So many things and so much of life is acutely dangerous, tragedies like the war in Ukraine and the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. And yet, Chris Sparks notes, the whole of Scripture can be read as one, long ringing summons to move by faith beyond fear.
We often think of St. Faustina’s spiritual director, Bl. Fr. Michael Sopoćko (feast day: Feb. 15), as merely the primary witness of her sanctity, and perhaps as the agent that God used to arrange the painting of the Image of the Divine Mercy. But he was so much more than that!
The earthquake in Turkey and Syria instantly killed thousands of people and severely injured even more – with no warning. If we cannot be on the scene physically to assist the injured, our spiritual presence by prayer and heeding the promises of Jesus by praying The Divine Mercy Chaplet is powerful.
Feb. 8 has dual significance: The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, and the feast of a saint who was kidnapped and enslaved: St. Josephine Bakhita.
On Feb. 4, Catholics around the world unite to remember the "other" St. Joan of France, St. Joan de Valois, patroness of the Marian Congregation. Born into a world that despised her and reviled her appearance, this soul became a light in the world that longed for true beauty.
Feb. 2, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is also the World Day of Consecrated Life. The life of consecrated religious, like this feast, is marked by mingled pain and joy.
Why not make this your best Lent ever? To do that, maybe it’s time to try something new from Marian Press that will deepen your faith and be a catalyst for growth in holiness.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, patron of the Marian Congregation and whose feast we celebrate on Jan. 28, is a friend to the doubter, to the skeptic, and to the person who is confronted with the great mysteries of life.
How do we live and share our faith? Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, has a lot to teach us on his feast day, Jan. 24.
Saint Agnes, whose feast day we celebrate on Jan. 21, was just 13 years old when she was martyred. Yet her brief life, heroic virtue, and death captured the imagination of her contemporaries and the Church in Rome.
On Monday, Jan. 9, we celebrate Jesus' Baptism. But why was God the Son baptized at all?
On Sunday, Jan. 8, we celebrate the Epiphany of Our Lord. Come, let us adore the newborn King as the Magi did.
