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I Ask Our Lady of Pompeii
Around the time when the scandal broke out at St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, I got an inspiration to begin praying a novena. I took out my leather bound copy of The Raccolta and opened it at ra… more →
Peace, Love, and Joy
I Ask Our Lady of Pompeii
wrote 3 weeks ago: Around the time when the scandal broke out at St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, I got an inspira … more →
God Will Provide
wrote 4 weeks ago: Mother Rossello Today is the feast day of St. Maria Josepha Rossello, Third Order Franciscan and fo … more →
Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor
wrote 4 weeks ago: Ambrose was born of a Roman family at Trier about the year 340. He studied at Rom and served in the … more →
St. Nicholas and the Sailor
wrote 4 weeks ago: St. Nicholas and the Sailors My paternal great-grandfather was a sailor. During World War II, my gre … more →
Francis Xavier, Priest
wrote 1 month ago: Francis Xavier was born in Spain in 1506. While studying the liberal arts at Paris, he became a foll … more →
St. Anthony and the Christ Child
wrote 1 month ago: St. Anthony and the Christ Child As we wait for the coming of Our Lord during Advent, I think that i … more →
They Followed Him
wrote 1 month ago: St. Andrew This morning, the Gospel reading contained in the Breviarium Monasticum comes from St. Ma … more →
Beware the Powerful Fantasy World of Sarah Palin
wrote 1 month ago: The US vice-presidential candidate’s memoir mocks the truth, but she remains a possible future Ameri … more →
SAINT AGNES OF ASSISI: Saint Clare's young sister + 'first conquest...Saint Francis sent Agnes to be abbess at Monticelli in Florence,' Nov. 19, 1253
wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 19 1253 St. Agnes of Assisi, abbess, whose religious vocation was Saint Clare’s first … more →
BLESSED PHILIPPINE DUCHESNE: 'The-Woman-Who-Always-Prays,' SACRE COEUR French missionary sisters: Religious of the Sacred Heart in St. Louis + Nouvelles Orleans, Nov. 18, 1852
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wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 18 1852 Bl. Philippine Duchesne, who left France at forty-nine and founded, mostly in the v … more →
SAINT ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY: 'an example of devotion to her husband and to the poor,' Nov. 17, 1231
wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 17 1231 ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, an example of devotion to her husband and to the poor, sh … more →
SAINT MARGARET: PATRONESS QUEEN OF SCOTLAND 'set the nation an example in personal care of the sick and in bringing up a family,' November 16, 1093
wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 16 1093 ST. MARGARET, Queen and Patroness of Scotland. A daughter of the highest English an … more →
SAINT GERTRUDE THE GREAT: Mystic Benedictine nun, Herald of Divine Love, Helfta, Saxony, 1302
wrote 1 month ago: 1302 ST. GERTRUDE THE GREAT, mystic, a nun at Helfta, Saxony, under the rule of St. Benedict. … more →
SAINT STANISLAUS KOTSKA: JESUIT novice who died at seventeen, is a patron of POLAND, 1568
wrote 1 month ago: 1568 … more →
SAINT THEODORE "the Studite," great Byzantine Abbot Doctor: 'St. Theodore's body was brought back to Constantinople in great triumph as champion of the holy images,' 826
wrote 1 month ago: ‘WE REVERENCE THE HOLY IMAGE, O BLESSED ONE. . . ‘ 826 Saint Theodore called “th … more →
SAINT SISOES: Wise Egyptian desert father, circa 429
wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 8 ca. 429 St. Sisoes, desert father in Egypt, known for his wisdom and profound sense of th … more →
BLESSED IGNATIUS DELGADO + COMPANIONS, Spanish Dominican + martyrs in Vietnam, 1745 - 1861
wrote 1 month ago: NOVEMBER 6 1745 – 1861 [O. P.] Bl. Ignatiu … more →
SAINT BERTILLA: First Abbess of Chelles monastery, restored with Queen Saint Bathildis, near Paris: 'GREAT NUMBERS flocked to the abbey during Bertilla's half century of rule,' circa 700
wrote 2 months ago: A NUN OF JOUARE St. Bertilla, nun of Jouare, and then first abbess of Chelles, near Paris, when th … more →
SAINT DANIEL + SIX FRANCISCAN COMPANIONS: Franciscan martyrs in Morocco, October 10
wrote 2 months ago: OCTOBER 10 1227 [Franciscans] St. Daniel and six Franciscan companion … more →
