Armenia’s Angelic Poet
In 2015, Pope Francis declared Gregory of Narek the first Armenian saint to receive this prestigious title, given to only 37 individuals in Church history.
Doctor of the Church
Before dedicating her life to religious service, Saint Katherine Drexel was born into a wealthy and prominent family from this recently-victorious U.S. city.
Philadelphia
This Polish prince and patron saint of Lithuania was known for his deep piety and commitment to celibacy, despite his royal status.
Saint Casimir of Poland
Saints Perpetua and Felicity were martyred in this North African city, which was a major center of early Christianity.
Carthage
God tells this Old Testament figure: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk… to a land that I will show you.”
Abram
Saint Gregory of Narek’s most famous work, Book of Lamentations, which is said to have influenced all Armenian literature, is written in this genre.
Poetry
Canonized in 2000 by Pope John Paul II, Saint Katherine Drexel became the second American-born saint, following this woman.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Saint Casimir is often depicted holding this symbolic flower, representing his devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Lily
Perpetua and Felicity were executed in the arena as part of public games held in honor of the emperor’s birthday during this century.
3rd century (AD 203)
The Responsorial Psalm refrain begins, “Lord, let your" this "be on us, as we place our trust in you.”
Mercy
In 1673, the first attempted commercial publishing of Book of Lamentations was thwarted when the Vatican censored it by placing it on this.
Index Librorum Prohibitorum
In 1891, she founded the Sisters of the Blessed this, a religious congregation serving Black and Indigenous Americans.
Sacrament
Saint Casimir was originally buried in Vilnius Cathedral, located in the capital city of this country.
Lithuania
Saint Perpetua kept a firsthand written account of her time in prison, making her one of the earliest known female authors in this language.
Latin
In the second reading, Paul tells Timothy to “bear your share of" this "for the gospel with the strength that comes from God.”
Hardship
St. Gregory's feast day is celebrated on this day. It is usually the next to last day of the month. Usually.
27 February
In 1915, Saint Katherine Drexel founded Xavier University of Louisiana, a historically Black Catholic university in this city.
New Orleans
Despite being a royal prince, Saint Casimir chose to wear simple clothing instead of fine garments because he believed in this Christian virtue.
Humility
Felicity was a servant and was imprisoned with Perpetua while pregnant. She gave birth just days before their execution, making her one of the patron saints of this group of people.
Expectant mothers
In the Gospel, Jesus leads these three disciples up a high mountain by themselves.
Peter, James, and John
A chapel-mausoleum was built on St. Gregory's tomb, which survived until the mid-20th century, when the monastery, abandoned in the aftermath of the Armenian genocide, was destroyed by authorities from this country, and later replaced with a mosque.
Turkey
In 1886, during an audience with this leonine pope, she was urged to become a missionary instead of just a philanthropist.
Leo XIII
The feast day of Saint Casimir, celebrated on March 4th, is particularly honored in this former grand-duchy, where he is a national patron.
Lithuania
While their male co-martyrs that day were killed by leopards, bears, and boars, Saints Perpetua and Felicity were attacked by a wild one of these.
Heifer
While the Bible does not explicitly name the mountain where the Transfiguration took place, tradition for centuries has identified it as this one in Lower Galilee. The Church of the Transfiguration is located on its summit.
Mount Tabor