My list of saints

To join in with others in St. Blogs I will post my own list of possible future
saints and favorite saints. These are in no particular order since I don’t really
like subjectively determining a number one and so forth. As you will see my
biases are towards Carmelites and Americans.

Future Saints

• Jeff Miller – now you might be thinking what arrogance, what overwhelming
  pride. I never expect to be canonized (this blog would really make sure of
  that) and raised to the altar but every person who makes it to heaven is a
  saint. I think that everyone should put themselves on a list of future saints
  since that should be everyone’s preeminent goal. Leon Bloy said "there�s
  only one tragedy, not to be a saint." If I persevere I wouldn’t be surprised
  to spend so long in purgatory that they name a room in honor of me. They could
  tell newer residence to have hope and use me as an example.
• Blessed Titus
  Brandsma
• Venerable
  Louis and Zelie Martin
• Venerable Solanis Casey
• Archbishop Sheen
• Blessed Kateri
  Tekakwitha
• Blessed
  Margaret of Castello
• Venerable John
  Henry Newman
• Venerable Matt Talbot
• Mother Teresa of Calcuta
• Blessed
  Jacinta and Francisco Marto
• Blessed
  Elizabeth of the Trinity
• John
  Cardinal O’Connor – I know there is no official cause yet but one day
  I hope they put forth this awesome example of a Bishop.
• Bishop James Augustine
  Healy – A cause has been started. Someone that could be so ill treated
  from racism and to go forth to become a great Bishop gets my vote. He died
  on the streets of Boston and was reputed to have said something like "Bury
  me here in the sidewalk so that people may continue to walk on me as they
  have in life."

Favorite Saints

• St. Mary
• St. Elijah
• St. Paul
• St. Teresa of Avila & St. John of the Cross
• St. Therese
• St. Francis
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• St. Bernadette
• St. Dominic
• St. Gregory the Great
• St. Athanasius
• St. Justin Martyr
• St. Catherine of Siena
• St. Edith Stein
• St. Benedict
• St. Martin De Pores
• St. Pio
• St. Athanasius – this is my favorite story about him when he was being tried
  for sorcery and for murder and cutting off their right hand to use in magical
  rites. Early in the proceeding, with a truly breath-taking disregard for
  recently established and documented truth, the "hand of Arsernius"
  was brought out for the horrified perusal of the council, along with the original
  tale of murder and sorcery involving him and Athanasius. But Athanasius was
  as resourceful as his opponents. Arsenius, never quite good enough at hiding
  himself, was ferreted out again at Tyre. Athanasius brought him to the council,
  wrapped in a cloak. He asked if those present knew Arsenius. When several
  answered that they did. Athanasius uncovered Arsenius’s face. "Is this
  the right Arsenius? Is this the man I murdered? Is this the man those people
  mutilated after his murder by cutting off his right hand? Then he pulled off
  the cloak, revealing both of Arsenius’s hands perfectly normal. "Let
  no one seek for a third hand," Athanasius concluded, with crushing irony
  "for man has received two hands from the Creator and no more." From
  the Building
  of Christendom Vol II by Warren H. Carroll