29views 1shareVirgin She was born of noble parents, in Florence; At the age of sixteen, she took the veil in the Matelatas, a sort of Third Order of the Servites. Whe she…
Commemoration of Saints Gervasius and Protasius, June 19
79views 1shareMartyrs They were brothers, children of the saints Martyrs Vidal and Valeria. They suffered martyrdom in Milan. Their names appear in the Litany of the Saints. His cult was formerly very…
Introduction to Moral Theology (MT #2)
52views 1shareThe following text comes from the book titled: Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities. This text is in the public domain, and…
St. Ephrem the Syrian, June 18
26views 1shareConfessor and Doctor Natural of Nisibe (Mesopotamia), he joined together in his life the double character of hermit and apostle. Hard with himself, he burned with zeal to convert Gentiles and…
Saint Mark and Marcellian, June 18
46views 1shareMartyrs They were brothers, Roman nobles, converted to the faith by Saint Sebastian. Prisoners for Christ, they received a visit from their pagan wives in jail, and they presented their little…
Treatise on Moral Theology (MT #1)
45views 1shareThe following text is the preface of the book titled: Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities. This text is in the public…
The earthly paradise, Genesis, Chapter 2
37views 1share[1] So the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the furniture of them. [2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made: and he…
The Creation of the Universe – Genesis, Chapter 1
53views 1share[1] In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. [2] And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God…
Commemoration Vitus, Modestus and Crescentia, June 15
31views 1shareVito (Guido) son of a pagan father, was baptized without his father knowing, and educated by the Christian spouses Modestus and Crescentia; all three shed their blood for Christ, being Emperor…
Saint Basil the Great, June 14
21views 1shareBishop, Confessor and Doctor He is one of the main doctors of the Greek Church, who decoded the heresies of Arius and Macedonius, which denied the divinity of the Word and…
Saint Anthony of Padua, June 13
17views 1shareConfessor and Doctor He was born in Lisbon, and at the age of fourteen he entered a community of Canons Regular. But at nineteen, eager for martyrdom, he entered the newly…
St. John of Sahagún, June 12
24views 2sharesConfessor Canon of the Cathedral of Burgos, eager for perfection, distributed his goods to the poor and entered the Order of Hermits of St. Augustine. He was very devoted to the…
Saints Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, June 12
47views 1shareMartyrs Military nobles, they generously confessed their faith in the Coliseum in Rome, in the time of Diocletian. V/. Saints Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius.R/. Pray for us. 47views 1share
St. Barnabas, June 11
17views 1shareApostle He appears in the Acts of the Apostles as a “good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith”, emulus of the Apostles in their tireless zeal for the…
Saint Margaret, Queen of Scots, June 10
24views 2sharesShe shine on the throne with heroic virtues, especially mortification and charity towards the poor. She raised her eight children with great care. She made the King, her husband, an emulator…
Saint Primus and Felician, June 9
31views 1shareMartyrs They were brothers, and together they confessed the faith of Christ amid terrible torments, and were beheaded in the persecution of Diocletian. V/. Saint Primus and Felician.R/. Pray for us….
Prayers to the Guardian Angel
51views 1share“Guardian Angel, my sweet company,do not abandon me by night or by day.Amen.” “Angel of God, you are my custodian,for the Divine goodness has entrusted me to you,enlighten me, direct me,…
Prayer to St. Francis Solanus
458views 2shares“O powerful St. Francis Solanus, thou who explored and evangelized in the wilds of South America, please assist me in the wilds of this world and obtain for me, through our…
St. Norbert of Xanten, June 6
19views 1shareBishop and Confessor From a noble German family, he embraced the clerical state with little spirit, and lived in it more as a great lord than as an ecclesiastic. Surprised in…
Prayer to St. Philomena
41views 1shareO faithful virgin and glorious martyr, St. Philomena, who works so many miracles on behalf of the poor and sorrowing, have pity on me. Thou knowest the multitude and diversity of…