1. Saints- God’s Holy Ones Represented in Art

2. VENERATION
Respect or awe inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person. We ARE NOT worshipping the saints. We ARE recognizing that they are our role models and that they want to help us make it to heaven.

3. Steps to Sainthood Live a holy life, have a holy death.
Others ask the Church to open your ‘case’.
A review takes place with a PROMOTER and a DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
Venerable
Medically-documented Miracle
Blessed
Sainthood (canonized)

4. On the slide that follows- Note that the OCCUPATION of the saint is featured in the picture.

5. St. Joseph the Worker- May 1
How will you work to support your family?

6. St. Joan of Arc-
May 30

7. Holy Cards are meant to help turn our thoughts to the example of the saints in following Jesus.
In our modern day, we might only see holy cards as a memorial token at a funeral. You should always take one, though. It’s your reminder to follow your loved one’s example in following Jesus!

8. Note that something from SCRIPTURE is shown in the picture.

10. Note that there is a symbol of how the saint was MARTYRED.

11. St. Matthias, Apostle- May 14
They were no longer 12 Apostles.
So, they decided
to replace Judas the Betrayer. They chose two good men and then drew lots to see which the Holy Spirit preferred.
Acts of the Apostles
St. Matthias, Apostle- May 14

12. Those are her eyes-
part of her martyrdom.
St. Lucy- Dec 13

13. St. John Nepomucene May 16
Confessor to the Queen of Czechoslovakia. When the King wanted to know what she had said, Fr. John refused. He was thrown in prison. He refused. He was tortured. He refused. In the end, the King had him drowned. We’re asked all the time, what if the priest tells? He won’t.

14. Many saints or bible figures are shown with a HALO (hallowed or holy).

15. St. Myanmar

16. St. Rafka

17. There might be a symbol of some MYSTICAL or MIRACULOUS experience that he/she had.

18. He contracted the Plague from those he ministered to…
St. Anthony
the Abbot- January 17
Tormented
by demons in the desert-
not for the
faint of heart.
This is the marker on the front of the altar over his remains. The church is San Lorenzo (Lawrence) in Rome, Italy.
He contracted the Plague from those he ministered to…
and died.

19. St. Juan Diego Dec 9 Scientifically speaking,
the tilma (cloak) should have decayed in years. It is nearly 500 years old. Don’t think that they had some fabulous preservation method in 1531.
They had the power
of God.
Guess that’s enough.

20. Look for the symbol of sharing in Christ’s PASSION.

21. Cascia, Italy is in region #10
St. Rita of Cascia- May 22

22. The Wounds of the Cross

23. HAND GESTURES have meaning like blessing or sign language letters for Jesus or Christ.

24. St. N I c h o l a s Dec 6
This hand gesture, finger to thumb is part of the hand spelling of Jesus Christ in Greek- it is the ‘C’ for Christ. It stands for the joining of divine and human natures in Jesus Christ.

26. Look for a written piece of the MESSAGE he/she taught.

27. An anchoress detached herself from the world
An anchoress detached herself from the world. She lived in a small room, or cell, attached to the church, which, according to a 13th century rule, had three windows: one that opened into the Church, so she could hear Mass and receive the Blessed Sacrament; one to speak with her servant, who met her daily domestic needs; and one to give spiritual advice to people who came to her. Sometimes an anchoress moved around the parish, but she lived and spent most of her time
in her cell.

30. They might be pictured with what led them to holiness
They might be pictured with what led them to holiness. Their charitable WORKS.

31. St E L I ZAB E TH

32. St. Katherine Drexel

33. St. Vincent de Paul

34. The Incorrupt Corrupt means to decay or rot
When used as a prefix, ‘IN’ means ‘not’
There are 250+ known incorruptibles around the world.
Of course, there may be any number of incorrupt who have not been exhumed.
Do not think any scientific preservation was used… mummy v incorrupt

35. St. Silvan died approx. 325AD

36. St. Bernadette of Lourdes d.1879

37. St. Charbel Makhlouf, who died in 1898, was a Maronite monk from Lebanon. In his life, he seemed unremarkable except for his quiet and intense devotion. After his death, for 45 nights, strange lights appeared over his grave. Because 45 days is the traditional length of time for a body’s decomposition, the monastic authorities called for his exhumation. His body was found perfectly fresh, despite the fact that recent rains had reduced the cemetery to a quagmire and the body was found floating in a muddy pool. Charbel’s body was re-clothed and transferred to a wooden coffin, but a strange blood- like “oil” kept exuding from his body… so much so that the clothes had to be changed twice a week. In 1927 – 29 years after his death – his still incorrupt body was examined and found to be totally flexible. It was then re-buried in a niche in the ancient abbey church. Pilgrims to the shrine in 1950 noticed liquid seeping from the tomb and the coffin was opened again.