A Pilgrim's Journey

At the Annunciation, God sent His messenger, the archangel Gabriel, to announce to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would bear the Incarnate...

One of the moments of high drama was when Moses saw the burning bush and heard the voice of God. “Moses, Moses,” God said. And then Moses wa...

Very little is known concerning Joseph, and yet enough is known to reveal what his character was. All that we know of him, we know from the ...

Cyril of Jerusalem loved to study the Holy Scriptures from the time he was a child, and he made such progress that he became known for his d...

St. Patrick Shrine Our Lady of the Atonement Church St. Patrick is known as the Apostle to Ireland. We’re not sure exactly where he was born...

The Gospel reading for the Second Sunday in Lent is the account of our Lord’s transfiguration. The contrast between the sobriety of the seas...

O Lord who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights: give us grace to use such abstinence, that, our flesh being subdued to the S...

Lest we forget that God's plan for us is always best, just look at the life of St. Frances of Rome. She was a child born into privilege ...

St. John of God was born at the end of the 15th century. He tended to be a very impulsive person, from the time he was a child. When he was ...

The triptych at the High Altar is in its closed position for Lent. It depicts the Annunciation, the mystical beginning of the Passion of our...

Thou hast mercy upon all, O Lord, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend, and...

St. Casimir known to the people of Poland as "The Peace-maker," was the third of the thirteen children of Casimir IV, King of Pola...

Guidelines for Fasting and Abstinence. Fasting is recommended by the Sacred Scriptures and is practiced by the Church as a means of atonemen...

Happy St. David’s Day, as the title of this post says. My Welsh ancestors would want me to make mention of our great patron for his feast da...

After the act of charity of giving half his military cloak ( cappa ) to a beggar, St. Martin of Tours wore the remaining portion around his ...