October really is a month FULL of powerhouse saints. Many of my favorite saints have feast days during this month, which I would argue calls for lots of celebration and thanksgiving!
The St Thérèse Novena ends Day Nine with this sentence (speaking to St Thérèse)...
With all my heart I thank the most Holy Trinity for the wonderful blessings conferred on you, and upon the world through you.
As I was praying this in the chapel the other night, I stopped and reread that sentence at least twice. I realized that as Catholics, while we have this huge communion of saints whose writing we can draw from and for whose intercession we can ask, we seldom remember to thank God for the example these wonderful people and the gift that they truly are to us; it can be very easy to take all of them for granted. That being said, I encourage you this month to learn more about the saints, celebrate their feast days, ask them for help, and as you strive for sainthood in your own "little way", thank God for those saints who have lived before us.
{ OCTOBER: MONTH DEDICATED TO THE HOLY ROSARY }
October 1st - St Thérèse of Lisieux
October 2nd - Guardian Angels
October 4th - St Francis of Assisi
October 5th - St Faustina Kowalska
October 7th - Our Lady of the Rosary
October 11th - Pope St John XXIII
October 13th - 101st Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima!
October 15th - St Teresa of Avila
October 16th - St Hedwig, St Margaret Mary Alocoque
October 17th - St Ignatius of Antioch
October 18th - St Luke the Evangelist
October 19th - St Isaac Jogues and Companions, St Paul of the Cross
October 21st - St Ursula
October 22nd - Pope St John Paul II
October 23rd - St John of Capistrano
October 24th - St Raphael the Archangel
October 28th - Sts Simon and Jude, Apostles
October 31st - St Wolfgang, Vigil of All Saints
Is your favorite saint's feast day celebrated this month? Comment below with your favorite prayers, quotes, or ways to celebrate!
Resources:
Aside from the ones I already knew, I used the three of these (and only a few further google searches, mainly for verification) to compile this list. They have feast days for each month, so be sure to check them out if you're interested! :)
http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/SAINTROM.htm
http://catholictradition.org/Saints/feast-days.htm
https://www.catholic.org/saints/f_day/oct.php