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EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 9 MIN

December 23: Saint John of Kanty (Cantius), Priest—Optional Memorial

from Catholic Saints & Feasts of the Liturgical Year · host My Catholic Life!

Read entire reflection online >>>December 23: Saint John of Kanty (Cantius), Priest—Optional Memorialc. 1390–1473Patron Saint of teachers, students, priests, pilgrims, Lithuania, and PolandCanonized by Pope Clement XIII on July 16, 1767Liturgical Color: VioletQuote: Fight all false opinions, but let your weapons be patience, sweetness and love. Roughness is bad for your own soul and spoils the best cause. ~Saint John of KantyPrayer:Saint John Cantius, though you were a great intellectual, your humility and deep faith, coupled with your genuine love for those whom you ministered to, had a lasting effect upon the people of your community, and upon all of Poland. Please pray for me, that I will learn from your life and imitate your virtues so that I, too, will one day be counted among the saints. Saint John Cantius, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Photo: Saint John Kanty Parish, Buffalo, NY

Read entire reflection online >>>December 23: Saint John of Kanty (Cantius), Priest—Optional Memorialc. 1390–1473Patron Saint of teachers, students, priests, pilgrims, Lithuania, and PolandCanonized by Pope Clement XIII on July 16, 1767Liturgical Color: VioletQuote: Fight all false opinions, but let your weapons be patience, sweetness and love. Roughness is bad for your own soul and spoils the best cause. ~Saint John of KantyPrayer:Saint John Cantius, though you were a great intellectual, your humility and deep faith, coupled with your genuine love for those whom you ministered to, had a lasting effect upon the people of your community, and upon all of Poland. Please pray for me, that I will learn from your life and imitate your virtues so that I, too, will one day be counted among the saints. Saint John Cantius, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.Source of content: mycatholic.lifeCopyright © 2024 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission via RSS feed.Photo: Saint John Kanty Parish, Buffalo, NY

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