If you want to grow in perfection, you cannot advance by yourselves – you need a guide. Hence, when you go to God, go through Mary an...

  Feast October 31 Photo by: Florian Voggeneder Wolfgang, born around 930, was of the family of the Swabian counts of Pfullin...

  All past persecutors of the Church are now no more, but the Church still lives on . The same fate awaits modern persecutors; they, too, w...

Feast October 30 Alfonso was the third child of a well-to-do merchant in Segovia. He met the Jesuits early on when Blessed Pe...

  An action of small value performed with much love of God is far more excellent than one of a higher value performed with less love of ...

Feast October 29 Born toward the end of the first century, Narcissus was advanced in age when he was elected bishop of Jerusal...

  In these sad times   when faith is dead and wickedness is triumphant; when we are surrounded by those who have  perpetual hatred in their ...

  Feast October 28 Simon , surnamed the Zealot, may have been part of the group of that name, which repudiated foreign domi...

  They will have the two-edged sword of the word of God in their mouths   and the blood-stained standard of the Cross on their shoulders.  T...

Feast October 27 Around the year 330, Meropius, a Christian philosopher of Tyre, undertook a voyage to the coast of Arabia. ...

  He who does not acquire the love of God will scarcely persevere in the grace of God, for it is very difficult to renounce sin merely th...

  Feast October 26 What little is known about St. Cedd comes to us from the saintly Venerable Bede, an early English historian...

  Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, whe...

  Feast October 25 Gaudentius succeed St. Philastrius as Bishop of Brescia, Italy, under whom he seems to have studied, and w...

  The man who burns with the fire of divine love is a son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and wherever he goes, he enkindles that flame; ...

    Feast October 24 Born in 1807 in Sallent,...

  The eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man, what things God hath prepared for them that love Him...

  Feast October 23 Born in the Kingdom of Naples in 1386, John of Capistrano was a most talented youth. He studied law in Pe...

  God in His omnipotence could not give more, in His wisdom He knew not how to give more, in His riches He had not more to give, than...

Feast October 22 Philip, the bishop of Heraclea in Thrace, became a martyr of Chr...

  O sinner, be not discouraged, but have recourse to Mary in all your necessities. Call her to your assistance, for such is the divine Wil...

  Feast October 21 Hilarion was born of pagan parents in the village of Tabatha, south of ...

Beginners in the service of God sometimes lose confidence when they fall into any fault. When you feel so unworthy a sentiment rising wit...

  Feast October 20 Paul Francis Danei was born on January 3, 1694, at Ovada, a small town in the then Republic of Genoa. He...

  Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation ...

Feast October 19 The first missionaries to North America arrived in 1608 in Acadia, Nova Scotia. They were the Jesuits Pierr...

  If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the Rosary. Let not even one da...

  Feast October 18 Luke was not a Jew but a Gentile, and thought to have been a Greco-Syrian, probably born in Antioch. Thou...

  In order to console a soul in its sufferings, point out to it all the good it can still do. St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcin a

  Feast October 17 Ignatius, born in Syria, converted to Christianity at a young age, and was thought to be a disciple of St....

  From this Divine Heart three streams flow endlessly. The first is the stream of mercy for sinners; it pours into their hearts sentiments o...

  Feast October 16 Our Lord appearing to St Margaret Mary Alacoque Margaret Mary was born in the small Burgundian town of L’H...

  (October 16-24) Prayer to St. Raphael O Heavenly Physician and mos...

   Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you. All things are passing; God never changes. Patience obtains all things. He who po...

Feast October 15 The Big Flower Teresa Sanchez Cepeda Davila y Ahumada Born at Avila, Old Castile, 28 March, 1515 Died at Alb...

  We cannot enter a house without first speaking to the porter. Similarly, we cannot enter heaven without calling upon the aid of the Blesse...

  Feast October 14 The name of St. Callistus was made famous by the Roman cemetery along the Apian Way that he beautified while he was it...

October 13, 1917 As on the other occasions, the seers, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, first saw a bright light, and then they saw Our Lady ...

Feast October 13 Edward the Confessor was the second son o...

  The sun began to spin rapidly like a gigantic circle of fire. Then it stopped momentarily, only to begin spinning vertiginously again. I...

  In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick ...

Feast October 12 Wilfrid was born in 634, the son of a nobleman. At odds with his stepmother, he was sent to the court of King Oswy of Nor...

  The Holy Ghost did not describe Mary in the Gospels but left it to you to picture her in your heart. In this way, you might comprehend ...

  Feast October 11 Patron Saint of Servants of Mary Christened Bibiana Antonia E...

  The Holy Rosary, recited with the meditation on the sacred mysteries, is a sacrifice of praise to God for the great gift of our redempti...

  Feast October 10 Francis Borgia belonged to one of the most prominent families of the kingdom of Aragon, a family that gave...

  You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman t...