The Myriads of Holy Guardian Angels
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would...
Thérèse of Lisieux of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face
On the first day of October we celebrate the Saint of the Little Way, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face...
Saint Jerome’s Holy Vulgarity
All saints change history, often in ways that are mysterious and opaque, but at times more obviously. Such is Saint Jerome (347 - 420),...
The Holy Archangels and Spiritual Warfare
A blessed feast of the Archangels to all our readers! As Father Scott Murray's article on the Saint Michael prayer points out that this...
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,...
Twenty-Sixth Sunday: Lazarus and Helping the Poor
As for you, man of God; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness (1 Tim. 6:11).
The parable of Lazarus and the rich man is...
Saint Vincent de Paul and Giving our All
The life of Saint Vincent de Paul (1581 - 1660) - he always signed his name 'Depaul', perhaps so people would not think of...
The Indomitable Courage of the Canadian Martyrs
Today in Canada we celebrate the Canadian Martyrs, who are commemorated on October 19th in the rest of the world. They are fitting examples...
Saints Cosmas and Damian
(Here in Canada, we celebrate these martyr saints today, commemorated in the universal Church tomorrow, on September 26th, which is when we here in...
Blessed Émilie Tavernier
For an official biography of today's home-grown Canadian saint, the youngest of fifteen children - yes, large families are quite conducive to holiness, if...
