Get to know the amazing October saints!
October is filled to the brim with feast days of some of the biggest saints in Church history! Some may be familiar, others more obscure. Consider this a kind of…
Saints to help us discover the extraordinary in the ordinary
Daily we experience the punishments incurred by our first parents’ fall: sickness, pain, the toil of work, life’s tediousness. We live the latter daily, finding our lives slipping into a…
The love of the Trinity and my saint best friend
My first year as a missionary with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, I was gifted a book called “Divine Intimacy.” This devotional follows the old liturgical calendar, giving reflections…
Physical illness brought me closer to this popular saint
Working as a Catholic communications professional kept me busy. I rarely had the opportunity to sit down and read for pleasure. For years, I had wanted to read “Diary of…
A valuable lesson from the most ambitious saint
I’ve heard it said that after her death from tuberculosis in 1897, some of St. Thérèse’s religious sisters wondered what would be put in her obituary. After all, she was…
If you’re struggling in your vocation, look to this powerful couple
The feast of the Holy Spouses, which originated back in the 15th century and has grown in and out of favor ever since, is usually celebrated toward the end of…
St. Agnes taught me about love on my honeymoon
People are right when they tell you during marriage prep that the process of learning how to live with your spouse is challenging. I don’t mean this purely because in…
Getting to know your saint of the year
For the last few years, our family has chosen a patron saint (or, rather, the patron saint has chosen us) through an online Saint’s Name Generator created by Jennifer Fulwiler….
A saint for the darkest time of the year
During the darkest time of the year, when daylight seems to last but a breath and when mankind is holding its breath, eagerly awaiting the birth of a savior, we…
3 lessons I learned from St. Mary Magdalene
Commonly depicted with long, wavy hair and an alabaster jar of ointment in her hand, St. Mary Magdalene is often mentioned in the same breath as that ugly word, “sin.”…