Entries for 2023

Source On June 13, Catholics honor the memory of the Franciscan priest St. Anthony of Padua. Although he is popularly invoked today by those who have trouble finding lost objects, he was known in his own day as the “Hammer of Heretics” due to the powerful witness of his life and preac...

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Source On Memorial Day, dozens of religious sisters of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, carried their foundress on a platform around the property of the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus, reciting the Rosary and singing hymns. The procession culminated inside the abbey’s church. T...

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Source When we think of prophets, we may think of people from Scripture like Moses, Isaiah, Elijah, or John the Baptist. These men were bold and fearless. Many miraculous deeds were accomplished by their hands, like the parting of the Red Sea, raising the dead to life, healing people, or being ta...

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Source The title of this column is reminiscent of Father James V. Schall, S.J. – so many of our very dear, late contributor’s columns having begun with “On . . .” Fr. Schall’s last column here was titled, “Who Are You?”, in which he wrote: “The h...

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Source Before there were the 12 Rules for Life from Jordan Peterson, there were the 13 Rules of the Catholic Gentleman’s Rule of Life. Here we’ll go over six very practical rules that every Catholic man can implement in their own life. 1. “I will fear, love and honor God a...

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Source May 31: Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—Feast Liturgical Color: White During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,...

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Source About St. Rita Saint Rita of Cascia was born in Italy. She wanted to be a nun but she was encouraged to marry at a young age. She had two sons and her husband was killed in a fight. After her husband and her sons unfortunately died she tried to become a nun but she was turned away at ...

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Source On May 22, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Rita of Cascia, who the late John Paul II called “a disciple of the Crucified One” and an “expert in suffering.” Known in Spain as “La Santa de los impossibiles” (the saint of the impossible), St. Ri...

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Source What is Sin? “Sin” is an old archery term in Greek which means “to miss the mark.” All sin and fall short of the glory of God, as St. Paul says. When we sin, we are committing an offense against “reason, truth, and right conscience (CCC 1849).” Sin is...

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