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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Friday, November 9th, 2018. It is also the feast of the dedication of St. John Latterin Church in Rome.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we have been talking about saints. We talked about what a saint is and how we are all called to be saints. We talked about the canonization process, which is how the church identifies and recognizes those that are saints. We also talked about some confusing things about saints,

like whether we should carry a picture or have a statue of a saint,

and the fact that we pray with the saints, not to the saints.

Finally, yesterday we talked about patron saints,

and I hope that you are well on your way to

identifying who your special patron saint will be.

Today we're going to wrap up our discussion of saints by talking about feast days, days where we

celebrate and recognize particular saints.

Now, before we dive into this,

I want to let you know that there is no reason

why we need to celebrate every single saint.

In fact, that would probably be impossible.

By last count, there are over 10,000 saints and blessed

in our Catholic faith. 10,000. Now, I know that might seem overwhelming, but doesn't that

also seem incredible? That there are 10,000 people we know

lived good and holy lives and have performed miracles on this earth from heaven. So no, you don't have to

celebrate all or even most or even a lot of the saints, but it is important to recognize the

saints. Now, why is this important? Each saint has a feast day and it's important that we

recognize a few special saints because recognizing them gives us the opportunity to remind ourselves of the holy lives they lived,

of the wonderful things that God was able to do through them.

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