Filipinos, who is your patron saint? Do you resemble him/her?

Question

Girl: Hon, do you think I`m ugly?

Boy: Of course not, hon. You have the face of a saint.

Girl: Really? Saint who?

Boy: Saint Bernard

Answer 1

ST. LORENZO RUIZ de MANILA

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz (c. 1600 – September 29, 1637) or Laurence Ruiz or Lawrence Ruiz was born in Binondo, Manila. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his parents were Catholic

Early life
Ruiz served as an altar boy at the convent of Binondo church. After being educated by the Dominican friars for a few years, Ruiz earned the title of escribano (stenographer) because of his skillful hand and unsurpassed penmanship. He became a member of the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary. In 1636, while working as a clerk at the Binondo Church, Ruiz was falsely accused of killing a Spaniard. Prior to this incident, his life with his Filipino wife, two sons and a daughter was peaceful, religious and full of contentment. But after the allegation, Ruiz sought asylum on board a ship with three Dominican priests: Saint Antonio Gonzalez, Saint Guillermo Courtet, and Saint Miguel de Aozaraza, a Japanese priest, Saint Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, and a layman named Saint Lazaro of Kyoto, a leper. Ruiz and his companions left for Japan on June 10, 1636 with the aid of the Dominican fathers and Sr. Domingo Gonzales

Exile to Japan
The boat landed at Okinawa and the group was arrested and persecuted based on their Christian religion. They were brought to Nagasaki on July 10, 1636. They were tortured through hanging by their feet, by submerging in water until near death, and by water torture. Needles were also pressed in between their finger nails and skin and they were beaten until unconscious. These methods brought some of Ruiz's companions to recant their faith. But Ruiz never lost his faith. On September 27, 1637, Ruiz and his companions were taken to the "Mountain of Martyrs", where they were hung upside down into a pit known as horca y hoya. This mode of torture was considered as the most painful way to die at the time because it involved the use of rocks to add weight to the person being punished. The individual being tortured suffocated quickly while being crushed by his the weight. Two days after, Ruiz died from hemorrhage and suffocation. His body was cremated and his ashes were thrown into the sea

Path to sainthood
Lorenzo Ruiz was beatified in Manila on February 18, 1981 by Pope John Paul II during his Papal visit to Manila. San Lorenzo Ruiz was elevated to Sainthood and canonized by Pope John Paul II in the Vatican City, Rome on October 18, 1987. Ruiz's beatification was the first one to be held outside the Vatican. San Lorenzo Ruiz became the first Filipino saint and martyr.[1][2][3][4]


20th anniversary
On September 29, 2007, the Catholic Church celebrated the 20th anniversary of Ruiz’ canonization in 1987. Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales said: “Kahit saan nandoon ang mga Pilipino, ang katapatan sa Diyos ay dala-dala ng Pinoy (Wherever the Filipino may go, he carries his faith in God).”

Answer 2

Mine would be:
St. Thomas the Apostle - patron saint of architects
St. Thomas Aquinas - patron saint of students.

I chose them because I'm an architecture student, and at the same time, I study at UST. =)


FYI, St. Rose of Lima is the patron saint of the Philippines.

Answer 3

St. Rita is my favorite among my many patron saints. She is the patroness of impossible cases and with so many impossible things in my life I call on her much too often and much too frantically.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=205

Good joke on the St Bernard...LOL!

Answer 4

Saint Boniface (feast June 5) and Saint Anthony. I don't know about resemblances.

Check this out (and the author too):

http://www.luckymojo.com/patronsaints.html

Answer 5

Not a catholic ..... so, I got no patron saint for inspiration.
But, there's an angel that I used for inspiration before. Angel Azrael. The most sensitive angel in God's eye.

Answer 6

mine is Saint Bernard coz i'm not Ugly

Answer 7

St. Matthew - Patron saint of Accountants. (^_^)

A tax-collector...

Answer 8

lol @ your joke.

i don't have a particular patron saint although in my province, our patron saint is st. isidore the farmer and no, i don't resemble him at all though i do try to imitate his faith in and love for god.

i do have a guardian angel though whom i pray to for guidance everyday. it's Uriel (Auriel) whose name means Fire of God, and he is known as The Angel of Repentance. In Christian tradition, Uriel is also the Angel of Music, The Angel of Poetry and the Angel of Prophecy...

Answer 9

Saint Michael.
I named my first born after him and yes, I've fought my own demons too, and came out victorious.

Answer 10

st. jude or san who does (hudas}, thus i'm exempted to pay fare in jeepneys bc it says there "who does(hudas) not pay"

edit: no wonder you are a saint, take note on the bday of lorenzo ruiz by kokey