We all believe that becoming a saint is out of our reach... long prayers, extreme penances, and superhuman virtue. While those things are characteristic of canonized saints, surprisingly those elements are not what defines holiness. So what does? Join Fr. Chris Alar as he gives you the answer.
St. Louis IX is the only French king to be declared a saint, a model Christian monarch. With boundless energy and deep piety, he brought peace and prosperity to his kingdom, with a keen determination to administer justice at all levels of society, especially among the poor.
... And what was her most extraordinary gift, anyway? Father Dan Cambra, MIC, introduces us to St. Rose of Lima (1586-1617), a powerful intercessor in Heaven and first saint of the Americas.
Part 10: In this 10th entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole examines the contributions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and lays out God's plan for answering the spiritual darkness and sin of modern times.
Part 9: In this ninth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shares some of the private revelations given to St. Gertrude the Great (1256-1302) on the power and the love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Through her faith in the Cross, Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) allowed God to transform her suffering and death into a message of love and redemption for the world.
Part 8: In this eighth entry of a new weekly series on the Sacred Heart, Dr. Robert Stackpole shows how explicit devotion to the Sacred Heart spread throughout the cloisters, monasteries, and friaries of the Catholic world.
The letters in the New Testament from Saints Peter and Paul, whose feast we celebrate on Jun. 29, are the praise and proclamation of God's mercy, and an exhortation to practice it.
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.
Let us move on now to the works of St. Bonaventure, the great 13th century mystic philosopher, theologian, and doctor of the Church.
