Today, May 11, is the memorial of Saint Ignatius of Laconi. Born in Sardinia in 1701, Ignatius was the son of poor farmers Mattia Peis Cadello and Anna Maria Sanna Casu. Ignatius grew up helping his parents in the fields. When he was seriously sick, he promised to become a Capuchin friar if he got …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Now I am going to the one who sent me,and not one of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.For if I do not go, the Advocate will …
Today, May 10, is the memorial of Saint John of Avila. Doctor of the Church. Born to wealth and piety in 1499, John was sent to the University of Salamanca, Spain to study law at age 14. Unfortunately, John decided that law was not for him, and so he left. When John returned home, he …
Jesus said to his disciples:“When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,he will testify to me.And you also testify,because you have been with me from the beginning. “I have told you this so that you may not fall away.They will expel you from …
Jesus said to his disciples:“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.Remain in my love.If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,just as I have kept my Father’s commandmentsand remain in his love. “I have told you this so that my joy may be in youand your joy might be …
Today, May 8, is the memorial of Blessed Aloysius Rabata. Carmelite friar and martyr. Aloysius was born in 1443 in modern-day Sicily, Italy. He entered the Carmelite Order at the Annunziata convent in Trapani at an early age. He was appointed prior of the Carmelite community of St. Michael in the town of Randazzo. As …
Jesus said to his disciples:“If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;but because you do not belong to the world,and I have chosen you out of the world,the world hates you.Remember the word I spoke to you,‘No slave is greater than …
Today, May 7, is the memorial of Saint Rosa Venerini. Foundress of the Maestre Pie Venerini (MPV) or the Venerini Sisters. Following the deaths of her fiancé and her father, Rosa entered a period of intense discernment. Exactly what was God trying to tell her? Rosa invited neighborhood women to pray the rosary in her …
Jesus said to his disciples:“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.No one has greater love than this,to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.You are my friends if you do what I command you.I no longer call you slaves,because a slave does not know what his master is doing.I have called …
Today, May 6, is the memorial of Blessed Anna Rosa Gattorno. Foundress of the Daughters of Saint Anne (DSA). Rosa, born in 1831, was married at age 21 to Gerolamo Custo. From then on, she experienced financial setbacks, serious illnesses, and the death of her husband and her child. She pondered all things and felt …