28views 1shareVirgin Jesus Christ chose this most humble nun of the Visitation to reveal to the world the treasures of his divine Heart. Providentially, he sent Blessed Claudio de la Colombiére, of…
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Saint Therese of Avila, 15 October
23views 1shareVirgin She was born in Ávila in 1515 and died in Alba de Tormes in 1582. The Lord endowed this extraordinary woman with wonderful natural garments of wit, judgment and greatness…
Holy Guardian Angels, October 2
17views 1shareCatholic Feast God has appointed each of us an Angel who will free us from evil and lead us, according to divine plans, to the heavenly homeland. The Church venerates these…
The Holy Custodian Angel of Spain, October 1
34views 1shareCatholic Feast Each nation has before God an Angel who pleads for it and defends it from its enemies. Spain today celebrates its Holy Custodian with this feast. V/. Most Holy…
Saint Eustace and companions, September 20
28views 1shareMartyrs He was general of the armies of the emperor Trajan, and obtained resounding victories against the enemies of the Empire. But refusing to give thanks to the gods, he, along…
Saints Januarius I of Benevento, Bishop and companions September 19
18views 1shareMartyrs. The beheading of Saint Januarius, Bishop of Benevento, was acompanied by: his deacon Festus; Desiderio, the reader; Sosius and Proculo, deacons of Puzol; Eutiques and Acucio, laymen. The blood of…
Saint Joseph of Cupertino September 18
44views 1shareConfessor. A Franciscan layman, he was promoted to the priestly order. He practiced very harsh penance and gave himself to prayer and contemplation. Terribly tempted against chastity, he kept that virtue…
The Wounds of Saint Francis September 17
57views 1shareCatholic Feast. While Saint Francis was in prayer on Mount Alvernia, a crucified seraphim appeared to him. The wounds that made him a living image of Christ on the Cross opened…
Saint Euphemia of Chalcedon, Lucy and Geminian September 16
168views 1shareMartyrs. Saint Euphemia, a Christian virgin, was martyred in Chalcedon in the year 303; Saint Lucy, noble widow, and Saint Geminian, suffered in Rome, in the time of the emperor Diocletian….
Saints Cornelius, Pope and Cyprian, Bishop, September 16
64views 1shareMartyrs. Saint Cornelius, a Roman, descendant of the noble family of the Scipios, ruled the Catholic Church in the time of the bloodthirsty Emperor Decius, a barbarian born in a village…
Saint Nicomedes of Rome, September 15
71views 1shareMartyr. He was a priest, and, refusing to sacrifice to idols, he was beaten with plumb lines until his demise, during the time of the Emperor Domitian, in the first century….
The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary, September 15
66views 3sharesCatholic Feast. We celebrated this feast for the first time on Friday of Sorrows, which is consecrated more directly to those sorrows that the heavenly Lady experienced at the foot of…
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14
42views 2sharesCatholic Feast. Originally the Holy Cross was celebrated on this day, solemnizing its triumph over idolatry and the day the sacred relic was found. Later the feast of May 3 was…
Most Holy Name of Mary, September 12
36views 4sharesCatholic Feast. After the name of Jesus, no name is sweeter or more powerful against the attacks of hell than the name of Mary. The Church of Cuenca (Spain) has the…
Commemoration of Saints Protus and Hyacinthus, September 11
81views 4sharesMartyrs. They were brothers, of very humble origin; but martyrdom placed them among the princes of glory. V/. Saints Protus and Hyacinthus.R/. Pray for us. 81views 5shares
Saints You Didn’t Know Founded a Catholic Order
157views 0shareAmong all the saints, we have a class of heroic saints who have been recognized in particular, through God’s grace, for their outstanding sufferings that materialized their desire for a Catholic…
Prayer in Thanksgiving for Our Lady’s Privileges
80views 2sharesPrayer. V/. MOST Holy Trinity, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST, Three Persons and one GOD, we adore Thee, and with all the love of our whole hearts we give Thee thanks…
Pope Saint Pius X, September 3
152views 3sharesPope and Confessor. (1835-1914). Born in Riese, a small town in Veneto, of a very modest family, he came to the supreme government of the Church, whose freedom from the sectarian…
Prayer to St. John the Baptist
105views 3sharesPrayer. O GLORIOUS St John the Baptist, of those born of women the greatest of prophets (Luke vii, 28); thou, though sanctified from thy mothers womb and most innocent, didst nevertheless…
Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
113views 2sharesPrayer. HEART of Mary, Mother of GOD and our Mother, Heart most amiable, on which the adorable Trinity ever gazes with complacency, worthy of all the veneration and tenderness of angels…