No Unlikely Saints: A Lenten Pilgrimage with Sacred Company

When Lauren Winter at Brick House in the City asked me to write a Lenten devotional, I answered YES in all caps! We are so excited to share with you this journey to the cross with seven extraordinary women and men of God.

Come and journey with Blessed Sára Salkhaházi through Nazi-occupied Hungary, with Venerable Augustus Tolton through late-nineteenth century Illinois, with Servant of God Dorothy Day through Depression-era New York, with St. Martín de Porres through seventeenth-century Peru, with St. Óscar Romero through twentieth-century El Salvador on the verge of civil war, with Servant of God Thea Bowman through Civil Rights-era Mississippi, and finally, with Servant of God Julia Greeley through turn-of-the-century Colorado. Each week of Lent is dedicated to one of these exemplars of faith and action, prayer and perseverance.

Each day Monday through Saturday follows the same format: a reflection on the life or writings of the saint or Servant of God, a Scripture selection from the day’s mass readings, and two meditative prayer suggestions, one based on the saint or Servant of God’s life, and one based on the Scripture. Each week also highlights an aspect of Catholic Social Teaching that the saint or Servant of God exemplified in their life. On Sundays we rest in Scripture and sacrament. It’s our prayer this Lent that we may be reminded that we are all called to holiness, and that there are no unlikely saints. Click here to purchase!