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Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he was left an orphan at about the age of fifteen and hid during the persecution of the Church under Emperor Traj anus Decius. At the age of twenty two…
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Have you ever done an act purely out of love for God? If you are like most of us, you always have some ulterior motive when you perform spiritual and corporal works of mercy. When you pray for the dead, are you not hoping that someday they will pray for you when they reach heaven?…
Have you ever wondered how the saints were raised and what their parents did right? Was it chance, or were these parents living exemplary lives? What can I learn from them to raise my children to join the cloud of witnesses? After reading countless books on the saints and writing Parents of the Saints: The…
Reading I Hebrews 2:5-12 It was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. Instead, someone has testified somewhere: What is man that you are mindful of him, or the son of man that you care for him? You made him for a little…
St. Barbara was born in the 3rd century (traditionally in Nicomedia, now in modern-day Turkey) into a wealthy pagan family. Her father, Dioscorus, was extremely protective and reportedly kept her confined in a tower to shield her from outside influences. In the solitude of her tower, Barbara embraced Christianity, finding comfort and hope in the…
WASHINGTON – “As we celebrate this Jubilee Year as Pilgrims of Hope, Pope Francis invites us to experience God’s love ‘that awakens in hearts the sure hope of salvation in Christ,’” said Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo. As chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Bishop Thomas offered the…
ROME (CNS) — “It’s quite an honor for her to be here with the likes of St. Oscar Romero,” Tom Stang said after a relic of his sister was placed on an altar in Rome alongside a relic of the martyred archbishop from El Salvador. A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister…
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Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The most famous missionary of all time after St. Paul, St. Francis Xavier, arrived in Japan as you would expect him to: poor, humble, meek, unassuming. And they ignored him. … Continue reading → The post The Fear of Having to Change appeared first on…
Felix was the son of Hermias, a Syrian who had been a Roman soldier. He was born on his father’s estate at Nola near Naples, Italy. On the death of his father, Felix distributed his inheritance to the poor, was ordained by Bishop St. Maximus of Nola, and became his assistant. When Maximus fled to…
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(Catholic World News) — The president of the Italian bishops’ Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and Consecrated Life and the Italian bishops’ newspaper have denied media reports that newly approved norms for the formation of Italian seminarians allow for the … Continue reading → The post Italian prelate, bishops’ newspaper deny media reports on admission…