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A road trip with an unexpected bonus

"We were not expecting a healing," recalls Roland Lacap of Winnetka, California — but the Merciful Jesus had other plans in store for his ailing mother at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy.

Our Lady of Licheń, pray for us!

On July 2, the Feast of Our Lady of Licheń, the Sorrowful Queen of Poland, we recall the address of Pope St. John Paul II, when he visited in 1999.

What Do We Really Mean By “The Heart of Jesus”?

Part 2: In this second entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole explains that the spiritual Heart of Jesus, on full display in the Gospels and symbolized by His physical Heart in His revelations to St. Margaret Mary, is a Heart aflame with the fire of the Holy Spirit: the Spirit of Truth and Love (see Jn 16:13; Rom 5:5).

Statement from Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, on today's Supreme Court ruling

Today we praise the Justices of the United States Supreme Court for their courage to uphold the dignity of human life on this, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Thanks to their ruling, the beating heart of every unborn baby will now have a chance to survive.

Imitate the Sacred Heart: Have mercy on the Holy Souls!

There’s a deep connection between the Sacred Heart devotions and the Divine Mercy message and devotion. It’s clear if you look at the Divine Mercy Image and see the red and pale rays radiating from underneath Christ’s garment, drawn aside to show the wound in His side where the lance pierced the Sacred Heart.

The Plan of the Heart of Jesus to Drive Back the World’s Darkness

"More Brilliant than the Sun," Part 1: In this first entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole explains the extraordinary plan of Heaven for our times, how the Sacred Heart is at the center of that plan, and the extraordinary grace available to combat the extraordinary evils of our times.

This Father’s Day, Also Pray for Holy Priests

Biological fathers matter, and so do spiritual fathers, including our mentors, our godfathers, and our clergy. A holy priest can transform whole regions into hotbeds of Christian practice, as proven again and again by priests from Jesus and the Apostles on down. 

Divine Mercy 101: St. John Eudes and The Merciful Heart of Jesus

St. John Eudes was born into a peasant family in Normandy, France, in 1601. After discerning a call to the priesthood he joined the Oratorians, and studied under two of the greatest French Oratorian spiritual masters.

Saint Anthony, the Wonder Worker of Padua

After St. Joseph (and perhaps St. Jude), could there be a more beloved and invoked saint than St. Anthony of Padua, whose feast we celebrate on June 13? Called upon as the reliable founder of lost articles, St. Anthony’s life and legacy are far greater than this role for which he is well known and revered.

There’s Power in the Cross

On the Cross (and so in our lesser crosses) is the fount of grace. From the Cross, the blood and water flowed that won our redemption.

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