Weekly Confession, Daily Communion: Padre Pio’s Practical Road to Holiness Padre Pio’s counsel offers a clear, compassionate path for anyone who has felt unworthy of God’s grace: receive Holy Communion daily unless certain of mortal sin, and root the spiritual life in steady habits that cleanse the heart and quiet scruples. His approach is practical …
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Does God Hear My Prayer? Have you ever prayed and felt as though God wasn’t listening? Perhaps life once felt calm and steady, but now it’s filled with worries—strained relationships, financial pressures, sleepless nights. In those moments we turn to God, hoping for comfort, yet sometimes it feels like Heaven is silent. But silence does …
Saint Bernard Teaches: Do Not Take Your Eyes Off Our Lady By Plinio Corrêa 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 …
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How the Seven Sorrows Transform Trials into Grace Suffering is not a curse—it is often the clearest sign of divine love. The devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows invites a courageous look at sorrow as a path to union with Christ and a share in His redeeming work. Mary’s life shows that love and suffering …
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Our Lady of La Salette By Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Original Article: Link Feast September 19 Supernatural, Regal Majesty and Immeasurable Goodness The book by Pie Régamey, Les plus beaux textes sur la Vierge (Éditions La Colombe, Paris, 1946, pp.387 ff.), contains a testimony by Mélanie Calvat, the girl who had the vision of Our Lady of …
The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary By Fr. Raymond de Thomas de Saint-Laurent Original Article: Link Many days passed before God finally completed the masterpiece of His creation. For nine months, the soul of Mary had given form to her virginal body, and the hour of her happy birth approached. As the suffocating Palestinian summer …
The Rosary, Her Ladder to Heaven Adapted from The Glories of Mary by Saint Alphonsus Liguori There was once a woman named Ellen who led a life of scandalous sin. One day, in a tired, depressed moment, when the glamour seemed to have gone out of life, Ellen entered a church. By chance, the sermon …
The Miraculous Story of Brother Modestino and Padre Pio A single choice can quietly transform an entire life. This is especially true for those who have felt called to follow the path lit by Padre Pio, a Capuchin friar revered for his spiritual insight, miraculous intercessions, and enduring legacy. For many believers, his influence makes …
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The Passion of Saint John the Baptist By America Needs Fatima Original Article: Link Feast August 29 Shortly after he had baptized Jesus on the banks of the Jordan, John the Baptist had denounced Herod, the tetrarch of Galilee, to his face. For thirty years the dissolute ruler had indulged himself and his every whim, …
Saint Maximilian Kolbe: The Immaculata’s Perfect Knight By Michael Gorre Original Article: Link Having selected ten prisoners to die in the starvation bunker to serve as a lesson for an escaped prisoner, Nazi SS Captain Karl Fritsch was about to leave Auschwitz concentration camp’s Block 13 when the unimaginable happened. Prisoner 16670 stepped out of …
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