Born in Mayorga de Campos near Valladolid of a noble Spanish family, and named for the fifth-century saint, Turibius of Astorga, Toribio d...

Holiness without suffering is just a dream . The Cross is the key to Heaven . St. Magdalena of Canossa

Perhaps no single person did more for the preservation of the Catholic Faith when its practice was forbidden in England than Nicholas Ow...

As a mother loves her children, and watches over their welfare, so thou, oh our most sweet queen, lovest us, and...

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife. Pope St. Leo t...

In the land evangelized by St. Patrick, there emerged in subsequent centuries a number of saints, who by the sanctity of their lives fi...

How Much Greater Should Be Our Confidence In Mary Because She Is Our Mother. DISCOURSE: Not by c...

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor. St. Bede the Venerable

Orphaned early in life, Cuthbert was brought up by a widow who loved him like a son. According to St. Bede, he was a Briton. One night,...

For The Simplest Devotion To Her, She Gives Such A Disproportionate Love In Return!   DISCOURSE: It is n...

As a direct descendant of King David, Joseph was of royal lineage. Although of noble birth and ancestry, this heir of the throne of Dav...

When sinners come to Him, Jesus hurries to meet them. Like the father of the prodigal son, He is waiting for the return of the ungrateful...

Mary, Touches Hearts   Of Even The  Impure!   Various Examples pertaining to Holy Mary DISCOURSE: S...

The first end I propose in our daily work is to do the will of God; secondly, to do it in the manner He wills it; and thirdly to do it b...

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

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 ...

Ah, True Mother! Loving Mother! For Not Even The Terror Of Death Could Separate Thee From Thy Beloved Son. But, O...

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

Too happy are the servants of this most kind mother, since not only in this world they are aided by her, but also...

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 li...

What, then, must a sinner do  who finds himself so unhappy as  to have become an enemy of God?   Mary is ...

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 afte...

Daily, daily sing to Mary, Sing, my soul, her praises due: All her feasts, her actions honor With the heart's...