As we commemorate the First Martyrs, let us not forget that today, more than ever before, our brothers and sisters in Christ are going home to God because of their fidelity to the faith which saves.
If you want hearts afire, then Pentecost, celebrated on Sunday, June 5, is the feast for you.
Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, won great miracles from Heaven by the power of her prayers. On her feast day, here is the story of one of those miracles.
Devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Mary goes back to the Middle Ages, but the devotion has reached a new generation of Catholics following the Marian apparitions in Kibeho, Rwanda, in 1981.
Let St. Teresa of Avila, a Doctor of the Church, teach you the power of prayer.
"My mission - to make God loved - will begin after my death," she said. "I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses."
It's the Blessed Mother's birthday! And what could be more appropriate than a cake?
Follow God's example. Love Mary and trust her with everything you've got.
We are to become faithful brothers of Jesus, faithful children of Mary.
Such is the life, the work, and the heart of a person who has given everything to Mary.
