked on slot machines.  She won many jackpots, but instead of quitting while she was ahead, her winning streak only fueled her slot play obsession.  I call it greed.  After a few years of nonstop gambling, their family businesses crumbled.  She should have stopped before the slots took over and ruined her life.  Perhaps, she thought that eventually, all the money she lost would come back.  Sadly, that didn't happen.

My wish for this woman (the one who interrupted my Sunday TAR viewing to borrow money) is to wake up from the anaesthesia of her gambling enchantment before the slots could control her life.  Casino gambling should only provide temporary diversion from the pressures of life, and short-lived amusement for the stressed out soul, not become the center of someone’s universe.  I hope she wakes up from the hypnotic hold of those programmed slot machines.  The casinos are in business because they’re the perpetual big winners.   

Let's never forget that money has energy.  If spent with reckless abandon and used for wasteful consumption, it might stop flowing into our life.  When money stops coming is certainly a time we would dread to see happen.  Learning to be happy with just enough is not a bad thing.  Being in constant greed mode is self-destruction waiting to happen.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

A Catholic saint for every medical condition (Part 2 of 7)

My recent episode of ill health inspired me to research the canonized Roman Catholic saints who specialize in particular health issues.  It was great to know that not only do Catholics have saints for every occupation, but for every medical need as well.  May this list be helpful to you in finding the spiritual intercession you need for your case.

Patron against cholera:

Patrons of consumptives and against consumption (tuberculosis):

Patrons against convulsions:

Patrons of convulsive children:

Patrons against coughs:

Patrons against whooping cough:

Patrons against cramps:
Cadoc of Llancarvan….. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc94.htm

Patrons of deaf people and against deafness:
Cadoc of Llancarvan….. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc94.htm

Patrons against depression:
Eustochium of Padua….. http://saints.sqpn.com/sainte1a.htm
Maria Fortuna Viti….. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintm91.htm

Patrons of diabetics and against diabetes:
Paulina do Coracão Agonizante de Jesus….. http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-paulina-do-coracao-agonizante-de-jesus/

Patron against diseases of the head:

Patrons against dysentery:

Patrons against earaches:

Patrons against epidemics:
Our Lady of Zapopan….. http://saints.sqpn.com/bvm/

To be continued…

Monday, March 28, 2011

A Catholic saint for every medical condition (Part 1 of 7)

My recent episode of ill health inspired me to research the list of canonized Roman Catholic saints who specialize in particular health issues.  It was great to know that not only do Catholics have saints for every occupation, but for every medical need as well.  May this list be helpful to you in finding the spiritual intercession you need for your case.

Patrons against abdominal pains (colic):

Patron for AIDS care-givers:

Patrons of AIDS patients:

Patron of angina sufferers and against angina:

Patron against appendicitis:

Patrons against arthritis:

Patron of autistic children and against autism:

Patron against birth complications:

Patron against birth pains:
Patrons of blind people and against blindness:

Patron against bowel disorders:

Patrons against breast cancer:

Patron against breast disease:

Patrons against broken bones:

Patron of burned people and against burns:

Patrons against cancer:

Patrons against childhood diseases:

Patron against childhood intestinal diseases:

To be continued…

Sunday, March 27, 2011

A Catholic saint for every calling (Part 13 of 13)

Here's the final list of saints who can provide spiritual assistance in occupation-related matters…

Theodore the Sacristan is the patron saint of sacristans.  Feastday: December 26th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-theodore-the-sacristan/

Castorus is the patron saint of sculptors.  Feastday:  November  8th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Crowned_Martyrs

Claudius is the patron saint of masons, sculptors, stone masons and stonecutters.  Feastday:  November 8th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Claudius

Walstan of Bawburgh is the patron saint of agricultural workers, farmers, farm workers, field hands and husbandmen.  Feastday:  May 30thhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walstan

Killian is the patron saint of whitewashers and rheumatism sufferers  Feastday:  July 8th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kilian

Jude Thaddeus is the patron saint of hospital workers.  Feastdays:  June 19th (Eastern Church) and October 28th (Roman Church).  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_the_Apostle

Anthony Mary Claret is the patron saint of textile merchants, weavers and the Catholic press.  Feastday:  October 24th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mary_Claret

Onuphrius is the patron saint of weavers and jurists.  Feastday:  June 12th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onuphrius

Paul the Hermit, also known as Paul of Thebes, is the patron saint of weavers and the clothing industry.  Feastday:  January 15th.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_of_Thebes

Radegunde, also known as Radegund, is the patron saint of potters and weavers.  Feastday:  August 13th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radegund

Ulrich of Augsburg, also known as Ulric of Augsburg, is the patron saint of weavers.  Feastday:  July 4th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_of_Augsburg

Alphonsus Maria de Ligouri is the patron saint of confessors, moralists and theologians.  Feastday:  August 1st.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonsus_Maria_de_Liguori 

It has been my pleasure researching this list and sharing with the world.  My hope is that you found the saints you need in your life!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

A Catholic saint for every calling (Part 12 of 13)

By now, we know that the Catholic faith has a wealth of saints for every occupation!

Expeditus is the patron saint of merchants, navigators, programmers and hackers.  Feastday:  April 19th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expeditus

Margaret of Cortona is the patron saint of hoboes, homeless people, mentally ill people, midwives, penitent women, people ridiculed for their piety, reformed prostitutes, single laywomen, tertiaries and tramps.  Feastday: February 22nd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Cortona

John Roche is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners, sailors and watermen.  Feastday:  August 30th.   http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-roche/

Raymund Nonnatus is the patron saint of obstetricians, midwives, pregnant women, newborn babies, children, expectant mothers and falsely accused people.  Feastday:  August 31st.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Nonnatus

Leodegarius is the patron saint of millers and blind people.  Feastday:  October 2nd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leodegar

Francis Xavier is the patron saint of navigators, African missions, black missions, foreign missions and parish missions.  Feastday:  December 3rd 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Xavier

Benedict Biscop, also known as Benet Biscop, is the patron saint of musicians and painters.  Feastday:  January 12th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Biscop

Blessed Sebastian Aparicio is the patron saint of road builders, driver and travellers.  Feastday:  February February 25th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-sebastian-of-aparicio/
Blessed Notkar Balbulus is the patron saint of musicians and stammering children.  Feastday:  May 7th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notker_the_Stammerer

Cloud is the patron saint of nail makers.  Feastday:  September 7thhttp://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cloud/

Genesius of Arles is the patron saint of notaries.  Feastday:  August 25th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesius_of_Arles

Cuthbert of Lindisfarne is the patron saint of England, sailors, boatmen, mariners, shepherds and watermen.  Feastday:  March 20th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert

Blessed John XXIII is the patron saint of papal delegates.  Feastday:  October 11th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII

Jodocus is the patron saint of mariners, watermen, boatmen and sailors.  Feastday:  December 13th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-jodocus/

Philip the Apostle is the patron saint of pastry chefs, hat makers, hatters and milliners.  Feastday:  May 3rd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Apostle

Balthasar is the patron saint of playing card manufacturers, epileptics, sawmen and sawyers.  Feastday: January 6th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb35.htm

Peter González is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners, sailors and watermen.  Feastday:  April 14th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Gonz%C3%A1lez

King David is the patron saint of poets.  Feastday:  December 29th. 

Goar of Aquitaine is the patron saint of potters, hotel keepers, innkeepers and vine growers.  Feastday:  July 6th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-goar-of-aquitaine/

Justa is the patron saint of potters.  Feastday:  July 19th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justa_and_Rufina

To be continued…

Friday, March 25, 2011

A Catholic saint for every calling (Part 11 of 13)

The list of Catholic saints for every occupation goes on…

Protase, also known as Protasius, is the patron saint of haymakers.  Feastday:  June 19th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gervasius_and_Protasius

Basil the Great, also known as Basil of Caesarea, is the patron saint of Russia, hospital administrators, reformers, liturgists and monks.  Feastday: July 30th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_Caesarea

Frances Xavier Cabrini is the patron saint of emigrants, immigrants, orphans and hospital administrators.  Feastday:  December 22nd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_S._Cabrini

Camillus of Lellis is the patron saint of hospital workers, nurses and sick people.  Feastday:  July 14th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillus_de_Lellis

Totnan is the patron saint of whitewashers.  Feastday:  July July 8th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Totnan

John of Capistrano is the patron saint of judges, jurists and military chaplains.  Feastday:  October 23rd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Capistrano

Gengulphus of Burgundy is the patron saint of knights.  Feastday:  May 11th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saintg26.htm
 
Venerius of Milan is the patron saint of lighthouse keepers.  Feastday:  May 4th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saintv58.htm

Baldomerus, also known as Gamier, is the patron saint of locksmiths.  Feastday:  February 27th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-baldomerus/

Pope Clement I, also known as Clement of Rome, is the patron saint of marble workers, boatmen, mariners, sailors, stonecutters and watermen.  Feastday:  November 23rd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_I

Margaret of Antioch is the patron saint of exiles, martyrs, nurses, peasants, people in exile, pregnant women and women in labor.  Feastday:  July 20th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_the_Virgin

Peter Verona is the patron saint of inquisitors and midwives.  Feastday:  April 29th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_of_Verona

Eulalia of Barcelona is the patron saint of Barcelona (Spain), boatmen, mariners, watermen and sailors.  Feastday:  February 12th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulalia_of_Barcelona

Francis of Paola is the patron saint of naval officers, travellers, boatmen, mariners, sailors and watermen.  Feastday:  April 2nd.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Paola

Winnoc is the patron saint of millers.  Feastday:  November 6th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnoc

Nicholas of Tolentino is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners, sailors and watermen.  Feastday:  September 10th.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Tolentino

Torpes of Pisa is the patron saint of sailors.  Feastday:  April 29th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpes_of_Pisa

Walburga is the patron saint of boatmen, mariners, sailors and watermen.  Feastdays:  February 25th and May 1st.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-walburga/

Joseph Moscati is the patron saint of bachelors and physicians.  Feastday:  April 12th.  http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-joseph-moscati/

Stay tuned for more…