Brendan Gotta is the creator and host of the Gotta Be Saints podcast and the Content Marketing Manager for Trinity Road. He currently resides in Charlotte, NC, with his wife, Meredith.
His favorite saints are St. Peter, St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Faustina, St. Francis of Assisi, and Blessed Stanley Rother. He loves the Blessed Virgin Mary a lot and his favorite Marian title is Mother. He thinks personal prayer is essential to living out one’s vocation, along with frequent reception of Holy Communion and regular confession. He thinks God wants to make us saints and we just need to accept the graces put before us.
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