You don't have to be Catholic to have one. Mine use to be Saint Rita, the saint of possible or impossible dreams. Now that there's a Patron Saint named Zorro, I will check him out with the Vatican to see what he stands for. O might switch or keep both. You know the lines on the palms of your hands? On my left hand, there's lines that display the letter "Z" I kid you not! Wonder what it means. Am I a decendant,of Zorro?
2006-09-21 18:28:19 · 19 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A lot of dumb answers. Guess the Christians are busy doing other things instead of answering questions. Its a shame people can't be serious.
2006-09-21 18:44:08 · update #1
I was just reading about the saints, and I enjoyed the story about Padre Pio. He was the first stigmatized priest in the Catholic Church and was just canonized in 2002. I am not Catholic, nor am I much of a religious person, but I feel strangely calm and serene when reading about the saints. I also liked the story of St. Rita as well. I would have to say they are my two favorites.
I also agree that there are a lot of dumb answers to this question. Don't these people know that you don't actually worship a saint? You ask them to pray for you..............
2006-09-22 05:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Lemmers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saint Alyssa
Patron Saint of the Sick
"St. Alyssa (Ayssa is a modern variant of the name Alice) ) was born at Shaerbeck, near Brussels. At the age of seven, she entered a Cistercian convent named Camera Sanctae Mariae, and she remained there for the rest of her life. The Cistercian community was inspired by her spirit of humility. However, at an early age, she contracted leprosy and had to be isolated. The disease caused Alyssa intense suffering, and eventually she became paralyzed and was afflicted with blindness. Alyssa's greatest consolation came from reception of the Holy Eucharist, although she was not allowed to drink from the cup because of the danger of contagion. Known for visions and ecstasies, she died in 1250.
Feast Day: June 15
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Raphael the Archangel
Patron Saint of Love
Raphael the Archangel's feast had been celebrated on October 24 since 1921 when it was combined with St. Michael and St. Gabriel. His name means "God's Remedy". St. Raphael is mentioned in the Bible 23 times and all thoughout the book of Tobit. He is the Patron Saint of the blind, lovers and travelers.
Feast Day: September 29
2006-09-21 18:52:34 · answer #2 · answered by I love my husband 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two patron Saints: The Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Michael the Archangel.
Mary is the patron of the Catholic Church and everyone in it and also a zillion other things.
St Michael is the patron of:
...against temptations; ambulance drivers; artists; bakers; bankers; banking; Basey, Samar, Philippines; battle; boatmen; Brecht, Belgium; Brussels, Belgium; Caltanissett, Sicily; diocese of Coimbatore, India; Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel; coopers; Cornwall, England; danger at sea; Dormagen, Germany; Dunakeszi, Hungary; dying people; emergency medical technicians; EMTs; England; fencing; Germany; Greek Air Force; greengrocers; grocers; haberdashers; hatmakers; hatters; holy death; diocese of Iligan, Philippines; knights; mariners; milleners; archdiocese of Mobile, Alabama; Naranjito, Puerto Rico; Papua, New Guinea; paramedics; paratroopers; diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida; police officers; Puebla, Mexico; radiologists; radiotherapists; sailors; diocese of San Angelo, Texas; San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; archdiocese of Seattle, Washington; security forces; security guards; Sibenik, Croatia; sick people; Siegburg Abbey; soldiers; Spanish police officers; diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts; storms at sea; swordsmiths; Umbria, Italy; watermen; Zeitz, Germany
2006-09-21 18:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by Dysthymia 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saint Hedon.
2006-09-21 18:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine is Saint Jude Thaddeus, the patron of hopeless and desperate cases.
2006-09-21 18:45:46 · answer #5 · answered by moremorecoffee 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Saint Eustachian - the patron saint of TUBES!
Sait Albert == the patron saint of China!
2006-09-21 18:31:12 · answer #6 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mine is Saint Shlomo, the Patron Saint of deep discount business suits.
2006-09-21 18:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by *I CURED My Yellow Teeth* 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Isn't there about 10,000 Patron Saints from everything to chicken pluckers to cab drivers?
2006-09-21 18:33:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, I'm not Christian, but in my personal practice of Buddhism, I have Manjusri as a saint.
2006-09-21 23:56:27 · answer #9 · answered by shinai_inaozuke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Holy Spirit is my patron "saint".
Greek hágios, saint
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you...26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy (hágios) Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
2006-09-21 18:36:57 · answer #10 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋