St. Cecilia <3

alright first of all, praise God that we made it (almost) to break. i dont know about you girls, but i wasn't sure i'd ever get here alive and sane. I'm SO grateful :)

so i've been doing some research on my patron Saint (cecilia) because her feast is coming up on November 22!!! and she's had my back lately. i just want to share some stuff about her because the more i learn, the more awesome she turns out to be.

i really only chose her because she's the patron saint of music and music is HUGE in my faith life. but it turns out her story is crazy awesome. so she converted her husband to Catholicism along with hundreds of other people by her preaching. Her husband was eventually martyred for burying the faithful killed by some guy but Cecilia continued preaching and converting people.

eventually she was arrested and sentenced to death. they put her into a bath house and cranked up the fires to try to suffocate her, but she didn't even break a sweat. fail number one. then they tried to behead her, and they stabbed her three times, but she wouldn't die. fail number two.

she survived three days in this bathhouse, bleeding and weak and in terrible pain, before she succumbed to death. THREE DAYS.

thats just proof you guys..God is strong enough to get us through ANYTHING. He can make us capable of the impossible if we just trust Him..i LOVE it.

i just love her more and more...she was an amazing witness to the faith, spreading it everyone she met. as i try to be. she is the patron saint of music, which is the first and still one of the most real ways i can feel God's presence in me. she is strong, which is something i need to ask her to help me out with, but something i strive for. and she didn't give up, to the very end. which is something i think we can all take notes from.

go St. Cecilia :)


ps, if you guys have time, i'd love to learn a little about your patrons/Confirmation saints too!!