Comments on: All Saints and All Souls

By: Peter R Mackin

Peter R Mackin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:24 +0000

Saint John Ogilvie

His last words were

“If there be here any hidden Roman Catholics, let them pray for me but the prayers of heretics I will not have”.

By: AKMA

AKMA — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:22:56 +0000

Peter of Verona, for reasons I’d have a hard time enumerating.

I’m associated with the Dominicans, so Dominic and his heirs — Catherine of Siena, Thomas Aquinas, Jacobus de Voragine (I love The Golden Legend), Fra Angelico — and our patronesses, Mary Magdalene and Catherine of Alexandria.

By: Gordon Aitken

Gordon Aitken — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:20:06 +0000

I should also add Oscar Romero for showing us how it’s done.

Martin Luther King Jnr. – A man whose words still inspire me.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer – For taking a stand and showing that turning the other cheek doesn’t mean giving up.

By: Gordon Aitken

Gordon Aitken — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:14:55 +0000

Simeon The Holy Fool – for attempting to strip Christianity back to it’s basics.

Basil Of Moscow – If even Ivan The Terrible is scared of you then you must be pretty good.

James The Letter Writer – For creating a simple epistle that transcends time and space to still have full relevance today.

Mary Magdalene – For all the slurs on her good name.

By: Zebadee

Zebadee — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:04:32 +0000

My parents

By: Rev Ruth

Rev Ruth — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:28:06 +0000

For St Rita and battered wives everywhere and for women.

For St Catherine of Siena whose head and finger I have seen and adored. For her persistence and for bringing people together.

For Teresa and Therese, for their utter differences and their similar devotion to the One.

For Mary for her understanding of troubled sons.

For Julian for being a wise woman and for knowing that all shall be well.

By: fr dougal

fr dougal — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:26:37 +0000

Ah, mine would be:

St Columba (time on Iona pre Coates hall),

St Ignatius Loyola (prayed in his apartments in the Gesu in Rome)

John Henry Newman (a great inspiration)

By: kelvin

kelvin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:50:03 +0000

More are welcome, Rosemary.

I’ve prayed in a lovely church in France that had a bit of St Gregory’s jawbone. Made me feel close to Ninan in a way. The mouth that taught Ninian how to pray…

By: Rosemary Hannah

Rosemary Hannah — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:20:46 +0000

St Cuthbert
St Vey – who lived on Cumbrae surrounded by animals and gave good advice.
St Gregory of Tours, family patron and historian – need I add more??

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:53:37 +0000

St Etheldreda – I prayed in her chapel in Ely Cathedral when I was down for the Bishops’ Advisory Panel and felt complete affirmation, peace and surrender.