Paul Miki and Companion Martyrs of Japan
Today, 6 February, is the feast of Saint Paul Miki and his (twenty-five) companions who were tortured and executed in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1597....
Saint John of the Cross and the Path to the Heights of Holiness
What does Saint John of the Cross, whose memorial we celebrate in these ides of the dark days of December, saint stand for? Before...
Ave Maria, Queen of Heaven and Earth
A blessed memorial of the Queenship of Mary, - as queen of heaven and earth, of angels and men. Although the Church has always...
Catherine’s Pure Philosophy
In one of those ironies of God's history - choosing what seems weak to confound the apparently strong - the patron saint of philosophers...
Pope Sixtus and Companions, Martyrs To the End
Historians count ten traditional persecutions of Christians in the early Church – from the first, under Nero, beginning in 63 A.D. through a series...
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem: The Vital Importance of Catechetics
The saints during Lent - with few exceptions, such as Saint Joseph - are celebrated as muted 'commemorations', but that does not decrease their...
Saint Henry’s Heavenly Rule
We need more leaders such as Saint Henry (+1024, 'Emperor of the Romans' and 'King of the Italians', the last of the 'Ottonian' line...
Saint Martin of Tours and Remembrance Day
It's Remembrance Day here in Canada as well as Britain and the rest of her dominions and territories, called Veterans' Day in America, commemorating...
Wenceslaus and Lorenzo, Incidental Martyrs
This is not the stuff of which martyrs are made - So, purportedly, said Thomas More, who loved all the good things of life,...
Luke, Evangelist, Physician, Artist
A blessed feast of Saint Luke (+84) to all our readers! He was one of the four evangelists, author of the third Gospel -...