Many saints began far from God and were brought home by grace. This bundle collects converts, penitents and former sinners whom the Church holds up as hope for anyone starting over.
Each of these saints turned from sin, addiction, violence or unbelief to Christ.
This bundle includes 12 different handmade prayer cards, one of each saint listed below.
The 12 cards in this bundle
- Saint Augustine of Hippo: Bishop and Doctor of the Church whose long road from ambition and false religion to Christ became one of the great conversion stories. Feast: August 28.
- Abba Moses the Black: A former slave and gang leader in fourth century Egypt who stumbled into a monastery while fleeing capture and became one of the great Desert Fathers, fighting anger through fasting, humility and prayer.
- Saint Mary of Egypt: A fifth century penitent who lived recklessly in Alexandria for seventeen years until a church door in Jerusalem stopped her. She spent the rest of her life in the desert.
- Saint Dismas, the Good Thief: The penitent thief crucified beside Jesus on Calvary, to whom Christ opened Paradise in the last hours of his life.
- Saint Camillus de Lellis: A soldier and recovering gambler who became a priest, reformed hospital care, and founded the Camillians. He is patron of the sick and of hospitals.
- Servant of God Joseph “Ira” Dutton: A Civil War veteran and recovering alcoholic who became a Catholic at forty and gave nearly forty-five years to the leprosy community at Kalaupapa, Molokai.
- Saint Cyprian of Antioch: A master of the occult and ritual magic who was converted to Christ and became a martyr, one of the most astonishing conversion stories in Christian history. Feast: October 2, with Saint Justina.
- Saint Longinus the Centurion: The Roman officer who stood beneath the Cross and confessed, "Truly this was the Son of God." Tradition names him as the soldier who pierced Christ's side.
- Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles: A faithful disciple delivered by Jesus from profound affliction, who stood near the Cross and was among the first witnesses of the Resurrection.
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola: A Spanish soldier whose leg was shattered by a cannonball in 1521. During his recovery he found his conversion, and he founded the Jesuits.
- Saint Photini, the Samaritan Woman: The woman Jesus met at the well, whom the Church calls Equal to the Apostles. She ran back to her village to proclaim what she had found.
- Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang: A Chinese Catholic physician born in 1834 who fell into opium addiction after a stomach illness, lived a long struggle with it, and was martyred.
Each card features sacred artwork on the front and a short biography with a prayer on the back. Every card is handmade and laminated in Austin, Texas, and a prayer is said for the person who will receive it.
Prayer cards are devotional aids. They do not replace medical care, counseling, or the sacraments and rites of the Church.
Many saints began far from God and were brought home by grace. This bundle collects converts, penitents and former sinners whom the Church holds up as hope for anyone starting over.
Each of these saints turned from sin, addiction, violence or unbelief to Christ.
This bundle includes 12 different handmade prayer cards, one of each saint listed below.
The 12 cards in this bundle
- Saint Augustine of Hippo: Bishop and Doctor of the Church whose long road from ambition and false religion to Christ became one of the great conversion stories. Feast: August 28.
- Abba Moses the Black: A former slave and gang leader in fourth century Egypt who stumbled into a monastery while fleeing capture and became one of the great Desert Fathers, fighting anger through fasting, humility and prayer.
- Saint Mary of Egypt: A fifth century penitent who lived recklessly in Alexandria for seventeen years until a church door in Jerusalem stopped her. She spent the rest of her life in the desert.
- Saint Dismas, the Good Thief: The penitent thief crucified beside Jesus on Calvary, to whom Christ opened Paradise in the last hours of his life.
- Saint Camillus de Lellis: A soldier and recovering gambler who became a priest, reformed hospital care, and founded the Camillians. He is patron of the sick and of hospitals.
- Servant of God Joseph “Ira” Dutton: A Civil War veteran and recovering alcoholic who became a Catholic at forty and gave nearly forty-five years to the leprosy community at Kalaupapa, Molokai.
- Saint Cyprian of Antioch: A master of the occult and ritual magic who was converted to Christ and became a martyr, one of the most astonishing conversion stories in Christian history. Feast: October 2, with Saint Justina.
- Saint Longinus the Centurion: The Roman officer who stood beneath the Cross and confessed, "Truly this was the Son of God." Tradition names him as the soldier who pierced Christ's side.
- Saint Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles: A faithful disciple delivered by Jesus from profound affliction, who stood near the Cross and was among the first witnesses of the Resurrection.
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola: A Spanish soldier whose leg was shattered by a cannonball in 1521. During his recovery he found his conversion, and he founded the Jesuits.
- Saint Photini, the Samaritan Woman: The woman Jesus met at the well, whom the Church calls Equal to the Apostles. She ran back to her village to proclaim what she had found.
- Saint Mark Ji Tianxiang: A Chinese Catholic physician born in 1834 who fell into opium addiction after a stomach illness, lived a long struggle with it, and was martyred.
Each card features sacred artwork on the front and a short biography with a prayer on the back. Every card is handmade and laminated in Austin, Texas, and a prayer is said for the person who will receive it.
Prayer cards are devotional aids. They do not replace medical care, counseling, or the sacraments and rites of the Church.
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