The Saints offer much inspiration and guidance in their writings.  Also...asking them to pray for us is helpful too :)  I enjoy reading the Lives of the Saints.  My favorites are: St. Francis of Assisi, St. Louis De Montfort, St. Justin Martyr, St. Clement of Rome, St. Ignatius of Antioch, St. Polycarp, St. Peter, St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Francis De Sales, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Thomas Becket, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Edith Stein, St. Maxmilian Kolbe, and Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman.  Yes....I like alot of the saints.  It is so comforting and wonderful to know that there are so many brothers and sisters who are praying for us.  Remember that we are family and all who are in Christ are alive and not dead.  In fact, the Saints in Heaven aren't dead at all...meaning that they are with Christ.  They are more alive than we are.  Also....in the Church, there are many devotions and sacramentals.  These links deal with the lives of some of the Saints and devotions.  :)
 

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