Friday, December 5, 2025

The Cleansing Fire of Purgatory

Now He is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to Him all of them are alive. (Lk. 20:38) As we approach...

Epiphany: Kneeling Humbly Before our God

On entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother; and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then opening their treasure...

The Saints and the Sacred Heart

If the Lord never tires to forgive it is because His heart is never tired from loving us, poor sinners. In fact, God’s love...

Blessed Candles, Holy Families

In the past year, the Good Lord has willed that some serious challenges beset my family, challenges which have brought me to my knees...

Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Justifiable?

Yesterday, North Korea purportedly test-detonated a hydrogen bomb, raising the tension in the region, and raising the prospect of yet-again the use of nuclear...

The Christmas Novena of Saint Alphonsus Ligouri

On December 16, we begin the Christmas Novena. In these nine days of reflection this Novena  will take us up to Christmas Eve, December...

Blessed John Duns Scotus, the Great Defender of the Immaculate Conception of Mary

The 8th of November is the liturgical memorial of Blessed John Duns Scotus. In his apostolic letter on the occasion of the seventh century...

The Miracle on the Vistula – An Untold Story

"...faith and prayer are forces that can influence history and that in the end prayer is more powerful than bullets and faith more powerful...

Pope Benedict and Saint James the Greater

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 21 June 2006 James, the Greater Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are continuing the series of portraits of the Apostles chosen directly by Jesus...

The Real San Lázaro

As a first generation American born in the United States, I was introduced early in life to St. Lazarus by my family of Cuban heritage. St....