Category: Saints

Cistercian Martyrs of England

7 March 2007

I was deeply moved when the martyrology for today, March 8th, was read in Chapter. Hearing the names of these English Cistercian martyrs read out...

Please Join Me in Prayer

2 March 2007

I received two urgent requests for intercessory prayer today: From Massachusetts, Father Jim O’Driscoll asks for prayer for his sister–in–law Emily suffering from cancer. Her...

Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata

27 February 2007

Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata died on February 27, 1862 at twenty-four years of age. Pope Benedict XV canonized him on May 13, 1920. A...

Ninth Day of the Novena

26 February 2007

Yesterday in his Angelus address, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the subject of his Lenten message: the contemplation of the Sacred Side of Jesus, pierced...

Eighth Day of the Novena

25 February 2007

Saint Gabriel of the Addolorata, even from his place in glory, makes friends easily. Like Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy...

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