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02 Oct Day 11 Gemma Galgani
Day 11 is Gemma Galgani, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Throughout her life, Gemma was to be favored with many mystical experiences and special graces, including the stigmata. These were often misunderstood by others, causing ridicule. Gemma suffered these heartaches in reparation, remembering that Our Lord Himself had been misunderstood and ridiculed.
02 Oct Day 12 – St. Padre Pio
Day 12 is Padre Pio. He was a facinating Saint that lived in our time. Padre Pio had many graces from God including the stigmata, that he had most of his life. He felt the physical pain that Christ experinced on the cross every time he consecrated the host at Mass. He would be able to bi-locate and would hear confessions in multiple places around the world at the same time. He could also read souls and had a deep devotion to Mary and the Rosary.
02 Oct Day 13 – St. Therese of Lisieux
Day 13 is St. Therese of Lisieux 12x12 oil on wood panel. She is a beautiful saint that has the heart of a child. She is know for her "little way" which is to completly trust in Jesus with great love. She is also know as "the little flower" and promised to spend her time in heaven doing good on earth and that she will send down flowers from heaven. Often times when people pray to hear for her help, she will answer their prayers by sending them roses.
02 Oct Day 14 Bl. Miguel Pro
Day 14 is Bl. Miguel Pro, 12x12 Oil on wood panel. He was a courageous priest who stood up and was martyr for the Catholic faith during the Mexican "Cristeros" persecution in the 20's. His last words before he was killed were "Viva Cristo Rey", "Long Live Christ the King".
02 Oct Day 15 – Ven. Fulton Sheen
Day 15 is Venerable Fulton J. Sheen 12x12 Oil on wood panel. "God Love You" Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen touched the lives of millions worldwide with his warmth, wisdom and humor. A master communicator, he had the great gift of preaching and teaching the Gospel in a way easy to understand. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria, Ill., has already constructed a museum in honor of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, a native son whose Emmy-winning television show during the 1950s brought Catholicism to the American living room.
02 Oct Day 16 St. Josemaria Excrivá
Day 16 is Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Jose Escriva was a Roman Catholic priest from Spain who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. He made a way for ordinary lay people to reach santity by their work and family life, holiness in everyday life.
02 Oct Day 17 – St. John Bosco
Day 17 is St. John Bosco, 12x12 oil on wood panel. John Bosco educated the whole person—body and soul united. He believed that Christ’s love and our faith in that love should pervade everything we do—work, study, play. For John Bosco, being a Christian was a full-time effort, not a once-a-week, Mass-on-Sunday experience. It is searching and finding God and Jesus in everything we do, letting their love lead us. Yet, because John realized the importance of job-training and the self-worth and pride that come with talent and ability, he trained his students in the trade crafts, too.
02 Oct 30 Day Challenge Day 18
Day 18 is Our Sorrowful Mother, 12x12 oil on wood panel. Being the Mother of Jesus, Mary shares in the joys and the sorrows of Jesus. During the passion a sword also peices Mary's heart (Luke 2:35) as she witnesses Jesus' death on the cross.
02 Oct 30 Day Challenge Day 19
Day 19 is St. André Bessette, C.S.C., 12x12 oil on wood panel. Br. André as he was known battled sickness for much of his own life — humbly devoted his life to prayer, serving the Lord and comforting the sick and afflicted. Through his intercession prayers to St. Joseph, many received God’s healing graces. He dedicated his life to building a shrine to St. Joseph in Montreal with only the small change and donations that he received. Today it is great Oratory where many people have been healed.