Albert Bollstadt was born at the German castle of Lauinger on the River Danube in 1206. Nothing is known of his youth, but he studied a...

Not to oppose error is to approve it; and not to defend truth is to suppress it; and indeed to neglect to confound evil men, when we can ...

Born in 1128 in County Kildare, Ireland, Laurence was the son of Murtagh, chieftain of the Murrays. When he was ten years old, Laurence...

Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as much as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary. St. Bonaventure

Born on July 15, 1850 into a family of Italian farmers near Lombardi, Frances was the youngest of thirteen children. Her parents, Augus...

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of grace. The gift of grace increases as the struggles increase. St...

John Kunsevich was born in Lithuania around the year 1580. His father, a burgess for a wealthy family, raised his son as a Catholic and...

To tolerate an evil is to consent to its existence. Just as good produces good, evil yields evil. When we are obliged to tolerate somethin...

Martin was born in German Sabaria about the year 316. His father, a military tribune, was transferred to Pavia when Martin was still qu...

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ. Pope St. Leo the G...

There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should ...

Although he descended of a noble Tuscan family, Leo was born in the Eternal City. He was already known outside of Rome even as a deacon...

Jesus needs neither books nor Doctors of Divinity in order to instruct souls; He, the Doctor of Doctors, He teaches without noise of words...

Although most Catholics believe the Basilica of St. Peter’s to be the main church of the Pope, it is not: St. John Lateran, also called t...

I am worried about America! I am not so much worried about its politics and economics, important though they be: I am worried about its sou...

Godfrey was born about the year 1065 in Soissons, France. When he was only five years old, he was placed in the care of his godfather, ...

Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin. All hope consists in confession. In confession there is a c...

Willibrord was born in 658 in Northumbria. When he was seven he was sent to a monastery governed by St. Wilfrid, where he remained for...

What we need most in order to make progress is to be silent before this great God with our appetite and with our tongue, for the language ...

Brittany, on the west coast of France, was so named for the Britons – primarily from Wales, Cornwall and Devon – that settled there fr...

The powerful intercession of the souls in purgatory Besides being a spiritual work of mercy and a powerful reminder of the afterlife,...

Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow Hi...

The future abbess was born of devout parents in Soissons, France in the first half of the seventh century. From an early age, she felt...

If teaching and preaching is your job, then study diligently and apply yourself to whatever is necessary for doing the job well. Be sure th...

Charles was born into a family both noble and devout and divided his early years between the family’s Castle of Arona on Lake Maggiore ...

  NINE FIRST FRIDAYS DEVOTION When Our Lord appeared to Saint Margaret Mary in 1673, He promised to grant the following favors to a...

Veronica first learned of the Rosary as a small girl watching her father fingering the beads. At first she thought he was “playing” wit...

Devotion to you, O Blessed Virgin, is a means of salvation which God gives to those whom he wishes to save. St. John Damascene

Born in Lima, Peru on December 9, 1579, Martin was the illegitimate son of Juan de Porras, a noble Spanish knight, and Ana Velázquez, ...

The “Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed” is founded upon the Catholic Church’s doctrine that those faithful who have not been ...

Padre Pio was asked why he prayed for the happy death of his great-grandfather who had already passed away. He said, “For the Lord, the pa...

The Solemnity of All Saints is celebrated on November 1 and was instituted to honor all the saints, those known and the vast number o...

A person who believes in nothing beyond this world is very impatient, because he has only a limited time in which to satisfy his many wants...

If you want to grow in perfection, you cannot advance by yourselves – you need a guide. Hence, when you go to God, go through Mary and ...

Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut parish church ( Upper Austria ). Saint Wolfgang´s chapel: Fresco at the ceiling – Saint Wolfgang making ...

All past persecutors of the Church are now no more, but the Church still lives on . The same fate awaits modern persecutors; they, too, w...

Alfonso was the third child of a well-to-do merchant in Segovia. He met the Jesuits early on when Blessed Peter Fabre and another staye...

An action of small value performed with much love of God is far more excellent than one of a higher value performed with less love of G...

Born toward the end of the first century, Narcissus was advanced in age when he was elected bishop of Jerusalem. Many miracles were att...

The Blessed Virgin Mary comforts and refreshes those who are in their last agony. Then she also receives their souls at death. St. Vince...

Simon, surnamed the Zealot, may have been part of the group of that name, which repudiated foreign domination of Israel. Beyond the fact...

They will have the two-edged sword of the word of God in their mouths and the blood-stained standard of the Cross on their shoulders. They ...

Around the year 330, Meropius, a Christian philosopher of Tyre, undertook a voyage to the coast of Arabia. With him were two young pupi...

He who does not acquire the love of God will scarcely persevere in the grace of God, for it is very difficult to renounce sin merely thr...

What little is known about St. Cedd comes to us from the saintly Venerable Bede, an early English historian. A native of the region of N...

Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when...

Gaudentius succeed St. Philastrius as Bishop of Brescia, Italy, under whom he seems to have studied, and whom he calls his “father”. Pr...

In her City of God , Venerable Maria of Agreda, a XVII Century Conceptionist nun and mystic, to whom the Blessed Mother dictated her lif...