If you say “Patty” one more time I’ll drown you in this crap.īut what you may not know is that many saints were complete and total beasts on John McClain’s tier, but still, you know, super holy. Stephen, the first martyr, and, of course, the patron saint of green beer and terrible t-shirts himself, St. I’m sure you’re familiar with at least a few saints St. Without further adue – Nate Gutman, everyone.Ħ SAINTS YOU SHOULD NAME YOUR BABIES AFTER We also wouldn’t be disappointed if you felt a twinge of regret that this blog wasn’t around when you were choosing for yourself. Get ready to have your mind blown and your heart swell with pride at the hero’s of our tradition. We will start off by outlining 6 saints today, then we’ll feature one more in depth every Tuesday for the next four weeks. We here at The Crossroads Pursuit have solved this problem for you.īecause we believe that the AWESOME factor is still the best discernment tool for choosing a saint, we’ve decided to introduce to you 10 crazy saints you may not have heard of before. “Oh! Johnny, you want to go into politics? Well then, St Thomas Moore is the patron saint of lawyers, so you should pick him!” If that youth is too immature at the ripe old age of fourteen to plan out his or her entire life, then one settles on a hobby instead: “Well Jensen, you play violin and St Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians, so you should pick her.” Thus, no one must take up the dull and laborious task of reading any actual saint stories. In this American way of doing things, instead of choosing a saint because that saint is “bad ass” or “awesome,” one instead is encouraged to choose a saint based on one’s future occupation. They tend to use what I like to call the “The Hobby Saint/Resume Builder” method. Turns out, asking “How bad ass was this dude/dudette?” was a far more effective discernment tool than what is currently used by parish faith formation programs. Like when I took my shirt off at a best friends wedding reception.
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