
Matt West
Trivia Question❓Which saint, a humble farm laborer near Madrid, is the patron saint of farmers? Legend says angels were seen plowing his fields while he was at prayer. Answer at the bottom of the newsletter |
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Welcome back to Catholic Tales, and hello to everyone who joined us this week! This issue is for anyone who has ever been angry with God, hurt by the Church, or too afraid to walk back in. You'll meet a fourth-generation wheat farmer who prayed for rain every night, and when it didn't come, stopped talking to God altogether. A saint who plowed fields a thousand years ago helped him find his way back. (Can you name that saint? That's this week's trivia.) Then you'll meet a lifelong Catholic who felt betrayed by her Church and nearly walked away for good, and a man who never missed Sunday Mass but hadn't been to confession in twenty-two years. Read all the way to the bottom for the trivia answer. And if someone you know is struggling to trust God right now, forward this email to them. They may need these stories more than they know. |
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This Week's Stories |
Hank's family had farmed the same wheat ground for four generations.
Then came the drought years, when the sky stayed brass and the bank started calling.
He prayed for rain every single night.
It didn't come.
Angry and worn out, Hank stopped talking to God altogether.
This is the story of a stubborn farmer, a patron saint who plowed fields a thousand years ago, and five simple words that taught him how to trust God again. Read More... |
Theresa had been Catholic her entire life.
She taught religious education, sang in the choir, and raised her kids in the faith.
Then the news about the abuse scandals broke, and she felt something she never expected to feel toward her Church.
Betrayed.
For months, she stopped going to Mass, and she meant it.
This is an honest story about anger, grief, a fierce medieval saint, and the one question from Saint Peter that kept her from walking away for good. Read More... |
Joe never missed Sunday Mass.
He ushered, he tithed, and he volunteered at the parish fish fry every Lent.
But he hadn't been to confession in twenty-two years.
One harsh word from a priest when he was seventeen had kept him out of the confessional ever since.
This is the story of a man who was close to God on the outside and hiding from Him on the inside, and the Lent he finally found his way back to the sacrament of Reconciliation. Read More... |
💡 Answer to Trivia Question: St. Isidore the Farmer. He lived in the 11th and 12th centuries near Madrid and spent his life working another man's land. He went to Mass every morning, and coworkers complained he started late, yet his fields produced as much as anyone's. He was canonized in 1622, and his feast day is May 15. |


