A dying man asked a dying man for eternal life. A man without possessions asked a poor man for a Kingdom.  A thief at the door of death ask...

As a youth, Alphege became a monk in the monastery of Deerhurst in Gloucestershire, England, afterwards an anchorite and later an abb...

Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven. St. Rose of Lima

Galdinus was born about the year 1096 into the Della Salla family, of minor Milanese nobility. He lived in a tumultuous time for the C...

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God. Since His delights are to be with you, let yours be found in Him. St. Alphonsus ...

Stephen Harding was an Englishman of an honorable family, and heir to a large estate. Born in Dorset, he was educated at the monas...

Think well. Speak well. Do well. These three things, through the mercy of God, will make a man go to Heaven. St. Camillus de Lellis

Bernadette Soubirous, baptized Marie Bernarde, was the oldest of a family of six, the daughter of a miller, François Soubirous and hi...

The following is an excerpt of Mary Bassett's 1557 translation of Saint Thomas More's  " History of the Passion" ...

Every grace granted to man has three degrees in order: by God it is communicated to Christ, from Christ it passes to the Virgin, and fr...

Little is known about St. Hunna other than that she was an aristocratic lady from the royal family of Alsace and married to a noblema...

He hung on a cross that day, writhing in pain and discomfort, the infamous highwayman. On his left hung another man, covered in the ma...

Some seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge: that is curiosity. Others seek knowledge that they may themselves be known: that is vanit...

Bénézet or “Little Benedict” was a French lad, pious and thoughtful beyond his years who minded his mother’s sheep. He was deeply con...

Of the several types of courage which a man needs, one of the greatest – or the greatest – is the courage to decide to be pure. To be pu...

Hermenegild and his brother Reccared were the sons of Leovigild, a Visigothic King of Spain and his first wife, Theodosia. Leovigild ...

Pope Martin I is historically acclaimed as a heroic defender of the Faith, a man of exalted virtue and untiring courage. Born in Umbr...

Love TRUTH. Show yourself as you are, without pretense, without fears and cares. And if the truth means your persecution, accept it; if i...

Alferius was born in 930 into the Pappacarboni family which descended from the ancient princes of Lombardy. In the year 1002, at the a...

When we do not consent to temptation, we keep our hearts clean, of which it is said, “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see...

Gemma Galgani is one of the Church’s mystics. She was born in Camigliano, Italy on March 12, 1878 of devout parents. The fifth child ...

It often happens that while traveling with the Fatima statue we get into conversations with host families about the Fatima message. S...

Earthly riches are like the reed. Its roots are sunk in the swamp, and its exterior is fair to behold; but inside it is hollow. If a ma...

Fulbert is said to have been born in Italy of poor parents. As a student at the Cathedral School of Rheims, he was purportedly one of...

Outpourings of affection for God, of resting in His presence, of good feelings toward everyone and sentiments and prayers like these … a...

Waldedrudis, or Waudru in French, was the daughter of the Duke of Lorraine, St. Walbert and his wife St. Bertilia and closely related...

Every virtue in your soul is a precious ornament which makes you dear to God and to man. But holy purity, the queen of virtues, the ange...

Born on July 12, 1751 in Cuvilly, France, Marie Rose Julie Billiard was the daughter of fairly well-to-do peasant farmers who also ow...

Most Christians regard decorum and civility only as human qualities, and do not realize that these virtues can relate us to God, to our nei...

Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, the famous founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, or the Christian Brothers, was born in Rheims...

True charity consists in putting up with all one’s neighbor’s faults, never being surprised by his weakness, and being inspired by the l...

William was born into an illustrious French family and raised in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés under the tutelage o...

I cannot understand  how anyone conscious of mortal sin   can laugh or be merry.  St. Thomas Aquinas

Vincent Ferrer, although born in Valencia in Spain, was from Scotch-English descent on his father’s side. His parents instilled in hi...

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...

Eutychian, Patriarch of Constantinople, relates the following well-known story of Theophilus (6th century). The Patriarch was an eyew...

“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 t...

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

Isidore’s father was probably of Roman origin. From Cartagena in Spain, he was connected to the Visigothic kings. Isidore’s much olde...

Young Barnaby was a juggler. That was his profession, and he was quite good at it. His father before him had been a juggler, and so ...

Satisfaction consists in removing the causes of the sin. Thus, fasting is the proper antidote to lust; prayer to pride, to envy, anger...