Something that really touched me a few months ago was finding out about the patron saints of WYD. We are all asking our families, friends and communities to help us out but we must remember that we have our friends in heaven to help us, pray for us and guide us too!!
The patrons of WYD are some of the most amazing and inspiring lives led over the last couple of hundred years, and are so valuable as a source of intercession and information. What is awesome is that these people are probably praying for us as we speak!!
St Therese of Liseux (a personal favourite) was a Carmelite nun in the late 1800's and lived a life completely full of love for Jesus, St Faustina was a Polish Sister of Mercy and was tod by Christ the message of Divine Mercy, St Maria Goretti was a young Italian martyr who died in order to protect her virginity from rape, St Peter Chanel was a French missonary priest martyred in the Pacific, Blessed Peter To Rot was a married Papua New Guinean who was Martyred in a Japanese concentration camp, Blessed Mary Mackillop was an Australian Sister who started the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frasatti (another personal favourite) was a young Italian man who gave his life to God and the poor, Blessed Mother Theresa of Calcutta one of the most inspiring women of the 20th Century, who started the Missionaries of Charity, Servant of God John Paul II, the most inspiring man of the 20th and 21st Centuries, our former Pope and the founder of WYD's, and last but certainly not least Our Lady of the Southern Cross.
You should ALL read about these saints more, it WILL change your lives and lead you futher towards Christ and make your journey towards WYD more special...
Check out http://www.wyd2008.org/index.php/en/about_wyd08/wyd08_patrons
Blessed Mother Theresa
Blessed Peter To Rot
Blessed Pier Giorgio
Servant of God Pope John Paul II
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