4 December, Saint Barbara, Virgin and Martyr
I am mindful today of the dear friends named Barbara whom God has sent into my life. According to tradition, Saint Barbara was confined to...
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I have never made a secret of it: Blessed Abbot Marmion has been for me a spiritual master, a father, and a friend from the...
Les belles amitiés: Thérèse et Théophane
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face (1873–1897) Saint Théophane Vénard (1829–1861) It is true that the Lord chooses the little...
Mother Clelia Merloni
Today is the anniversary of the death of Mother Clelia Merloni (1861–1930), the foundress of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart. Mother Clelia’s life was...
My Elizabethan Friend
I happen to have a friend who — quite apart from the fact that she is of Hungarian descent — reminds me of Saint Elizabeth...