Feast March 14 Lubin’s parents were peasants from the region of Poitiers in France. As a young boy, Lubin had an aptitude for learning an...

  If men lead a pure life, they are saved. St. Thomas Aquinas

  Feast March 1 The early part of St. David’s life is misted by time and legend. He was purportedly the son of Sant of a princely family, ...

  Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart? St. Gerard Majella

  Feast February 21 Peter Damian was born in Ravenna, Italy. His parents died when he was still very young, and he was adopte...

Saints Francisco (1908-1919) and Jacinta Marto (1910-1920)  Francisco and Jacinta, brother and sister, were born in the hamlet of Alj...

  He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have ...

    Feast February 20 Wulfric was born south of Bristol in Compton Martin. Assigned to a p...

    By Benoit Bemelmans   + March 11,...

  This world and the world to come are two enemies. We cannot therefore be friends to both; but we must decide which we will forsake and...

    Feast February 19 Boniface was born in Belgium in 1205, and when he was just 17, was s...

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man’s entire relation to God and to his neigh...

  Feast February 18 Born in 1082 into a wealthy and pious family in northern Portugal, Theotonius was a nephew to the Bishop...

  Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like ...

  Feast February 17 Between 1225 and 1227, seven men from prominent families of Florence, ...

  Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did. St. Maximilian Kolb e

  Feast February 16 Gilbert was born in Lincolnshire, England, around 1083 to a wealthy knight and his wife. Deformed at birt...

  Go to God simply, with great confidence that His goodness will guide you; let yourself go confidently as your heart draws you, and fear...

  Feast February 15 Claude La Colombière, third child of the notary Bertrand La Colombière and Margaret Coindat, was born on...

  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...

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

  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. Al...

  Feast February 10 Scholastica, the twin sister of St. Benedict, consecrated her life to God when she was very young. After ...

  When Saint Francis Borgia (1510-1572) was in Rome, a cleric came to speak with him. The saint, being busy with many things, sent hi...

  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...

  Feast February 9 Michael was born in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1854 to a wealthy family. From birth he had a deformity that disab...

  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...

  Feast February 8 Jerome was born in Venice in 1481. As a military commander who prided himself on the strength of his arm...

  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 e...

Feast February 7 Born on the Greek island of Aegina, Luke belonged to a family of farmers. Saracen raiders forced his family...

  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 t...

Feast February 6 By 1549, St. Francis Xavier had begun the evangelization of Japan. After he left to spread the faith elsewhe...

  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, proce...

  Feast February 5 Very little is known about St. Agatha, other than that she was martyred in Sicily during the persecution of Emperor De...

  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 ...

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