The “Danger” in Admiring the Saints
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
August 1, 2024
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“The danger that we face in honoring the saints is that we admire them–but from a distance.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
The Peter and Paul Effect
Thomas Griffin
June 26, 2024
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“Our sins do not disqualify us from becoming saints, they serve as the soil for the conversion that Jesus wants to work in us.” – Thomas Griffin
Leave All Behind And Pray Like St. Anthony
Thomas Griffin
January 14, 2024
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“Anthony’s call was unique. It was special. But so is yours.” – Thomas Griffin
The First Experts of Prayer
Patrick O'Hearn
January 13, 2024
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“In these holy parents, I discovered seven hallmarks: Sacramental Life, Surrender, Sacrificial Love, Suffering, Simplicity, Solitude, and the Sacredness of Life.” – Patrick O’Hearn
“Finding Peace in the Storm” : Wisdom From St. Alphonsus Liguori
Valentina Imhoff
January 11, 2024
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“There was my answer: If I wish to become a saint, then God’s will must be my greatest aim.” – Valentina Imhoff
St. Sharbel: Untie the Ropes!
Fr. Derek Sakowski
December 14, 2023
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“I willingly reorder so many things in my life and make great sacrifices – but resist and resist letting go of that last thing or two. It’s a false security, rooted in ungodly self-reliance and pride.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski
St. Athanasius: Pillar of the Church
Sophia Institute Press
November 8, 2023
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“Let what was confessed by the Fathers of Nicaea prevail.” So wrote Athanasius to a philosopher in his final years. Even to this day, Catholics
This Present Paradise: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Claire Dwyer
November 7, 2023
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“Elizabeth lived her life with constant awareness of the life of the Trinity within her. In the center of her soul, the ‘secret cellar,’ she found a bottomless depth of the divine.” – Claire Dwyer
An Obscure Saint: Clare of the Cross
Jenny duBay
October 19, 2023
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“When her body was cut open in a church-sanctified autopsy, the image of a crucifix is said to have been discovered etched on her heart.” – Jenny duBay
A Miracle of St. Therese
Sophia Institute Press
June 21, 2023
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Below is one miracle recounted through the intercession of St. Therese. On March 3, 1972, Nogent-le-Roi’s firefighters took me to the hospital in Dreux after
