How St. Joseph Helped Us This Year: Our Big Announcement
Dan Burke
October 5, 2021
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Dan Burke gives thanks to St. Joseph and shares some big news about the Avila Foundation.
St. Thérèse was a Prima Ballerina
Claire Dwyer
September 28, 2021
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St. Thérèse made it look easy–but her fortitude was born out of a million unseen movements of love, Claire Dwyer reflects.
How Padre Pio Helped Me Overcome My Fear of Christian Mysticism
Christine Flynn
September 20, 2021
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Christine Flynn explains how reading about Padre Pio helped her overcome her reluctance to embrace Christian mysticism.
Waiting for God’s Best
Elizabeth Mitchell
August 30, 2021
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When God drives the Abandonment Bus, He is directing you to a better outcome. Just hold on. The Lord will take our idols, our understanding, our timing, our control, and He will make a way in the wilderness. “You shall know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted that which was desolate.” (Ezekiel 36:36)
St. Gemma and Her Guardian Angel
Sophia Institute Press
August 25, 2021
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Angels are messengers between God and men. But sometimes they are also messengers of their protégés. St. Gemma Galgani, a young Italian woman who was
On the Limits and Failures of Saints
Fr. Matthew MacDonald
August 12, 2021
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Is every saint perfect in that they always did the will of God in everything in their life?
July 26, 1942
Claire Dwyer
July 23, 2021
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“Since the Catholic bishops have interfered in something that does not concern them, deportation of all Catholic Jews will be speeded up and completed within the coming week,” wrote the Commanding Officer of Security Police. “No appeals for clemency shall be considered.”
The Masterpiece of the Divine Artist
Elizabeth Mitchell
April 20, 2021
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The Lord sees within each of us His hope for the perfect fulfillment of all He has created us to be. For every human being, there is a divine archetype within God’s heart. We become, to a greater or lesser extent, the person He has called us to become, and when we correspond most closely to His perfect ideal for our lives, we too become a masterpiece.
St. Joseph: Model Husband and Father
Claire Dwyer
March 17, 2021
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Join Bishop Olmsted and others around the world in meditating on the life of St. Joseph and in joining the Church in prayer on his feast day in the very year dedicated to him.
Christ Was Cancelled First
Elizabeth Mitchell
March 14, 2021
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Christ allows himself to be immolated, and with the help of His grace, invites us to follow Him willingly into the place of death to ourselves. Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell with a powerful reflection.
