I am presenting a talk on "Gathering Your Circle of Saints" at the 2025 Catholic Writers Guild Live Conference. I was inspired to have my own Circle of Saints after hearing Alexis Walkenstein's keynote address at the 2023 CWG Live Conference. You can read Alexis's recap of that keynote on her site.
You can also find discussions of the Saint of the Day on the Fransican Media website and on the Catholic News Agency website, among many others.
Below are the quotes I share in my talk:
St. Francis de Sales:
"Be who you are and be that well as a witness to the master craftsman who created you."
St. Teresa of Avila:
"Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things pass away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things.
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices."
St. Anthony of Padua:
"Be just as God made you to be. Do not go seeking another 'you.' Do not make yourself otherwise than he made you."
St. Thérèse of Lisieux:
"I'm not relying on my own merits, as I have none, but I put my hope in Him who is goodness and holiness Himself."
"To limit your desires and your hopes is to misunderstand God's infinite goodness!"
St. Hildegard of Bingen:
"Become who you are by becoming all that you are. We understand so little of what goes on around us because we don't use what is within us."
Closing prayer from St. Teresa of Avila:
"Lord, grant that I may always allow myself to be guided by you, always follow your plans, and perfectly accomplish your holy will. Grant that in all things, great and small, today and all the days of my life, I may do whatever you may require of me. Help me to respond to the slightest prompting of your grace, so that I may be your trustworthy instrument, for your honor. May your will be done in time and eternity—by me, in me, and through me."
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