By Tonia Long N o sooner have the Christmas decorations been taken down than we are surrounded by pink hearts and red r...

We must pray without tiring, for the salvation of mankind does not depend on material success; nor on sciences that cloud the intellect. ...

Catherine’s father, Pier Francesco dei Ricci, was of an old and respected family of Florence. Her mother died when she was a small ch...

I find consolation in the one and only friend who will never leave me, that is, our Divine Savior in the Holy Eucharist … Jesus in the Bl...

Meletius was born a Melitene, and belonged to one of the most distinguished families of Lesser Armenia. He was a kind and gentle man,...

They think I'm a saint... When I'm dead, they'll come and touch holy pictures and rosaries to me, and all the while I'll ...

"You will not allow your holy one to see corruption" - Psalm 16:10 The Catholic Church is full of mystery and miracles; t...

On February 11, 1858 in the Pyrenean village of Lourdes, France, a beautiful young lady appeared to a poor, fourteen-year-old...

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working, and just so, you learn to love by loving. All ...

Scholastica, the twin sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God when she was very young. After her brother established his ...

Love is not just an affirmation, but a negation. It implies sacrifice – a surrender of our will, of our selfish interests, for the good of ...

Michael was born in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1854 to a wealthy family. From birth he had a deformity that disabled him and prevented him fr...

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist. St. Gregory ...

Jerome was born in Venice in 1481. As a military commander who prided himself on the strength of his army, he was not a man of God. Y...

More than ever, Catholics need to grab on to the Rosary and to pray with all our might.  Because we are faced with situations in our...

To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything el...

Born on the Greek island of Aegina, Luke belonged to a family of farmers. Saracen raiders forced his family to leave their homeland f...

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to...

By 1549, St. Francis Xavier had begun the evangelization of Japan. After he left to spread the faith elsewhere, a Catholic community ...

Alphonsus, King of Leon and Galicia, very much wanted all his servants to honor the Blessed Virgin by saying the Rosary. So he would ...

Belonging to the Church is a very great and very demanding thing. We must think as the Church thinks, have the mind of the Church, procee...

Very little is known about St. Agatha, other than that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor Decius in 251. Ac...

If we wish to make any progress in the service of God we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness. We must keep ourselves in t...

John de Britto, was born in Lisbon on March 1, 1647 to a noble Portuguese family. His father died while serving as Viceroy of Brazil....

Lust indulged became habit, and habit unresisted became necessity. St. Augustine of Hippo

Very few facts are known about St. Blaise. It is believed that he lived in the early fourth century, and was of a noble and wealthy C...

Think of what the Saints have done for their neighbor because they loved God. But what Saint’s love for God can match Mary’s? She loved H...

In Israel the Law of Moses considered the first-born male child to belong to God. The same law considered the mother “unclean” after ...

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

“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 ...

When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than that proceeding from the mouth. St. Bonaventure

Henry Morse was born to protestant parents in Suffolk, England, in 1595, and left his home to study law in London where he learned of...

Do you want Our Lord to give you many graces? Visit Him often. Do you want Him to give you few graces? Visit him seldom. Visits to the ...

The youngest of a poor farming family of Piedmont in northern Italy, John Melchior Bosco was born on August 16, 1815. He lost his fat...