Category: Saints

It is not good for man to be alone

Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today’s feast of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph compels me to reflect on...

Become Like a Consuming Fire

The First Benedictine Oblates In the Benedictine tradition, January 15th is the feast of the young disciples of Our Father Saint Benedict, Maur and Placid....

The Man Enchanted With Christ

A Saint With Holy Siblings Saint Gregory of Nyssa is often overshadowed by his illustrious brother Saint Basil the Great and his remarkable sister Saint...

Domine Jesu, suscipe spiritum meum

The Prayer of Saint Stephen Saint Stephen had so patterned his life after that of our Lord Jesus Christ — Witness, Priest and Servant —...

In My Gallery of Heavenly Heroes

December 1st is the dies natalis of four holy priests who figure in my personal gallery of heavenly heroes. Saint Ralph Sherwin, Priest and Martyr,...