Category: Saints

What will tomorrow bring?

Then again, there is also May 5th . . . O God, who raised up Pope Saint Pius V within Thy Church to uphold the...

The Secret of Mary

Tomorrow is the liturgical memorial of Saint Louis–Marie Grignion de Montfort. His writings have been a lamp unto my feet and a fire in my...

Blessed Maria Rafael Arnáiz Barón

A Gifted Boy Today is also the memorial of Blessed Rafael Arnáiz Barón (1911- 1938), a Trappist Cistercian Oblate of the Abbey of San Isidoro...

Saint Mark

Saint Mark, Evangelist 1 Peter 5: 5b-14 Psalm 88: 2-3, 6-7, 16-17 Mark 16: 15-20 Mark and Peter Tradition calls Saint Mark the interpreter of...

No Peace Without Chastity

A Holy Abbess The Benedictine–Cistercian calendar commemorates today Saint Franca of Piacenza, virgin (1173–1218). Franca was an intrepid monastic reformer. After enduring sufferings and persecutions...