Catholic Saints Stories - Introduction

So where do we start? We have taken some of the more popular and better known Catholic Saints and have gathered short stories and biographies about them in this page for you to then browse individually. We have the favorites like Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Therese of Lisieux plus others not as well known like Saint Margaret of Cortona and Saint Leopold Mandic. Together we think we have a good mix to get you excited about knowing a little more about these Catholic Saints Stories. Discover your heritage!

Catholic Saints Stories - Background Information

In the Garden of Eden, the enemy of God did not give Adam and Eve the choice of Heaven and Hell!  God did!  God created a perfect world and gave it to Adam and Eve, to enjoy and bring forth new life to enjoy it, as well.  Being a Perfect Father, knowing it would bring destruction and annihilation of their souls and those who would follow, God their Heavenly Father asked only one thing of them, that they not eat of the Tree of Knowledge.

          Today, hardly anyone speaks of Heaven and Hell, of restriction and obedience.  Heaven and Hell, if mentioned at all, are mentioned as a joke, a state of mind, a throw back to the those who believed the world was flat.  Oh, we of the Twentieth  Century are too smart to believe in such things.  We have advanced so far up the Tree of Knowledge we dare to interfere with God and His Creation.  We have become gods, determining the quality of life, who will live and who will die.  We check the unborn baby with a sonogram, see if it will be normal, and make a choice!  After all, as the serpent said in the Garden, "You have a choice; it is up to you to make a choice; the choice is yours!" 

Catholic Saints Stories - Great Example

          As we have been researching Catholic Saints Stories, over the past twenty-three years, we wonder how many Saints we would have had, to save the world and the Church, if their mothers had chosen to bring into the world, only what the world judged - the perfect child!  Our hearts and minds go to Leopold the Saint of Reconciliation, a Saint dedicated to freeing men from the slavery of sin by devoting his life to administering the Sacraments to them, especially the one of Forgiveness - the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Penance.  He not only lived to bring this Sacrament, instituted by Jesus to free us from the bondage of sin, his deep heartfelt aim in life was to bring about Reconciliation between the brothers and sisters of the East, the Orthodox Churches and those of the West, the Roman Catholic Church. 

          He would be considered today imperfect, this Saint who measured barely four feet six inches, his body so frail, the quality of his life, such, it would have been better, he had never been born.  Yet this Saint brought about in his lifetime, consolation and hope to thousands upon thousands who came to him in that cubicle of peace, the confessional.  [Today, are there not those, sadly within the Church at times, who do not advocate souls going to receive that life giving, forgiving Grace from Heaven through God's servant - the priest!]

Catholic Saints Stories - More Examples

          Another great Catholic Saint Story is Charles Borromeo.  Today he would be considered slow, as he was slow to respond and hesitant in speech and in execution of tasks presented to him, and yet he was the trusted instrument of two Popes, one of the great Saints of the Counter Reformation.  These Popes trusted him, knowing he would get the job done.  And get the job done, he did!  It was through his work and determination that the Council of Trent, one of the most determining Councils in the history of our Church, was brought about!  If someone had not believed in him, had not seen through his slowness, had tried to hide him away, had judged him unfit to take on the monumental tasks of bringing about reform, he might not have had the opportunity to institute measures in the Church we use till today.

          We could go on and on about Catholic Saints Stories, but instead suggest you read on about God's instruments, His chosen ones, in this Trilogy of Super Saints.  We only speak of this to you, because we are living in the most dire times of this or any civilization.  The train of life has gone wild, so much so, it will go off the tracks and crash, if we do not pull the cord and summon the Conductor of Life, and plead to Our Lord for His Mercy on us and the whole world. 

          Are you one of the chosen ones of today?  Whom do you choose, God or the devil?  Which team will you play on?  Whose army will you enlist in?  You have a choice!  God has given you the gift of Free Will to choose Him!  Whom do you choose?  Where will your choice lead you?  As for me and mine, we choose God and Heaven.  Will you get aboard God's train to everlasting life?  It's not too late.  We can make a difference.  Believe in God; He believes in you.  Look in His Mirror, not that of the world, and be transformed.  You are beautiful!  You are precious in the Creator's Eyes; He made you and He loves you just as you are and how you can be.  Love not the temporary things of this world which are speedily fading away.  We have lived in times before when it seemed the world would come to an end, and God gave us another chance.  As we see history unfolding before our very eyes, we can see the God of Justice taking a Hand in matters.  Be not afraid!  Although it appears at times, as if the enemy of God and his cohorts have taken over the world, we are not alone.  As Jesus promised, He has not left us orphans.  He is with us!  Turn to Him; the Good Shepherd will lead us Home! 

Catholic Saints Stories - Your Role

          You can become a Saint and live forever in that place reserved for you in the Kingdom; for there is a Heaven, and God wants you to be with Him for all time.  This had been His Plan before you were born, to have you with Him, for all eternity.  What an exciting tomorrow we have to look forward to.  The more we read Catholic Saints Stories, the more hope we have for you and the world.  The Saints never asked why but how they could do God's Will, and they said Yes!  We love you!