A question for Catholic

Many thanks to all of you who have taken the trouble to make suggestions - I have been reading about the lives of the Saints and had begun to despair that I would find one I could relate to (perhaps I should have asked St. Jude for his help!)

I think I have finally decided on St. Teresa of Avila. She seems to have been a very down to earth, practical person. As a child of 5 years old she persuaded her older brother to run away "to the land of the Moors", fortunately they were found by their uncle and returned home. As a teenager she was more interested in boys and clothes than religious life and her strict father confined her to a convent when she reached 16. Initially not liking the convent life decided they were less strict than her father! She writes about the difficulty in concentrating on prayer. "I was more anxious for the hour of prayer to be over than I was to remain there"

When the time came to decide between matrimony or the religious life she decided to remain in the convent as she felt it was the safest place for someone as prone to sin as she was.

She also appears to have had a sense of humour, one day complaining to God about the hostility that surrounded her Jesus said "That is how I treat my friends" she replied "No wonder you have so few friends"

She decided to start her own convent dedicated to a simple life of poverty and prayer. She believed in obedience to God rather than penance "if you do something wrong don't punish yourself - change"

When invited by an Archbishop to found a convent she arrived in the pouring rain, only for him to send her away she commented "and the weather so delightful"

Hi Sunseeker I wonder if you've come across this site?
www.catholic-forum.com/saints/patron00.htm#s
Plenty to choose from I should think, but it might take some time.

Isn't she a patroness of virgins?

i choose st. philomena when i was confirmed, but that was 50 years ago and i,ve forgotten why i chose her ! x

My daughter took Thea. The Bishop asked if she was a real saint. My daughter said "Roman, virgin, brothel....need I say more." The Bishop stammered something about that sounding like a saint and that was it lol.

I wanted to take Dymphna. She's the patron saint of those with mental conditions and it amused me (little did I know how apt it would become) but the Bishop wouldn't let me. So I chose Irene of Thessalonica because her day is my birthday.

I have 'Feather on the breath of God' lovely

sunseeker.How about Hildegard - The abbess Hildegard of Bingen was a remarkable woman in many fields and wrote the most wonderful music .I have some CDs of her music -so calming and uplifting.

iPad! Ferrymans glide!

Treguier! Horrible entrance. You have to do ferry and glide to access the berths.
How did I ever forget its name! Nice town though!

Or according to another list Yves,presumably the femiminine is Yvette. I think I've seen his tomb on the n Brittany coast. Certainly a statue of him it was just before you turn the corner to go s to Brest!

Yes St Raymond and our own St Thomas More!

He's my patron along with Luke and at the end of a tribunal ST Blaze!

I believe St Jude is the patron saint of lost causes

The patron saints of lawyers are St Thomas More and Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

Thanks for all the suggestions - Galen is there a patron saint of legal executives

A friend has lent me a book listing the Saints by their days and I will now start working my way through it.

The priest did say he could make some suggestions but preferred me to find a Saint that would mean something to me.

Why not pick a name you like then find out if there is a saint with that name that but I do like Francess like the pope

Or you could adopt the patron saint of your profession?

Abbess Hilda. Organised the synod of Whitby which determined that the English church would follow the roman way of dating Easter rather than the Celtic.

Sorry about that. The site is playing silly b******.

The other saint you might like to think about is Margaret Clitherow. She was a mother and admired for her business sense, and during penal times, sheltered priests. When arrested and charged she refused to plead saying that as she had committed no offence, she had no need to plead, thus saving her family from giving evidence.

www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/MARCLITH.HTM

St Bernedette Of Lourdes

I've always really admired Saint Hilda of Whitby. She was an English saint who ruled wisely and well over a double monastery of monks and nuns. She was, according to Bede, a skilled administrator and teacher, and ensured that the monastery was focussed on peace, study and charity. She was consulted by the rulers of the time but had great concern for ordinary people and encouraged and fostered the gifts of Caedmon the humble herder who became a poet.

I've always really admired Saint Hilda of Whitby. She was an English saint who ruled wisely and well over a double monastery of monks and nuns. She was, according to Bede, a skilled administrator and teacher, and ensured that the monastery was focussed on peace, study and charity. She was consulted by the rulers of the time but had great concern for ordinary people and encouraged and fostered the gifts of Caedmon the humble herder who became a poet.

St.Julie (Julia )b.1751. She was a teacher and her special day is 8th April

St Clare of Assisi or you could follow the pope and use the feminine form of Frances.