A Pilgrim's Journey

Named Winfrith by his well-to-do English parents, Boniface was born near Exeter, Devon. As a boy, he studied in Benedictine monastery school...

Almighty God, majestic King, with joyful hearts thy people sing: Alleluia, alleluia. For all good gifts we offer praise, and ask thy blessin...

Charles was one of twenty-two Ugandan martyrs who had converted from paganism to the Catholic faith. He was baptized in November 1885, a ye...

To thee, O gracious Father, we lift our loving hearts; to us the Bread of Heaven eternal life imparts. We thank thee for thy favour that mar...

St. Marcellinus and St. Peter the Exorcist were martyred during the Diocletian persecution in about the year 304. The early church held the...

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

Even the most brilliant theologian would have to say that the doctrine of the Holy Trinity cannot truly and completely be understood. Howeve...

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 g...

The Incarnation means that God has entered into our human condition. He has come into our lives, into our situations, into our confusion, in...

MOST merciful God, we beseech thee: that thy Church, being gathered together in the Holy Spirit, may nevermore be disquieted by the assaults...

ALMIGHTY God, who as at this time didst open the way of eternal life to every race and nation by the promised gift of thy Holy Spirit: shed ...

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 monast...

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 a...

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...

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