Entries for 2024

Source The Feast of the Annunciation and the solar eclipse happened on the same day this year—April 8—and it was one of the most memorable days of my life. Part of the reason for me writing this essay is to get all my thoughts out, because I can’t stop thinking about it, and I c...

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Source Quote: Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration… The demons could be distinguished b...

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Source The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord commemorates Jesus’ ascension into Heaven. Historically, this holy has been celebrated 40 days after Easter Sunday – the Thursday in the sixth week of Easter. Most U.S. dioceses, however, have moved the celebration of the Ascension ...

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Source Joseph, by the work of your hands and the sweat of your brow, you supported Jesus and Mary, and had the Son of God as your fellow worker. Teach me to work as you did, with patience and perseverance, for God and for those whom God has given me to support. Teach me to see in my fell...

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Source The Story of Saint Joseph the Worker To foster deep devotion to Saint Joseph among Catholics, and in response to the “May Day” celebrations for workers sponsored by Communists, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955. This feast extends the long...

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Source One of the benefits of enjoying a Christian life is the contemplation prayer brings. It is critical to set aside time for daily reflection and prayer and bring clarity to our purpose in this life – to glorify God in all we do. Our actions need to be designed to express our love fo...

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Source On February 7, 2014, another World War II-era movie hit the box office. However, despite an intriguing plot and a generous cast of talented actors, the film received mediocre reviews. In fact, it seemingly faded into oblivion shortly after leaving the theaters. It wasn’t until I stum...

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Source By Kimberly Bruce In one of Catherine’s visions of our Lord, He presented her with two crowns, one of gold and one of thorns. He asked her to choose which she wanted. Catherine replied, “I desire, O Lord, to live here always conformed to your passion, and to find pain and suff...

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Source April 25: Saint Mark the Evangelist—Feast c. 12–c. 68 Patron Saint of attorneys, captives, shoemakers, lions, notaries, glass workers, Egypt, and Venice Invoked against impenitence, insect bites, scrofulous & struma diseases Pre-Congregation canonization Litur...

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Source SCRIPTURES & ART: Today’s Gospel speaks of how the sheep should act, but it’s also an important lesson for shepherds The Fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because that is the theme of the Gospel. That had previously bee...

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