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His (Jesus’s) mother said to the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.” (John 2:5)

Madonna and Child; Thanks for walking with me this lent. God bless.

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St Veronica, pray for us to Our Lord that His Holy Face May be imprinted on our hearts so that we may be always mindful of the Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

St Veronica; patron saint of photographers

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“In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.”

St Joan of Arc; patron saint of France, martyrs, and military personnel

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"The most deadly poison of our time is indifference."

St Maximilian Kolbe; a Polish priest who volunteered to die in place of Franciszek Gajowniczek at Auschwitz and patron saint of addiction and prisoners

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"Nothing is far from God."

St Monica; mother of St Augustine and patron saint of my grandma

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St Mary Magdalene, patron saint of penitent sinners.

One tradition about Mary Magdalene and Easter eggs says that following the death and resurrection of Jesus, she got invited to a banquet given by the Roman Emperor Tiberius. When she met him, she was holding a plain egg in her hand and exclaimed, "Christ is risen!" The Emperor laughed, and said that Christ rising from the dead was as likely as the egg in her hand turning red while she held it. Before he finished speaking, the egg in her hand turned a bright red and she continued proclaiming the Gospel to the entire imperial house.

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“Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children,” William Makepeace Thackeray

Original artwork by @tubik inspired by the real photo of a mother breastfeeding her baby in the Kyiv subway while the city was under shelling.

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O St. Catherine, virgin and martyr, help me to imitate your love of purity. Give me strength and courage in fighting off temptations. Amen.

St Catherine of Alexandria (aka St Catherine of the Wheel ); patron saint of apologists and revered as one of the #14holyhelpers. One of the miracles attributed to her is that moments before her martyrdom, the spiked breaking wheel she was about to be tortured on shattered at her touch. She was eventually beheaded.