Navigating Tough Times
Souls that thrive in times like these are deeply rooted in prayer. They spend part of every day in personal prayer and adoration. Perhaps they have access to an open church; perhaps they pray from home. But pray they do.
Miracles & Inspiration
The Holy Spirit Has Been Given To Us
In his great Epistle on justification, Saint Paul presents the Holy Spirit as the hero of the Christian life, whose full power has been unleashed by Jesus’ death and resurrection! The overarching theme of Paul’s letter to the Romans (chapters 1-8) is POWER leading to LIFE.
How St. Charles Borromeo Fought the Deadly Virus in Milan as Fearless Pastor
The Coronavirus is not the first epidemic to strike the world. Yet as churches are closed and the sacraments are difficult to find, the question arises: How did the Church and the saints deal with plagues in the past? In …
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Drawn to the Source and Summit of the Faith
Many years ago I was with a Protestant friend who casually mentioned he had just met a priest from Africa studying at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He asked the priest what he was studying and the …
St. Joseph: Terror of Demons
Saint Joseph is most powerful against the demons which fight against us. — St. Alphonsus Liguori Saint Joseph the Worker Like all Christians at that time, I too was happy and grateful at the Church’s decision to declare a liturgical …
Like Nothing Before In All History
Garabandal points to future events based upon previous events that are complimentary to other issues in the Catholic faith, as well events that are in the Old Testament. If one understands that the Blessed Mother, and the Host of Heaven, has a plan for the salvation of all mankind, then Garabandal makes even more sense.
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It is in the still small voice we hear God, and this slowing down will save us all in the long term. We need to see the permissive Will of God in this situation at the moment, and grasp the perspective of Heaven. There will be a lot of good to come from this. History repeatedly tells us in times of stress, is where the saints are made.
Five Tips to Help the Holy Souls During Lent
It is our duty to pray especially for the souls of our family, friends, and benefactors. Pray especially for our priests, and consecrated religious. We tend to “canonize” our clergy and loved ones immediately after their death. Fr. Frederick Faber …
De Mattei: Gregory and the Coronavirus of his time
An aura of mystery surrounds the Coronavirus, or Covid-19, as we don’t know either its origins or the real data of its diffusion, nor of its possible consequences. What we do know however, is that pandemics have always been considered as Divine …
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Father Jose’s Life After Death Experience
I was riding a motorcycle when I was hit head-on by a jeep driven by a man who was intoxicated after a Hindu festival. I was rushed to a hospital about 35 miles away. On the way my soul came out from my body and I experienced death.