A Pilgrim's Journey

We beseech thee, O Lord, that the Comforter who proceedeth from thee may enlighten our minds: and lead us, as thy Son hath promised, into al...

Grant, we beseech thee, merciful God: that thy Church, being gathered together in unity by thy Holy Spirit, may manifest thy power among all...

Send, we beseech thee, Almighty God, thy Holy Spirit into our hearts: that he may direct and rule us according to thy will, comfort us in ou...

Fifty days ago it was Easter, and we celebrated the fact that Jesus rose from the dead. Ten days ago, we commemorated the fact of the Ascens...

At the end of the sixth century it looked like St. Augustine had found his place in life. He was the respected prior of St. Andrew’s monaste...

If we had to choose the one saint who always had a funny story to tell, or a harmless practical joke to play, it would be St. Philip Neri, w...

Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith and learning that even whil...

At that time: Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, s...

What a remarkable woman St. Rita was! She was born into a happy and faithful Catholic family, and from the time of her childhood she had a v...

We’re in the end times. We live in the last days. When our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven it was the beginning of the end of the wo...

In the year 1400, there was a terrible plague going throughout what we now know as Italy. In the city of Siena, dozens of people were dying ...

In the mid-10th century there was a king in England whose name was Edgar the Peaceable. Not that he was a peaceable man himself – he wasn’t....

Pope John I became pope in 523, and inherited the Arian heresy, which denied the divinity of Christ. The Western Empire had been ruled for 3...

"Rogation" comes from the Latin "rogare," which means "to ask." The Sixth Sunday of Easter and the following t...

Jesus said, "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, to be wi...