Saint(s) of the Day

Sunday, September 27th, 2026

Memorials

  • Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest Memorial

    Saint Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), priest of Gascony and apostle of charity, spent his life serving the poor, galley slaves, foundlings, and war-stricken provinces of France. Founder of the Congregation of the Mission and the Daughters of Charity, he formed clergy, organized the Ladies of Charity, and taught that love of God and neighbor are one. Canonized in 1737 and named…

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Quotes by Saints

  • You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love with which we do them.

  • Charity enters heaven when humility opens the door.

    María Natividad Venegas de la Torre

  • Jesus Christ, Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am - you alone. I am your sheep; make me worthy to overcome the devil.

Our Lady

  • Guadalupe

    Tepeyac, Mexico · 1531

    The tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Our Lady appeared to St. Juan Diego, a poor Nahua convert, on Tepeyac Hill. When the bishop asked for a sign, Castilian roses grew on the winter hill, and Our Lady’s image was left on his tilma — a mother who comes first to the poor, and through whom the Americas were brought to Our Lady’s Son.

    Main messages

    • “I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the True God through Whom everything lives.”
    • “I want very much that they build my sacred little house here, so that in it I may show Him, exalt Him, and give Him to the people.”
    • “Am I not here, I who am your Mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection?”
    • Our Lady is mother of all who live in this land, and of every people who love Our Lady, cry to Our Lady, and have confidence in Our Lady.

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  • Lourdes

    Lourdes, France · 1858

    The grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes at night, lit by candles

    In the grotto of Massabielle Our Lady appeared eighteen times to St. Bernadette Soubirous, a poor miller’s child. Our Lady revealed a spring that still draws the sick, asked for a chapel and processions, and — four years after the dogma — named herself the Immaculate Conception. From that hidden cave a place of washing, candlelight, and pilgrimage has never ceased.

    Main messages

    • When Bernadette asked her name, Our Lady said: “I am the Immaculate Conception” — the dogma defined four years earlier, spoken by the Lady herself.
    • “Penance! Penance! Penance! Pray to God for sinners. Go, kiss the ground for the conversion of sinners.”
    • Drink at the spring and wash there; come in procession; tell the priests to build a chapel here. The water and the processions remain the signs of Lourdes.
    • Our Lady said to Bernadette: “I do not promise to make you happy in this world, but in the next.”

    Read more about Our Lady of Lourdes

  • Fatima

    Fátima, Portugal · 1917

    The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima at night

    After the Angel of Peace prepared them, Our Lady appeared to Lúcia, Francisco, and Jacinta six times, asked for the daily Rosary, showed them hell and Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart, and confirmed the message by the Miracle of the Sun before a great crowd.

    Main messages

    • Pray the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and the end of war.
    • Offer prayers and sacrifices for the conversion of sinners, and in reparation for sins against the Immaculate Heart.
    • Jesus wants to establish devotion to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart: “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.”
    • Consecration of Russia and Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”

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Medjugorje

Latest Message from Our Lady of Medjugorje, Queen of Peace

(Marija)

“Dear children! May this time be a time of prayer for peace. I am calling you to renew in your families the prayer of the Rosary for my intentions, so that I may be able to multiply your prayers and intercede for you before the Most High, [for Him] to heed your prayers and to give you peace. I am with you and like never before I pray for you and with you, my little children. Thank you for having responded to my call.”

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