The Saints

Learn the Boondock Saints prayer which was popularized in the 1999 movie of the same name. Plus discover the meaning and origin of The Family Prayer.

Description St. Teresa of Ávila icon © Cecilia Lawrence September 2nd 2013 4.5 x 6 inches Ink, watercolor, gold leaf “Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.” - St. Teresa of Jesus Happy Feast of St. Teresa of Ávila! I finished this one way back in early September, but I decided to wait a little while before posting it since her feast day is today. “I…

Description St. Cecilia icon © Cecilia Lawrence November 23rd 2013 4.5 x 6 inches Ink, watercolor, gold leaf “At daybreak, Cecilia cried out: Come, beloved knights of Christ, cast off the works of darkness, and clothe yourselves in the armor of light!” ~ Antiphon for the Feast of St. Cecilia “Translating the old legend, to make known All of that glorious life which was thine own, Thou ever with the rose and lily crowned, Cecilia, for virtues high renowned.” ~ Second Nun’s Tale, from…

Favorite Traditions of St. Andrew’s Day will be the final Patron of Saints Celebration that occurs within the UK. It is written that St. Andrew was Christ’s first disciple and he is the Patron Saint of Scotland, Greece, and Russia. I’m sure...

This Pieta with Our Lady of Sorrows is from the former Augustinian church of St Maurice in Fribourg, Switzerland. September is the month of Our Lady of Sorrows. Her feast is on 15th September.

May 22 is the feast day of St. Rita, an Augustinian nun from 14th-century Cascia, Italy. She is the patroness of impossible causes and hopeless circumstances because of her difficult and disappointing life.Through her trials God used her in remarkable way…