Today, February 12, is the memorial of Saint Eulalia of Barcelona. Born in the year 290, Eulalia came from a noble family and openly declared her Christian faith. In the era of the Emperor Diocletian, Christians were ordered to be killed. His governor Dacian arrived in Barcelona with the same agenda. This angered Eulalia so …
Jesus left the district of Tyreand went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee,into the district of the Decapolis.And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impedimentand begged him to lay his hand on him.He took him off by himself away from the crowd.He put his finger into the …
This day commemorates the 18 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Bernadette Soubirous that occurred between 11 February and 16 July of 1858 near the town of Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrenees region of France.
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it,but he could not escape notice.Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him.She came and fell at his feet.The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,and she begged him to drive the demon …
Today, February 10, is the memorial of Saint Scholastica. Twin sister of Saint Benedict. St. Gregory the Great wrote in the “Dialogues” that Scholastica was born to the Italian nobility in the year 480 in Umbria, Italy. As a young lady, Scholastica has consecrated herself to God. It was her habit to visit Benedict …
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,“Hear me, all of you, and understand.Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;but the things that come out from within are what defile.” When he got home away from the crowdhis disciples questioned him about the parable.He said to them,“Are even you likewise without …
Today, February 9, is the memorial of Saint Miguel Febres Cordero. Born Francisco Luis Febres-Cordero y Muñoz in Ecuador in 1854, he was born with the inability to stand or walk. At age five, he saw the Blessed Virgin Mary in a vision and was afterwards cured. At age eight he was miraculously protected from …
When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalemgathered around Jesus,they observed that some of his disciples ate their mealswith unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.(For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews,do not eat without carefully washing their hands,keeping the tradition of the elders.And on coming from the marketplacethey do not eat without …
Today, February 8, is the memorial of Saint Josephine Bakhita. She was born to a well-to-do and respected Sudanese family in 1869. She was kidnapped by Arab slave-traders (she was around 7 to 9 years old). Because she was severely traumatized by her abduction, she completely forgot her real name. She was given the name …
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea,Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaretand tied up there.As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.They scurried about the surrounding countryand began to bring in the sick on matsto wherever they heard he was.Whatever villages or towns or countryside he …