Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Virgin (
1680 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 14 July
Saints Who Teach Us about Perseverance
Daughter of a Mohawk warrior and an Algonquin captive, Kateri was called Tekakwitha as a girl -"She who bumps things." Smallpox killed her immediate family & left young Kateri with a face full of scars & clouded vision 
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Kateri was adopted by her aunt, whose husband, a prominent leader of the Mohawks , was fiercely opposed to Christianity as the religion of the French enemies 
Years later, a treaty brought French Jesuit missionaries 
to her home, & at 18 Kateri began to take instruction & was baptized Kateri ( Mohawk for Catherine ). She was ostracized & abused for her faith-refused food on Sunday because she did not work, & cruelly attacked by members of her own tribe
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Years later, a treaty brought French Jesuit missionaries to her home, & at 18 Kateri began to take instruction & was baptized Kateri ( Mohawk for Catherine ). She was ostracized & abused for her faith-refused food on Sunday because she did not work, & cruelly attacked by members of her own tribe#Catholic
https://youtu.be/KbD4KC-qAcM
Eventually, fearing for her life, Kateri 's confessor advised her to flee to a Christian settlement. Life in a Catholic community brought tremendous happiness & new crosses. She made her First Holy Communion , but her desire to begin a religious community was denied by ecclesial authorities as imprudent. Yet she remained committed to virginity.
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"The state of helpless poverty that may befall me if I do not marry does not frighten me...If I should become sick 
& unable to work, then I shall be like the Lord 
on the cross. He will have mercy on me & help me, I am sure."
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& unable to work, then I shall be like the Lord on the cross. He will have mercy on me & help me, I am sure."#Catholic
https://youtu.be/YKwyC0y41T0
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Father in Heaven, with Saint Kateri 's help, may we respond generously & wholeheartedly to your invitation to conversion, whatever the cost 
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