Though Cyril’s birthplace is unknown, he was certainly brought up in Jerusalem. His parents, very probably Christians, gave him an ex...

This story confirms how powerful is Saint Joseph to help us in out material needs. So, let’s ask, and ask, and not just for our mater...

By Andrea F. Phillips Calf deep in swampy water, I stood still, frozen in my tracks as the swish of my galoshes suddenly suggested an ...

Our Lady of Mercy! It is thus that the faithful people call upon Our Lady when they contemplate her seated with the divine corpse of her ...

Patrick of Irish fame was born in Kilpatrick, Scotland in 387 to Christian parents of means and position. At the age of sixteen Patr...

On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses … We have not t...

Abraham was born near Edessa in Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, into an extremely wealthy family. Though he preferred the celibate ...

Our Lord showed even greater evidence of His love in the conversion of sinners than in the continuation of His graces to the just. This...

Louise was the daughter of Louis de Marillac, the Lord of Ferrières, a French nobleman. She never knew her mother who died shortly af...

Actions speak louder than words. Let your words teach and your actions speak. St. Anthony of Padua   With MARY on the Way of the Cr...

Lubin’s parents were peasants from the region of Poitiers in France. As a young boy, Lubin had an aptitude for learning and applied t...

Eve Lavallière, the stage name of Eugénie Fenoglio, was born in Toulon, France, on April 1, 1866. The second child and only daughter of ...

Someone who in the first stages of life experienced the joy of having a good mother understands that life on earth can be very difficult...

Euphrasia’s father, Antigonus, was a kinsman of the Emperor Theodosius I, and her mother, also named Euphrasia, was of an equally exa...

To better understand the great spiritual treasure contained in the Sacrament of Penance or Confession, let us turn the clock back two ...

It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in se...

Theophanes was the son of Isaac, the imperial governor of the islands of the Black Sea, and of Theodora, of whose family nothing is k...

“Continue to pray the Rosary every day.” Our Lady of Fatima to Sister Lucia “The Most Holy Virgin in these last times in whic...

Of all the invocations to our Lady, Gate of Heaven is one of the most beautiful. This title gained a new meaning for me when I arrived fo...

Mary is the most sweet bait; chosen, prepared and ordained by God, to catch the hearts of men. St. Catherine of Siena   With MARY o...