Choosing a Patron Saint

[Dream]

The other thread here asking everybody who their Patron Saint was made me think that I should probablly choose one, but I really don't know how I would go about doing so. I did a search on saints, and I never realized how many there are: http://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php.

So how do I go about narrowing down my search and choosing one? Any suggestions?

 

[kimber1]

the way i chose mine was to think of one of my greatest desires, what was important to me and that is for the conversion of my husbands soul, that he would embrace the Catholic Church. St. Cecilia is known for the conversion of spouses which is why i chose her. now that i'm more familiar with praying to her about my hubby, i also ask other things as well

 

[geocajun]

look for similarities between yourself and the Saint, or a Saint who has a life you wish to imitate. You can do this by writing down your goals, or your current attributes, and using that data to narrow your search.

 

[lonnienord]

i want to be a good dad. I want at least one of my boys to grow up to be a priest so

St. Joseph is definately my patron saint

all for JESUS!!
lonnie

 

[Dream]

But how do I find out about each different saint? Should I read about every single one and then decide? Is there some way I could get a short summary of each one?

 

[geocajun]

DT, there are tons, and tons of Saints. You will want to narrow the feild a bit before trying to look at a list, or you could be there for years
here is the list of patron Saints - http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php

 

[Dream]

DT, there are tons, and tons of Saints. You will want to narrow the feild a bit before trying to look at a list, or you could be there for years
here is the list of patron Saints - http://www.catholic.org/saints/patron.php

Ah, thanks. That helps a lot.

I just saw a list of all the saints and I thought to myself "how on earth am I going to read about all of these to chose the right one?" But this site helps a lot.

 

[Dream]

A patron saint for astronauts? They thought of everything.

 

[Wiffey]

DreamTheater, if you have a priest who knows you pretty well, he might be able to guide you in the right direction. Priests are usually well-versed in the lives of the Saints, and if your priest is familiar with your personality and with what your spiritual needs are, he could probably help you to narrow the list down to a more manageable size.

 

[Victrixa]

One of the things I did, DreamTheatre, was to go through that very list of saints you were referred to. I too felt lost in all this. I'm just getting used to it, by the way.