Day 8 of Lent: A Life of Prayer — Ask, Seek, Knock
I. Scripture Reading — Luke 11:9–13 (RSV-CE) And I tell you, Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to […]
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Feb. 25 Wednesday of the First Week of Lent; Ember Wednesday, Weekday
Today is Ember Wednesday, the beginning of the Spring or Lent Embertide. There are two principal objects for the Ember Days of this period of the year: the first is […]
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The Monastic Edge on Caring for the Sick
The most striking way I have seen the Church with the sick is in the person of Pope St. John Paul II. In his later years, he was a sick […]
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Petition Prayer of Protection to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Petition Prayer of Protection to Our Lady of Perpetual Help O Blessed Mother of Perpetual Help,you whose loving gaze never turns away from your children,I come before you with a […]
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PHOTOS: St. Cecilia, martyr and patron saint of music, rests in Roman basilica named for her
A close-up of the tomb of St. Ceclia at the basilica dedicated to her in Trastevere, Rome, Italy. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Nov 22, 2025 / 04:00 am […]
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St. Andrew, Apostle
St. Andrew, Apostle Feast date: Nov 30 On Nov. 30, Catholics worldwide celebrate the feast of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr. A fisherman from Bethsaida and brother of Simon Peter, St. […]
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Day 7 of Lent: The Grace of Forgiveness
I. Scripture Reading — Matthew 18:21–22 (RSV-CE) Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many […]
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Feb. 24 Tuesday of the First Week of Lent, Weekday
The readings and propers of the Mass shows the Church’s constant effort to acquaint us with the teaching of her Founder, and to strengthen us to follow and live his […]
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St. Gregory Nazianzen
St. Gregory Nazianzen Feast date: Jan 03 St. Gregory was a Doctor of the Church, born at Arianzus in Asia Minor, probably in 325, and died in 389. He was the […]