January 3 is the day the Church has designated to celebrate the Holy Name of Jesus and it is still a beautiful tradition to keep in mind and heart as we begin yet another year oriented towards our ultimate good: Jesus! What better way to start the new year than in...
If we prepare our hearts in these beautiful weeks of preparation, then surely the Divine Child will not fail to give us rich graces.”- St. Edith Stein As we prepare to receive the gift of Christ this Christmas, we may find ourselves not really knowing how. We...
“Next to that which directly concerns God, nothing is more precious for truly enlightened piety than that which concerns the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here we encounter all that exists in a son towards his mother. And what a Mother! To us she gave her Son, the...
The Bible recounts: But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and...
Nestled in the Italian countryside, with a view of the Adriatic Sea, is a small town set high on a hill named Loreto. It would perhaps be yet another quaint, but otherwise unremarkable small Italian village if not for a rather curious and miraculous house that,...
A few years back, a friend gave me the book, Drinking with the Saints – The Sinner’s Guide to a Holy Happy Hour written by Michael P. Foley. This friend knew that I enjoyed the Catholic method of drinking and that I have loved the Lives of the Saints, so he bought...
