Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor—MemorialDec 14, 2021
Born: 1542 Avila, Spain Died: December 14, 1591 (aged 49) Jaen, Spain St John of the Cross was a Spanish mystic and poet. St John was a mystic, theologian, and poet who composed a rich body of works ... Read more
Feast Day of Saint Lucy of Syracuse, SicilyDec 13, 2021
Today’s saint is one of only eight women (Mary included) commemorated in Eucharistic Prayer I: “Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia, and all the Saints…” Read more
Our Lady of LoretoDec 10, 2021
Our Lady of Loreto is the title of the statue of the blackened Virgin found in the Holy House. By the 1600s, a beautiful “Litany of Loreto” enumerating Mary’s biblically rich and theologically evocative titles became a popular Catholic devotion ... Read more
Saint Ambrose’s StoryDec 07, 2021
One of Ambrose’s biographers observed that at the Last Judgment, people would still be divided between those who admired Ambrose and those who heartily disliked him … Read more
Memorial - St Francis XavierDec 03, 2021
"Speak to them the great mercy of God. Sometimes people are helped by your telling of your own lamentable past" Read more
St. JosephatNov 15, 2021
Please God, I will give you my life for the holy union, for the supremacy of Peter and the Holy Father his successor ... Read more
