Cry out with joy and gladness: for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel. Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart
Adelaide died in 999 at the monastery of Seltz, Alsace, and was canonized in 1097 by Pope Urban II
“Lord Jesus come” (Maranatha) is an ancient Christian prayer(1Cor.16:22; Rev.22:20)which Paul uses to encourage the first Christians.
By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.
St. Maria Crocifissa Di Rosa was born in 1813, and was the founder of the Handmaids of Charity, in Brescia, Italy in 1839.
God is always at work, and God’s messengers are always in the world. We need to be sensitive and attentive to the signs of God’s quiet presence — we would not wan
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
Dec. 14 is the liturgical memorial of Saint John of the Cross, a 16th century Carmelite priest best known for reforming his order together with Saint Teresa of Avila.
When we find our hearts so unteachably seeking what is not good or not good for us, teach us again.
Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
St. Lucy is a virgin and martyr of Syracuse in Sicily, Like so many of the early martyrs, Lucy had consecrated her virginity to God, and she hoped to devote all her wor
Jesus points out that who oppose the preaching of John and of Jesus about the kingdom, oppose the kingdom itself.
Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthq
In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to Saint Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City.
A reading like this invites us to reflect on the initiative of God who calls and to receive the strength we need to respond with vigour to His call.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins
Saint Damasus was born in Rome at the beginning of the fourth century. His father, a widower, had received Holy Orders there and served as parish priest in the church o
God does not leave anyone behind; no one is unimportant to God. A flock missing one sheep is not complete — it is no longer flock. We should have the same attitude as
