Bruno’s Great Silence
On this crisp Fall day of October the 6th, we fittingly celebrate Saint Bruno (+1101), teacher, bishop, confidante of the Pope and, perhaps most...
St Faustina: A Model for our Path to Sanctity
The feast of St Faustina, celebrated on Wednesday 5 October 2022, brings to my mind the great need of letting the Lord make us...
Fortunate Faustina and the Divine Mercy
Today we celebrate one of the newest of saints in the liturgical calendar, placed therein only a couple of years ago. Hence, this October...
Pope Benedict and Saint Francis, Il Poverello
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Saint Francis of Assisi
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In a recent Catechesis, I illustrated the providential...
Saint Francis: The Poor and Radical Man
There are as many ways to follow Christ as there are humans beings, even if many seem not to avail themselves of the grace...
Dear Angels Guardian
This memorial of the Guardian Angels - this year trumped by the Sunday, but it's still good to make a mention - goes back...
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
Today we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, also known after the place...
Story of a Soul
October first is the liturgical memorial of St Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus, as she is commonly known, her fame spread...
Jerome’s Holy Vulgarity
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously so. Such is Saint Jerome (347 -...
The Holy Archangels and Spiritual Warfare
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers. Father Scott’s article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this used to...