A Little Weird

 

Father Josh at St. Rita said in his homily a few weeks ago that all of the Saints were considered a little “weird”. He said we should all strive to be that kind of weird. ~ Lynette Schnitzius

I Googled “saints who were a little weird”
and got more material than I can use.
Saint Gummarus’s attempts to salvage his marriage failed
and he founded an abbey at Lier,
becoming the patron saint of difficult marriages.
Saint Drogo is considered the patron saint of unattractive people.
Because of Saint Rita’s lifetime of disappointments,
difficulty and setbacks, she is now considered
the patron saint of the impossible.
St. Vedast, or Vaast, is the patron saint
of children who are late in learning to walk.
There’s a book entitled
My Badass Book of Saints:
Courageous Women
Who Showed Me How to Live.
Are you willing to strive to be that kind of weird
that leads to canonization and sainthood?
How embarrassing is it to strive to live
a life that after your physical life has ended
leads people many years later to remember your life
as deserving sainthood?

Saint Drogo, the patron
saint of shepherds,
coffee, and the ugly.
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