Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska – The “Secretary” of Divine Mercy The third millennium seems to have begun under the sign of uncertainty, insecurity, the threat of war and disillusionment. The technological advances of previous centuries brought conveniences and the ease of rapid communication, but failed to supply peace or an end to the sufferings of […]
The Archangels
St. Michael, by Gerard David – Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Perhaps Angels are not as we imagine them to be. Several centuries of sentimental religious iconography have ended up peddling us a kind of standardized figure of the winged personage: a youth – or child, according to the taste of the patron – dressed in light robes, […]
Saint Isaac Jogues
Saint Isaac Jogues – A Sacrifice of Pleasing Aroma to the Lamb Once Slain From the deck of the galley came cries of panic, interspersed with claps of thunder: — The ship is sinking! We are lost! Statue venerated at St. Isaac Jogues Parish, Wayne (PA, USA) Fr. Jogues, who was on his knees in […]
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Catherine of Siena God, in His infinite wisdom, sets out for each member of the faithful a specific path of sanctification, granting special graces for the fulfilment of this calling. Some He chooses for missions of exceptional importance. These are providential souls, destined to reveal the divine will for a particular epoch and thus […]
Love is the Science of the Saints
We too, with St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus must be able to repeat to the Lord every day that we want to live of love for Him and for others, to learn at the school of the Saints to love authentically and totally.
Saint Mary Magdalene: The one that loved much
The passionate soul does not know fear, it does not measure risks. In the Garden of Olives the Apostles fled in terror. Mary Magdalene, on the other hand, went out in search of her Beloved, and He went to meet her.
