The 2022 Reboot

Hey guys!

If you don't know me, my name is Katie Orloski. I am fifteen and I live in Virginia with my parents, two siblings, and almost-two-year-old puppy Cooper, whom we got last year around this time. I have a passion for writing and learning about the saints, the latter I wish to foster in all of you young people that stumble across my tiny little corner of the internet (and by tiny, I mean that it is practically impossible for anyone to actually find this place unless they know about it...). 

I've been learning about the saints for a long time, and I've always looked up to them as heroes. Because really, they are. Whether they were engaging fearlessly in battle like Joan of Arc, being stoned to death for believing in Jesus like Saint Stephen, ministering to the poor dying in the streets like Saint Vincent de Paul, or just plain hanging out with Jesus in a convent like Saint Therese of Lisieux, these people really were heroes, guys! And guess what else? We can also be heroes! All we have to do is follow the beautiful patterns laid out to us by these saintly humans. Just like us, they were not perfect - they were flawed creatures who struggled with doubt and temptation and yes, sometimes even the seven deadlies! But you know what? All of these people that the Church has recognized as saints - Rose, Augustine, Mary Magdalene, Dismas, etc. etc. - are in heaven with Jesus, even though they did some crazy things! 

So how did these flawed people suddenly get canonized?

They made Jesus the king of their lives. They made a 180 degree turn in the opposite direction of all their sins and chose, even though it hurt, to follow Him at all costs. Even if it meant giving up their own lives in the process. 

So my big question of 2022 for you is...do you want to be a saint? Maybe your name won't be in the table of contents in a book of saints, maybe you won't get to have your name on a calendar or said at a Mass...but do you want to be in heaven? Because that's really the question you're being asked when someone asks if you want to be a saint. 

My hand is RAISED for this question, guys! It's totally something I want...it's at the TOP of my list of accomplishments for my life. But what about you? Do you want to be a saint, a citizen of heaven? Do you want to live with Jesus forever? And ever and ever and ever? There's a pretty easy way to START getting there (actually getting there must be pretty tricky, seeing as I personally mess up every day, pretty much every hour, actually). And that easy way is...learning about how people already got there! I.e., the saints!

My goal, by "rebooting" this blog, is to help all of you get there with me by learning about the saints. I recently wrote a little book (and then a second one, for Christmas) for my family about some lesser-known saints. One of my friends who knew I had been keeping up a blog in the past encouraged me to publish my stories on here, and so I am listening to this advice and putting it out for you all to see. HOPEFULLY, they will help you on your journey to the arms of Jesus!

Remember that I'm always praying for you! Go with G'D!