41views 1shareProtomartyr Saint Stephen is one of the first seven deacons chosen by the Apostles to feed the Christian widows with the alms of the faithful. His very living faith led him…
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Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, December 25
24views 1shareCatholic Feast Christ was born for us: come, let us adore him! The Word eternally begotten by the Father amidst the splendor of holiness, is reclining in the Manger, a newborn…
Saint Anastasia, December 25
36views 1shareVirgin and Martyr Receive, Lord, we beg you, the gifts worthily offered; and grant us that by the merits of your blessed martyr Anastasia, they come to the aid of our…
Christmas Vigil, December 24
21views 1shareCatholic Feast Tonight Jesus will arrive! The Christian spirit overflows with joy at the imminent appearance of the Lord, who comes to save us. With spiritual joy we must prepare ourselves…
Saint Thomas, December 21
23views 1shareApostle Famous is the stubbornness of Thomas, when his brothers in the faith announced that they had seen the risen Jesus. He demanded to believe she shoved his fingers into the…
Expectation of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 18
35views 1shareCatholic Feast It is also called Our Lady of Hope, because the expectation of Our Lady gives us the Hope of the Redemption that Our Lord Jesus Christ offers us. V/….
Saint Eusebius, December 16
42views 1shareBishop and Martyr He suffered from the Arians exile and terrible hardships; therefore, although he did not die in them, the Church venerates him as a martyr. V/. Saint Eusebius.R/. Pray…
Saint Lucia, December 13
40views 1shareVirgin and Martyr She was born in Sicily, and after distributing her heritage to the poor, she consecrated her virginity to God, who made her body a temple of the Holy…
Our Lady of Guadalupe, December 12
42views 1shareCatholic Feast A few years after the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés, the admirable evangelization of the Indians already started by the Spanish missionaries, the Blessed Virgin appeared to the…
Saint Damasus, December 11
31views 1sharePope and Confessor “The Virgin Doctor of the Virgin Church”, as Saint Jerome calls him, was Spanish; he ruled the Church for seventeen years in the fourth century. He entrusted to…
Saint Eulalia of Mérida, December 10
101views 1shareVirgin and Martyr The Church of Spain, the pearl of Catholicity, celebrates on this day the memory of the illustrious martyr, who is the glory of Mérida, the honor of the…
Commemoration of Saint Miltiades, December 10
43views 1sharePope and Martyr Pope Miltiades suffered great work in the persecution of Diocletian and Maximiano; for which he is venerated as a martyr, although he died peacefully at the dawn of…
The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, December 8
44views 1shareCatholic Feast All the children of Adam contract, when conceived, the original guilt. From this universal law God only exempted his Mother, who, upon being conceived in the womb of Saint…
Saint Ambrose, December 7
27views 1shareYou can read a longer summary of the life of Saint Ambrose here: Bishop, Confessor and Doctor He is one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church, along with…
Saint Nicholas of Bari, December 6
29views 1shareYou can read a longer summary of the life of this great saint here: Bishop and Confessor He was Bishop of Mira in Lycia, and attended the ecumenical Council of Nicea….
Commemoration of Saint Sabas, December 5
35views 1shareYou can see a more extended description of the Life of Saint Sabas on the following link: Abbot In Palestine, during the 5th century, he admired the world with the austerity…
Saint Barbara, December 4
25views 1shareVirgin and Martyr She was martyred in Nicomedia, around the year 235. She is represented with a tower and a ciborium, topped with a host. She is an advocate against lightning…
Saint Peter Chrysologus, December 4
27views 2sharesBishop, Confessor and Doctor For his marvelous eloquence he received the name Chrysologus (golden word). Saint Peter and Saint Apollinare appeared to the Pope, commanding him to choose Chrysologus, then a…
St. Francis Xavier, December 3
22views 1shareConfessor He was born in Javier (Navarra). In Paris he met Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who conquered him for his Company and for the apostolate. He toured eastern India and Japan,…
Saint Bibiana, December 2
38views 1shareVirgin and Martyr She was the daughter of Flavian and Dafrosa, Roman nobles, who suffered martyrdom in the time of Julian the Apostate. So that she would lose faith, she was…