Patron Saints of Gardeners

My Mom had a lot of religious figures. Most of them were Crucifixes, Santo Nino, Mama Mary and some saints. She had a grotto in her garden before and it made me wonder if there's a saint for gardeners and plants. Since it's All Saints day today, I thought I'd do some research about it. I can also start praying to them to help me take care of the plants my Mom left. 

St. Fiacre of Breuil's name comes up as the patron saint of gardeners, florists and taxi drivers. He was an Irish monk who moved to France where he established a hermitage. His garden was famous and he was a known herbalist who helped heal with herbs and prayers.  

For farmers and rural communities, there's St. Isidore and St. Maria de la Cabeza. St. Ansovinus is known as the patron saint for agriculture and protection of crops. St. Kateri Tekakwitha is an indigenous woman who converted to Catholicism and became the patron saint for ecology. One saint most of us know is St. Francis of Assisi. He's the patron saint of the environment and animals. 

Now I know who to pray to, for help when it comes to my garden/plants. I will also pray to St. Francis of Assisi to protect our beloved cats. 

A Blessed All Saints Day!

#BeKind #StaySafe

The Saint Who Brought Me My Forever

My Mom brought me up to get to know the saints. They also taught it in school. I love the fact that I'm remembering this part of me and I could ask for their intercession for my prayers and intentions. Something missing? Pray to St. Anthony. Pandemic? Pray to St. Roch. Need a miracle? Pray to Padre Pio* and ask your guardian angel to whisper to his ear. Anxiety? Pray to St. Dymphna. Teaching? Of course, St. La Salle is the one. 

At the La Salle Generalate, Rome.

I'm happy I bounced back quickly from last week's procedure. It was a blessing in disguise it was rescheduled because I can get feedback from my doctor before I get vaxxed this week. I've been praying a lot and I realized that's what was lacking in me the past few years. I think after OHS** I got too brazen and thought I was invincible. I was doing my mission and took it for granted that all systems would just run smoothly. 

I prayed every night, but my head would always be buzzing with other things. A couple of weeks ago I thought I could improve with how I did my prayers. I always hear people say that you have to be specific about your requests. I downloaded two prayer apps and started to pray novenas (now I know why my Mom always uses her prayer books). It was then I remembered the saint who led me to Sweetie. 

St. Jude, the patron saint of impossible causes. At some point in my life I gave up on love. I was badly heartbroken and kept meeting the wrong kind of guys. I felt it was impossible to find true love. I heard about St. Jude, so thought I'd pray to him. I did and eventually met Sweetie. I think I never thanked St. Jude for helping write my love story. I thank him every night now and I'm requesting for a couple of impossible things. Have anything that you think is impossible? Pray to St. Jude. He gave me my forever (#sanaol). 

CB///*Yr2/155 #StuckAtHomeDay/Yr2/178 #NewG292 #Home50 #Xmas103 #StayHome #BeKind 

*Padre Pio novena starts tomorrow

**OHS - open heart surgery