By Plinio Correa de Oliveira We do well to read some advice from Saint Bernard about devotion to Our Lady. The advice is as follows: “Oh, whosoever thou art that perceiveth thyself during this mortal existence to be rather drifting in treacherous waters, at the mercy of the winds and the waves, than walking on firm ground,...
By Gustavo Solimeo Saint Joseph: the Greatest of the Saints After Our Lady “The opinion that Saint Joseph is the greatest of the saints after Our Lady is one which is becoming daily more commonly held in the Church,” writes the renowned French theologian, Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877–1964). He further holds, that, “We do not...
By Julian Pace Through a life of prayer, piety and asceticism, St Catherine of Sweden gave herself to God entirely. She had no regard for temporal desires. Born in 1331 in Sweden, she was the fourth of eight children of her father, nobleman Ulf Gudmarsson and her mother, St Bridget. Her mother was the founder...
It is well known that Padre Pio had encounters with angels throughout his life. Through these encounters he came to know a great deal about their powers and their role in our lives: “to light, to guard, to rule, to guide.” In a letter he wrote on July 15, 1913, to Anita, one of his...
Francisco and Jacinta Marto are the youngest non-martyred children ever to be beatified. They were raised to the honour of the altars not simply because they saw Our Lady but also because they generously heeded her call to prayer, penance, and reparation. They are, thus, the first fruits of the Message of Fatima. This is...
FIRST DAY Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who bore on your body the signs of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, you took the Cross to the ends of the world while enduring the physical and moral sufferings that scourged your body in a continuous martyrdom. We beg you to pray to God for...
