A Pilgrim's Journey

A leper came to Jesus beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretch...

“At that time: Jesus left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay s...

Jesus went to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man ...

In the early years of the Church it was constantly persecuted by outside forces – sometimes by groups of Jews, frequently by the civil gove...

St. Benedict Biscop is not the best known saint, by any means. He did not suffer for the faith, and in fact he lived fairly comfortably when...

Like so many other pious Jews, our Lord Jesus Christ came to John and let him baptize Him. At first consideration it seems strange that He ...

St. Raymond of Peñafort  lived to be a hundred years old, and with such a long life, he had the opportunity to do many things.  He certainly...

Who were the Magi? They were the first Gentiles to believe in Christ, and were guided by a mysterious star which led them from the East to ...

"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you,” Isaiah wrote thousands of years ago, and so the ...

Brother André, whose baptismal name was Alfred, was born into a poor working family in 1845 in Canada, and both his parents had died by the ...

This American saint was born in Bohemia, which today is within the Czech Republic, in 1811. He completed his seminary formation, and was lo...

Epiphany speaks of light. "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you." It is about the c...

A worthy custom to be maintained is that of bowing one's head at the name of our Lord as a sign of respect at the sound of the Name of o...

St. Basil was educated in Caesarea, Constantinople, and Athens in the fourth century, where he enjoyed a stimulating university life. It wa...

The Lord Jesus said, “By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” He declares love to be the un...