The flourishing Church of Gaul, in present-day France, suffered terribly under the persecution of Emperor Decius, and Pope Fabian sent ...

The true measure of loving God is to love Him without measure. St. Bernard of Clairvau x

Keyne was a princess, one of the ma...

In the evening of our lives, we shall be judged by our love for God and neighbor. St. John of the Cross

The Blessed Virgin Mary first gave the Rosary to St. Dominic of Guzman in a vision in 1208, as he earnestly begged God for a solution t...

“I promise you, in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all powerful love will grant to all those who receive Holy Communion on the...

As a mother feels no disgust in dressing the sores of her child, so Mary, the heavenly infirmarian, never refuses to care for sinners who...

Bruno, of a prominent family of Cologne, was born in this ancient city around the year 1030. A promising scholar, he studied at the cat...

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery....

Called “the second founder of the Dominicans”, Raymond della Vigna was born in Capua of a prominent family in the kingdom of Naples. He...

Preach the Gospel at all times; if needed, use words. St. Francis of Assisi

Francis was born in Assisi, a charming hill town in the Italian region of Umbria. His father, Pietro Bernardone, was a wealthy cloth me...

It was a cold, wintry night in Ohio when homes used coal for fuel.  One home had only enough to make it till dawn. Young Mary, who w...

Prudence has two eyes, one that foresees what one has to do, the other that examines afterward what one has done. St. Ignatius Loyola

Born into an illustrious and influential family, Thomas was the son of William de Cantelupe, a minister to King John, and Millicent (or...

The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate is their consciousness of the Presence of God. St. John Vianney

The existence of angels is a dogma of our Catholic Faith, and is abundantly documented in Sacred Scriptures and Catholic Tradition. An...

The Five First Saturdays devotion is one of the principal points of the Fatima message. It centers on the urgent need for mankind to o...

Marie-Françoise Thérèse Martin was born on January 2, 1873 in the town of Alençon in French Normandy. Her parents were Louis Martin, a ...

The goal of all our undertakings should be not so much a task perfectly completed as the accomplishment of the will of God . St. Thérè...

Read:   How Devotion to Our Lady of Good Remedy Started Prayer: O QUEEN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, Most Holy Virgin, we venerate thee. ...

Dear Friend of Our Lady,       I’ll be very quick – DON’T FORGET the Fatima Saturda...

Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, b...

St. Jerome is a Father and Doctor of the Church who is best known for his compiling of the Vulgate version of the Catholic Bible, now t...

The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience. St. Augustine of Hippo

St. Raphael is first mentioned in the Book of Tobit, where he appeared disguised in human form to Tobias, son of the blind man Tobit, a...

“And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man who...

St. Michael is the model of the Christian warrior because of the fortitude which he showed by casting into hell the legions of damned s...

We must practice modesty, not only in our looks, but also in our whole deportment, and particularly in our dress, our walk, our conversa...

Wenceslaus was born near Prague in the year 907. His father was Duke Wratislaw, a Christian, and his mother, Dragomir, a pretended Chris...

Born in 1576, ordained to the priesthood in 1600, he suffered many trials and setbacks and did not become a pastor for a number of years a...

The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book...

Very little is known about Sts. Cosmas and Damian. It is said that they were twin brothers from Arabia some time in the early 200s. The...

When tempted, invoke your Angel. He is more eager to help you than you are to be helped! Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him: h...

Albert was born in Parma, Italy, about 1149 to a prominent family. He became a canon of Holy Cross Abbey in Mortoba and, in 1184, was a...

God made Mary so powerful over the devils that not only can she instantly terrify them with a single glance, but also that the devils pre...

Gerard was a Venetian, born in the beginning of the eleventh century. At a young age, he consecrated himself to God and dedicated his l...

Centuries ago, in Toledo, Spain, there lived a Cistercian nun called Mary. Being at the point of death, the Blessed Mother appeared to ...

In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you...

Francesco was born in the small Italian village of Pietrelcina on May 25, 1887. His parents, Grazio Forgione and Maria Giuseppa Di Nunz...

Dismiss all anger and look into yourself a little. Remember that he of whom you are speaking is your brother, and as he is in the way of ...

Thomas was born in Castile, Spain in 1488. His family was not wealthy, but his father’s work as a miller allowed the family to be chari...

The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive. Pope St. Leo the Great

Before his conversion, Matthew was a Jew who worked as a tax collector for the Romans. It was while Matthew was working at a tax collec...

Let us understand that God is a physician, and that suffering is a medicine for salvation, not a punishment for damnation. St. Augustine...

During the 17th century the Christian faith was brought to Korea through the zeal of lay persons. From the very beginning these Christi...

Have confidence in prayer. It is the unfailing power which God has given us. By means of it you will obtain the salvation of the dear so...

Very little is known about these holy martyrs other than they were killed during the Diocletian persecution. Legend has it they threw J...

If angels could be jealous of men, they would be so for one reason: Holy Communion. St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe

Joseph was born in 1603 in the small village of Cupertino, Italy, to very poor parents. After his father died, his mother spared him no...

Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved. St. Robert Bellarmine

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis, by Rubens Early in August, 1224, Francis retired with three companions to “that rugged rock ‘twixt ...

Roberto Bellarmino was born into impoverished Tuscan nobility at Montepulciano on October 4, 1542. He was the third of ten children bor...