New Blogs!

Hi Guys,
I got really excited about Blogger and created 2 new blogs today! One is History Weekly (historyweekly.blogspot.com), which follows all my history assignments, and Diary of a Big Sis (diaryofabigsis.blogspot.com) which covers my fun exciting daily life in a 9 person family, and will be my "catch all", so this blog won't have recipes or random things about my life anymore. Please follow!

Saint Martin de Porres

If you've checked out my new blog, History Weekly, (and if you haven't you should: historyweekly.blogspot.com) you know that I'm studying the 30 Years' War in history right now. So I'm doing some saints from that time period. St. Teresa of Avila was one. St. Martin de Porres is another that I included in my history report for school this week. This is his story:

Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579. When he was 15, he joined the Dominican friary as a lay brother. He loved animals very much and even was said to have gotten rid of a rat infestation to a kitchen by talking and reasoning with the rats, promising them food if they promised to stay out of the kitchen! He also maintained a cat and dog veteranary hospital at his sister's house. He was gifted with levitation and bilocation (being in two places at once) and he died in 1639 and was canonized in 1962.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe!!!

As I said, this blog is not only for saint profiles!!! Here's my famous chocolate chip cookie recipe:

[Delicious] Jumbo Chocolate Chip Cookies

Bigger Bowl:
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

Smaller Bowl:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix dry into wet. Add 1/2 bag chocolate chips or to your preference. Bake for 13 minutes. Bon Appetite!

Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Padre Pio is my favorite saint. He's modern too; he died only 42 years ago. He was born as Francesco Forgione May 25, 1887 to poor farmer parents in Pietrelcina, Italy. When he was a young child, he would sleep on the cold stone ground with a rock for a pillow as a penance. He conversed with his guardian angel, Mary, and Jesus. When he was 15, he entered the Capuchin friary at San Giovanni Rotondo. One day, he was giving thanks in the choir after Mass when the wounds on the Crucifixion statue in front of him shot out rays of light into his hands, feet, and side. He said Jesus was sorrowing for the ingratitude of men. Then Jesus said, "I will unite you with my Passion". Padre Pio looked down and saw that his hands, feet, and side were dripping with blood. This was the Stigmata of the Passion of Christ. He carried those wounds, which actually brought him physical pain and bleeding, for 50 years. He lost one cup of blood every single day from those wounds. Doctors had no idea what was wrong and nothing they did could stop the pain or bleeding. Finally, on September 23, 1998, the holy mystic died from old age and exhaustion from the wounds he had carried out of love for 50 years. After Pio died, the wounds left without one single trace other than a pale pink line over his heart; the only witness left to the gaping wound in his side. His body is incorrupt.

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila, whose full name was  Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, was born on March 28, 1515 to a noble family. She was a very religious little girl and one day when she was only seven, she and her brother Rodrigo ran away from home in high hopes of being martyred by the Moors! Of course, she was caught before she got very far! Soon, she realized that she was being called to become a nun. Teresa joined the Carmelite order and went on to found a monastery called St. Joseph's. She also helped to reform the rules and vows. Her famous quote is "Lord, let me suffer or let me die." She went to the Lord in 1582 with her last words, "My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O My Lord and my Spouse, the hour that I have longed for has come. It is time to meet one another."

Welcome!

Hi and welcome to Saints Weekly. My name is Anastasia and I'm 13 years old. I've decided that for religion I'm going to start posting saints every week, as well as other thoughts on Bible, church, school, and life.