Today, November 28, is the memorial of Saint Catherine Labouré. Visionary of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. Catherine, the ninth of 11 children, came from a well-to-do farming family in France. When she was about nine years old, her mother died. Since she was deemed the most level-headed of the brood, Catherine took responsibility […]
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Jesus said to his disciples:“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsyfrom carousing and drunkennessand the anxieties of daily life,and that day catch you by surprise like a trap.For that day will assault everyonewho lives on the face of the earth.Be vigilant at all timesand pray that you have the strengthto escape the tribulations that
“We can look for God with our eyes. God can also act so overwhelmingly that we have to see him. He can determine our gaze. If we use our intellect to full advantage and do not remain hanging back at the mere surface of things, then we shall ascend from the finite to the Infinite…
Good news! Last September 26, 2020, medical experts affirmed that the cure of Carmelite priest Michael Driscoll, O.Carm. from stage 4 melanoma skin cancer is scientifically unexplainable. The team of experts were appointed by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to investigate the claim that the cure is attributable to Bl. Titus Brandsma. Brandsma
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Jesus told his disciples a parable.“Consider the fig tree and all the other trees.When their buds burst open,you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near;in the same way, when you see these things happening,know that the Kingdom of God is near.Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass awayuntil all
“We must indeed go out of ourselves, we must do all we can to go out to meet him, but it is He who comes. The person who does not withdraw himself from his embrace, by constantly wandering among earthly things and not opening his heart to him, will finally experience his love, his superabundant
Today, November 26, is the memorial of Blessed James Alberione. Founder of the Society of Saint Paul (SSP), the Daughters of Saint Paul (DSP), the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master (PDDM), and the Sisters of Jesus Good Shepherd (SJBP), among others. James was born in 1884 to a farming family in Cuneo, Italy. He
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Jesus said to his disciples:“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies,know that its desolation is at hand.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains.Let those within the city escape from it,and let those in the countryside not enter the city,for these days are the time of punishmentwhen all the Scriptures are fulfilled.Woe to pregnant
“They (Teresa of Avila and Jan van Ruusbroec) are both masters of the spiritual life, who did not in the first place express what made them write, although both concede that now and then it was this force from within that made them do so. They wrote especially so that others would know the ways
Today, November 25, is the memorial of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Born in the year 287 in Alexandria, Egypt, Catherine was the daughter of the governor. She was a very studious child and became a Christian after the Blessed Virgin and the Christ Child appeared to her in a vision. When the anti-Christian persecutions began
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