Here is one of the best means to acquire humility. Fix well in mind this maxim: one is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no mor...

St. Isidore the Farmer, patron of Madrid, was born of poor parents and named for St. Isidore, the Archbishop of Seville. As a young ma...

Obedience is rightly placed before all other sacrifices, for in offering a victim as sacrifice, one offers a life that is not one’s own; bu...

The Greek name “Matthias” means “gift of Yahweh”. All we know for certain of Matthias is that he was chosen by the eleven apostl...

On May 13, 1917, Lucia dos Santos,...

Lucia dos Santos describes Our Lady of Fatima: “A Lady dressed all in white, more brilliant than the sun, shedding a light that was clear...

John was born in Nicopolis in Armenia in the year 454 into a noble and virtuous family. Unusually devout even from childhood, John di...

Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times ...

Nereus and Achilleus were early Roman soldiers and members of the Praetorian Guard, the emperor’s bodyguards, who are said to have be...

With each of the apparitions of the Angel of Port...

If you want peace in your heart, in your home, in your country, assemble together every night and pray the Rosary. Pope St. Pius X

Born in Taranto in the province of Naples of exceptionally virtuous parents, the “Apostle of Naples” was the eldest of eleven childre...

 The loveliest masterpiece   of the heart of God is... the heart of a mother. St. Thérèse of Lisieux  

St. Damien is known as the Leper Priest and the Hero of Moloka'i. Born in Tremelo in Belgium on January 3, 1840, he was son of a ...

The privilege of our Church is such that it is never stronger than when it is attacked, never better known than when it is accused, never...

Pachomius was born to pagan parents in Upper Thebais in Egypt in the year 292. According to one biographer, he was unwillingly drafte...

The faults of children are not always imputed to the parents, especially when they have instructed them and given good example. Our Lord,...

Magdalena was born on March 1, 1774, into an ancient and prominent family of Verona, Italy. She was a descendant ...

In all the miracles of healing performed by Our Divine Savior, we must admire the remarkable goodness which caused Him to heal first the...

John was born in Harpham, a village in Yorkshire. As a young man he joined the famous school of St. Theodore in Kent, where he distin...

I am not capable of doing big things, but I want to do everything, even the smallest things, for the greater glory of God. St. Dominic...

Petronax is considered to be the second founder of the Monastery Abbey of Monte Cassino, initially established by St. Benedict of Nur...

During the month of May—the month of Mary—we...

Thou hast formed us for Thyself O Lord and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee! St. Augustine of Hippo

Hilary was of a noble, patrician family of means and influence, a close relative of St. Honoratus and the founder of the Monastery of...

    Say this prayer every day for 9 consecutive...

God, to procure His glory, sometimes permits that we should be dishonored and persecuted without reason. He wishes thereby to render us ...

Gothard was born in the Bavarian village of Reichersdorf. Ratmund, his father, worked for the Canons of the neighboring Benedictine Abbe...

The Sign of the Cross is formidable to the devil, because by the Cross we escape from him. We should make the Sign of the Cross with gre...

Phillip, seemingly a disciple of John the Baptist, was the third apostle, after Andrew and Peter, whom Christ Our Lord called to foll...

You will not see anyone who is really striving after his own advancement who is not given to spiritual reading. And as to him who neglec...

Athanasius, known as “the Champion of Orthodoxy,” was born in Alexandria in approximately 297. Nothing is known of his family except ...

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

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. Sir Winston Chur...

St. Joseph, the husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary and foster-father of Jesus has two feasts: his official feastday on March 19, cele...

Such is the will of God that we should have everything through Mary. St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Antonio Ghislieri was born in 1504 in Bosco, in the Tortona diocese. He received the Dominican habit at age fourteen, and after his o...

And of what should we be afraid? Our captain on this battlefield is Christ Jesus. We have discovered what we have to do. Christ has boun...

Catherine Benincasa was born in Siena, Tuscany, in 1347. The twenty-third child of Giacomo, a well-to-do dyer, and his wife Lapa...

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish. He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but...

Louis Grignion de Montfort was born in Brittany, France on January 31, 1673. From an early age he showed signs of spiritual maturity,...

Habits acquired by our human actions alone do not perish by one single contrary act: for a man is not said to be intemperate for one single...

Peter Armengol was born in 1238 in a small village in the archdiocese of Tarragon, Spain to a family of noble lineage. Although his pa...

Two things are required in order to obtain eternal life: the grace of God and man’s will. And although God made man without man’s help, He ...

In the quaint medieval town of Genazzano, about 30 miles from Rome, on a side altar of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, there ...

All the penalties imposed by divine judgment upon man for the sin of the first transgression – death, toil, hunger, thirst and the like ...

We learn from the Epistle to the Colossians that Mark was a kinsman of Barnabas, who was a Levite, which presupposes th...