What Is the Virtue of Faith and Why It’s Important By Plinio Maria Solimeo Faith, along with hope and charity, form the three theological virtues. Each has God as its object. In his Theology of Christian Perfection, the renowned Spanish theologian Fr. Royo Marin explains that “the theological virtues are the most important virtues in …
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How a Good Lent Can Help Fix a Bad Economy By John Horvat II To those who see no link between Lent and our failing economy, it might be the case to look again. Economics is about people. It cannot be reduced to numbers, formulae and analyses. “The subject matter of economics,” observes economic historian …
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Lent: Historically and Practically By America Needs Fatima Original Article: Link Lent is a 40-day preparation for Easter, a period reminiscent of the 40 years the Israelites wondered in the desert, and of the 40 days Our Lord Jesus Christ prayed and fasted in the wilderness. On both accounts, and in view of the Lord’s …
Why Ash Wednesday? Why Ashes? By Andrea F. Philips Original Article: Link What is Ash Wednesday? On Ash Wednesday Catholics proclaim their Faith in the public square as they go about marked with a black cross. Still, as praiseworthy as it is for Catholics to uphold the feast of Ash Wednesday by making a point …
A Short Struggle; An Everlasting Prize The Imitation of The Sacred Heart of Jesus Original Article: Link Let It Not Be Enough For Thee To Repulse Satan; Strive, Also, To Injure Him. 1. The Voice of Jesus My Child, hast thou fallen into sin? Do not again give thyself up to it; but so guard …
Never Withhold a Sin During Confession Original Article: Link “Father, I should be in hell!” A fifteen-year-old boy in Turin, Italy was about to die. He called for Don Bosco, but the saint was not able to make it in time. Another priest heard the boy’s confession and the boy died. When Don Bosco returned …
Conversion of Saint Paul By America Needs Fatima Feast January 25 Saul, later Paul, was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin. Being born at Tarsus in Cilicia, he was by privilege a Roman Citizen. As a young man he studied the Law of Moses in Jerusalem under Gamaliel, a learned and noble Pharisee, and …
When She Prayed for Help, God Answered with an Explosion Imagine risking prison time for feeding the hungry. That was the reality faced by Emilia, a woman whose story of faith, forgiveness, and divine intervention still inspires believers today. Her life reminds us that true charity often comes with sacrifice, but also that no act …
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The Marvelous Relic of Our Lady’s Veil at Chartres By James Bascom After Notre Dame in Paris, Chartres cathedral is undoubtably France’s most famous medieval cathedral. It’s gothic arches, flying buttresses, magnificent statues, and approximately 170 medieval stained-glass windows attract millions of pilgrims from all over the world. It is a masterpiece of the medieval …
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Padre Pio and the Struggle for Patience Do you ever find yourself losing patience and thinking, “That’s just how I am”? You’re not alone — and you’re not unchangeable. Even saints wrestled with temper and impatience. One of the most inspiring examples comes from Padre Pio, whose fiery temperament became a path toward deep humility, gentleness, and …
