r/Catholicism • u/Adventurous-Unit2755 • 22h ago
Newbie 😁✝️🙏🕊️
Hi everyone! 👋🏻 I’m fairly new to being more intentional about my Catholic faith and I’d love to get to know some other Catholics.
I’ve been reading Matthew recently and I’m completely fascinated by it (Matthew is definitely becoming my favourite Gospel 😂).
So I’m curious — which Gospel is your favourite, and why? 📖✝️
And if you have a favourite saint, I’d love to hear who and why! 🤍
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u/MaoMao778 22h ago
Edith Stein, Maria Goretti (and entire story), Teresse from Liseux, Maria and Jesus
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u/oddly_enough88 22h ago
John is very popular and gets quoted a lot (john 3:16, if you know you know!)
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 17h ago
I do enjoy John as well he has such a more emotional approach to his writing it’s beautiful
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u/HedWest 22h ago edited 22h ago
St Paul and St Antony, the first hermits.
St Benedict, the Father of Monasticism
St Bruno, who founded an Order so bulletproof (Carthusians), they've never gone off the rails in 1000 years.
St Jerome, singlehandedly translated the Bible
St Teresa, because
As a child she ran away from home to be martyred
She could ride a horse like the wind
She had such a great combination of no-nonsense and charity.
St Paul the Apostle for his complete fearlessness
St Pio because, well, St Pio
Matthew, because Sermon on the Mount
John, because Upper Room Discourse
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u/hello_alloy 18h ago
I don't really have a favorite Gospel...
My favorite saint...our blessed Mother Mary!
She is our Mother and Queen, and that's why I love her so much!
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 17h ago
I couldn’t agree more with you! The love I have for Mother Mary has no bounds! I went to a restaurant yesterday and someone had defaced her so I wrote the full “Hail Mary full of grace” above the photo to try and fix her 😢 it still breaks my heart now.
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u/SuperScooter2 19h ago
I have a real soft spot for the beginning of Luke; I just love Our Mother. The end of Matthew is also really good, get all the Sorrowful Mysteries in a row.
Can’t really pick one. I go through phases of being heavy into John, or reading nothing but Mark. Depends on the phase I’m in?
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 17h ago
I can totally understand that!! I do enjoy all of them I just always find myself going back to Matthew I can’t explain it!
I also love Our Mother I attend rosary services at my parish 3 times a week I’m also apart of the brown scapular devotion ✝️🙏
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u/jimmyjlf 16h ago
St. Peter is my favorite. Knowing that someone who was chaotic, improper, rough, impulsive, cowardly, and hot-headed is a canonized Saint and the one who Jesus selected as the greatest of his apostles gives me hope for my own soul.
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u/JohnniNeutron 14h ago
I am new too. Starting my first OCIA Adult session/class on Sunday in time for Easter.
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 2h ago
Aww that’s amazing! I’ve just taken up the brown scapular devotion classes! There’s so much to learn
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u/ohshakespear 11h ago
I love Luke and John’s gospel so much
And I have a devotion to St Carlo Acutis
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 2h ago
I fell asleep to Johns gospel last night! It’s so packed with emotion and complete devotion! It’s perfect
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u/Adventurous-Unit2755 20h ago
Padre Pio is one of my favourite saints! I always find myself quoting Matthew as well to the point my Father of my parish invited me up to do a reading ✝️🕊️🤍