{"id":2164,"date":"2021-09-11T16:47:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T23:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stalseattle.org\/school\/?page_id=2164"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T23:14:20","slug":"our-patron","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stalseattle.org\/school\/about\/our-patron","title":{"rendered":"Our Patron"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Who was St. Alphonsus Liguori?<\/h1>\n<h3>Known for<\/h3>\n<p>love of learning and the arts, down-to-earth preaching, founding the Redemptorist missionary order, devotion to Mary and the Blessed Sacrament, the virtues of humility and perseverance<\/p>\n<h3>Lived<\/h3>\n<p>1696-1787, Naples, Italy<\/p>\n<h3>Feast Day<\/h3>\n<p>August 1<\/p>\n<h3>Patronage<\/h3>\n<p>musicians, artists, writers, poets, philosophers, lawyers, moral theologians, confessors, vocations, and arthritics<\/p>\n<h3>Bio<\/h3>\n<p>kid-friendly <a href=\"https:\/\/stalseattle.org\/school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/07\/St-Alphonsus-Liguori-story-color-pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bio and coloring sheet<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Notable Quotes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cYou can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cThe past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cKnow also that you will probably gain more by praying fifteen minutes before the Blessed Sacrament than by all the other spiritual exercises of the day.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cYour God is ever beside you \u2013 indeed, He is even within you.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cPerfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God&#8217;s.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cWhen we see a beautiful object, a beautiful garden, or a beautiful flower, let us think that there we behold a ray of the infinite beauty of God, who has given existence to that object.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Additional Facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>He was a successful lawyer before becoming a priest, as well as an accomplished writer, artist, poet, and musician.<\/li>\n<li>Not just some boring theologian, St. Alphonsus put his faith in action. He abandoned a life of privilege to care for the poor and marginalized of Naples and teach them the basics of the Faith.<\/li>\n<li>Arthritis bent his head into his chest, a deformity he suffered for his last twenty years.<\/li>\n<li>He composed a collection of famous meditations on the Stations of the Cross, still in use today.<\/li>\n<li>He is one of the Doctors of the Church, a title given to recognize the great teachers of the Catholic faith.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Recommended Reading &amp; Listening by St. Alphonsus<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liguori.org\/selected-writings-and-prayers-of-saint-alphonsus.html\">Selected Writings and Prayers of Saint Alphonsus<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=68mCdwb4A3k\">Tu scendi dalle stelle<\/a>&#8221; (<em>You come down from the stars<\/em>), performed by Andrea Bocelli, popular Christmas carol<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sophiainstituteforteachers.org\/uploads\/lessons_approved\/GR1S19TraditionalStationsoftheCross.pdf\">Meditations on the Stations of the Cross<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1618902334\/?tag=wordonfire-20\"><em>Visits to the Blessed Sacrament<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Glories-Mary-Saint-Alphonsus-Liguori\/dp\/1785163213\/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&amp;keywords=st+alphonsus+liguori&amp;qid=1631495261&amp;sr=8-10\"><em>Glories of Mary<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Preparation-Death-Saint-Ligouri-ebook\/dp\/B00PURYIII\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=alphonsus+ligouri+preparation+for+death&amp;qid=1631495119&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Preparation for Death<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who was St. Alphonsus Liguori? 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