A Reflection from “Wisdom from the Cross” by Casey Chalk Following the Great Forgiver The earliest Christians saw Jesus’ willingness to forgive His enemies as a model for their own lives. Certainly St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr, viewed it as an exemplar to follow. When the Jewish leaders decided to stone Stephen to death,
A Reflection from “Fairest Flower of Paradise” by Alexis Cardinal Lepicier “She brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger” (Lk 2:7). Let us transport ourselves in thought to that solemn moment when Mary, having carried in her womb for nine months the Word of God
A Nativity Reflection from “The Prince of Peace” by Archbishop Alban Goodier “And thou, Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Judah: out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of
A Reflection from “The Truth About Purgatory” by Martin Jugie The Catholic dogma of Purgatory supposes the immortality of the human soul, and the existence, for that soul, of another life after death has separated it from its vesture of clay. We are not concerned here with demonstrating the immortality of the soul. That
A Reflection from “The Most Powerful Saints in Exorcism” by Charles D. Fraune and Patrick O’Hearn In his book True Devotion to Mary, St. Louis de Montfort shared a prophesy that in our present time, God would raise up “great saints who shall surpass most of the other saints in sanctity as much as
A Reflection from “The Power of the Rosary” by Gabriel Castillo On multiple occasions I have accidentally caught myself referring to St. John Paul II as “my dear friend.” It just comes out and catches me off guard, and I am quick to clarify that I never actually met him, yet I do genuinely
A Reflection from “Persecuted from Within” by Joshua Charles and Alec Torres St . Teresa The role of reformer—or, in a sense, of re-foundress—would have seemed an unlikely one for Teresa of Avila to play, at least when she was young. She writes in her Vida that her early desire to become a nun was
A Reflection from “The Most Powerful Saints in Exorcism” by Charles D. Fraune and Patrick O’Hearn As the youngest child of two saintly parents, Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin, St. Thérèse of Lisieux had two of the greatest models for holiness. One of her nicknames, which she gave herself, was the “little flower,” as
A Reflection from “Padre Pio and You” by Mary O’Regan During the fifty-eight years he was a priest, Pio was simultaneously a stigmatist. He received the stigmata in September 1910, and he died in September 1968. He was a crucified priest, living a living crucifixion. For the first eight years of priesthood, Pio had
A Reflection from “The Power of the Rosary” by Gabriel Castillo Their delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that