I’m choosing a confirmation name, & these are the saints I am considering of honoring. Which do you think is the most honorable? I know that ultimately this is my decision only, but I just want some opinions. I’ll include a little about each of them. Thanks so much!
–Saint Veronica: A woman of Jerusalem who, moved with pity as Jesus carried his cross, gave him her veil that he might wipe his forehead. Jesus accepted the offering and after using it handed it back to her, the image of his face miraculously impressed upon it.
–Saint Bernadette of Lourdes: A miller’s daughter born in Lourdes. From 11 February to 16 July 1858, she reported 18 apparitions of “a small young lady” who asked for a chapel to be built at that site at Lourdes. She dug up the holy spring at Lourdes with her bare hands. Many people visit that site today.
–Saint Rose of Lima: She began to fast three times a week and performed severe penances in secret. When she was admired for her beauty, Rose cut off her hair and disfigured her face with pepper and lye. Her days were filled with acts of charity and industry. Rose helped the sick and hungry around her community. She would bring them to her room and take care of them. Rose sold her fine needlework, grew beautiful flowers, and would take them to market to help her family. Her exquisite lace and embroidery also helped to care for the poor, while her nights were devoted to prayer and penance in a little grotto which she had built. Otherwise, she became a recluse, leaving her room only for her visits to church.
–Saint Lucy/Lucia (which should I use?): Lucy was a Christian during the Diocletian persecution. She consecrated her virginity to God, refused to marry a pagan, and had her dowry distributed to the poor. Lucy’s would-be husband admired her eyes, so she tore them out and gave them to him, saying, “Now let me live to God”.
–Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton: Seton showed the concern for the poor. She helped to organize a group of prominent ladies who would visit the sick poor in their homes to render what aid they could. Later, she opened an academy for young girls. Mother Seton was described as a charming and cultured lady. Her connections to New York society and the accompanying social pressures to leave the new life she had created for herself did not deter her from embracing her religious vocation and charitable mission. She established schools in order to educate young girls to live by religious values.
–Saint Elizabeth (Mary’s cousin/mother of John the Baptist): Elizabeth is revered as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. She is commemorated as a matriarch in the Calendar of Saints. She was the first to say the Hail Mary.
–Saint Nikola: Nikola Tavelić is a saint of the Catholic Church. This Franciscan missionary, who died a martyr’s death in Jerusalem, was the first Croatian saint. Nikola was among 60 priests from various Franciscan provinces who were called by the Bosnian vicar, motivated by Pope Gregory XI, to work as missionaries in Bosnia. He spread Catholicism around Bosnia for 12 years. In his report to the pope, the Bosnian vicar later said that the missionaries converted around 50,000 Bosnian heretics.
In 1384, Nikola went to Palestine with the Franciscans Deodatus and Peter from Narbonne and Stephen from Cuneo. He stayed in the Mount Zion Monastery in Jerusalem, learning Arabian and visiting holy places. Together with his three friends, he was brought before the qadi of Jerusalem and sentenced to death. All four missionaries were martyred near the Jaffa Gate on November 14, 1391.
–Saint Vincenca: Saint Vincenca is a Christian saint, who lived in the 3rd century in Rome. As a young girl, she was tortured and then executed for her Christian beliefs, dying before the age of 17. She was later made a Christian martyred saint. She is Croatian.
I am Croatian, so that’s where Nikola & Vincenca came from. I’m not sure that I would use those, though. So, which is the best in your opinion?
BQ: Would it be stupid if I used Joseph or Jude, since I am a girl? Am I even allowed to do that? Because Joseph is my favorite biblical character & Jude is up there as well.
Thanks! ♥