Dubbed the “Harp of the Holy Spirit,” the “Column of the Church,” and “Sun of the Syrians,” St. Ephrem (feast day: June 9) is revered not only by Roman Catholics, but by Eastern Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox Christians as well.
Part 19: In the next entry of his new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole discusses the contributions of Servant of God Sr. Josefa Menendez (1890-1923) to the devotion to the Sacred Heart, as well as to the Church's understanding of Divine Mercy.
The Catholic Church teaching on the communion of saints expands the scope of God's family from those who are on earth to those who are in heaven and purgatory.