The angel first appeared either in the spring or s...

  The more somber circumstances become and the more excruciating sundry pains grow, the more we should ask Our Lady to put an end to so much...

Lucy is one of the martyrs mentioned in the Canon of the Mass, and she is regarded as the glory of the island of Sicily.  A native of Syra...

  “Am I not here who am your mother? Are you not under my shadow and protection? Am I not your fountain of life? Are you not in the folds of...

In February of 1519, Hernán Cortéz, a Spanish General, landed in Aztec Mexico with a contingent of armed men. By August of 1521, with the ...

On July 31, 2002 the Holy Father canonized Juan Diego, a humble Indian to whom the Mother of God appeared in Mexico in 1531 and on whose c...

  One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion. St.  Francis de Sale s

Damasus is said to have been of Spanish origins, though he was born in Rome. Never married, he was a deacon until the death of Pope Liberi...

  To surrender oneself is more than to devote oneself, more than to give oneself, it is even something more than to abandon oneself to God. ...

The title "Our Lady of Loreto" is associated with the Holy House of Loreto in Italy, the house of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary...

  Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man’s own will. St. Thomas Aquina s

Juan Diego was born in Cuautlitlán – today part of Mexico City – in the year 1474 and given the name "Cuauhtlatoatzin" or "...

  True devotion to our Lady is constant. It strengthens us in our desire to do good and prevents us from giving up our devotional practices ...

The Catholic Church teaches that the Blessed Virgin Mary was immaculately conceived, that is, from the time of her conception in her mothe...

Allow me to praise Thee, O most holy Virgin Mary, with my personal commitment and sacrifice. Allow me to live, work, suffer, be consumed...

  When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking of Christ.   When we speak about virtue, we are speaking of Christ.   When we speak about just...

Ambrose was born into a Christian family. His father was a Prefect of Gaul and his mother a pious lady. Both his brother, Satyrus, and his...

  The people of this world are wary of evil-doing for fear of temporal punishment. How much more, then, should they be wary for fear of the ...

Nicholas is thought to have been born in Patara, Lycia, a province of Asia Minor. Myra was the capital, close to the ocean, and an episcop...

  It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection. Saint Anselm, Doctor of the Church

Sabas was born in Cappadocia, the son of an army officer, who transferring to Alexandria, took with him his wife and left Sabas with his ...

  He who limits himself to performing only what is his obligation  . . .   does not love.  St. Peter Julian Eymard

    The Five First Saturdays devotion...

John Damascene was born in Damascus, then under Muslim rule. Though imposing a poll tax and other conditions upon the Jews and Christians,...

   Memorare of Our Lady of Guadalupe (to be prayed each day) Remember, O most gracious Virgin of Guadalupe, that in your heavenly appar...

    “I promise you, in the excessive mercy of my Heart that my all powerful love will grant to all those who rece...

  It is not the actual physical exertion that counts toward a man’s progress, nor the nature of the task, but the spirit of faith with which...

Francis Xavier was born in the Castle of Xavier, in Navarre, Spain. The youngest of a large noble family linked to Spanish royalty, he had...

  A society that needs healing and regeneration will receive it mostly from the innocent. The pure can look on the impure without contempt. ...

Chromatius was brought up in the city of Aquileia, at the head of the Adriatic Sea. In all likelihood, he was probably born here as well. ...

  The world is so corrupt that it seems almost inevitable   that religious hearts be soiled, if not by its mud, at least by its dust.   It i...

Edmund Campion’s father was a bookseller in London. The future martyr was born around 1540, and at the age of fifteen was given a scholars...