A Pilgrim's Journey

St. Justin was an apologist, and was one of the most important Christian writers of the second century. He was a Greek and was born in Pales...

The Feast of the Visitation honours the Blessed Virgin Mary, who bore in her womb the Incarnate Word of God. It shows her as the first missi...

O LORD our God, whose Name only is excellent and thy praise above heaven and earth: we thank thee for all those who counted not their lives ...

It is the foundational belief of every Christian that God is a Trinity of Persons. In fact, that is the very definition of Christianity. It ...

We beseech thee, O Lord, graciously pour the Holy Spirit into our hearts: by whose wisdom we were created, and by whose providence we are go...

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...

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

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...

“¡Viva Cristo Rey!” (“Long live Christ the King!”). This was the cry of the “Cristeros,” Catholics who took up arms in the 1920’s in Mexico ...

In the year 1400 there was a terrible plague ravaging the city of Siena. People were dying each day, and many of those who were dying were t...

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...

Our Lord’s earthly ministry, by His obedience, gave glory to His Father. On the eve of His sacrifice on the cross and in the presence of His...