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• Saint Cecilia Virgin And Martyr
  Cecilia was born of a noble Roman family, all of whom had embraced Our Lord Jesus and our Church. She was beautiful outside as well as inside, all through her life. She was a perfect example of a fine Christian girl, and was a tremendous influence on everyone she came in contact with. She had a great love for Jesus, and vowed her virginity to Him. She asked for protection from anyone or anything that would jeopardize her virginity.
  Published 03Feb2012, viewed 17 times

• Do You Believe In Purgatory?
  In the Catholic Church, the Mystical Body of Christ consists of three Churches: The Church Militant - we the faithful who dwell on earth, The Church Triumphant - the elect who are in the presence of the Beatific Vision in Heaven, and The Church Suffering - those who are no less members of the Body but who are in Purgatory.
  Published 12Feb2012, viewed 90 times

• Do You Believe In Hell?
  Hell is mentioned one hundred and forty-six times in the Bible. If we add Gehenna to the configuration, it's another twelve times. So, I think we are standing on good authority, when we speak of the existence of Hell. We hear Jesus Himself saying to Peter: "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." (Matt 16:18)
  Published 09Feb2012, viewed 37 times

• Do You Believe In Heaven?
  A rainbow is a promise. God our Father reaffirmed the promise He made about our Redemption in the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:15) when Noah landed on the rock after having spent forty days and forty nights in the ark during the flood. The Lord stopped the rain, and gave us a double rainbow.
  Published 07Feb2012, viewed 30 times

• Padre Pio And The Santo Bambino
  Saint Padre Pio had an overwhelming devotion to the Child Jesus. Throughout his life, we see photos of the Saintly Franciscan and images of the Child Jesus. In all these photos, it is very obvious from the way he holds these little statues, how much he loves the One Whom they represent.
  Published 02Jan2012, viewed 77 times

• Saint Thérèse Of The Child Jesus And Her Walk Toward Him
  Over the years, I have wondered how the Little Flower, another title of the great and yet humble Doctor of the Church, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, got the name Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Visiting Les Buissonnets, home of the Martin family, on pilgrimage, we discovered a small manger, in the back of the Martin garden, with a bed of straw, upon which lay a tiny Creche and all the little figures of the Nativity.
  Published 31Dec2011, viewed 48 times

• Treasures From The Crib Of Jesus
  Family, God is so good. We have been racking our brains trying to give you some really meaningful gifts from the Lord for this Christmas season. As it turns out, we read Conversations With God, a meditation book by Francisco Fernandez, of Opus Dei, founded by St. Jose Escriva. There are two teachings we want to share with you, which we believe you will agree constitute two of the greatest gifts the Lord could give you.
  Published 27Dec2011, viewed 113 times

• The Child Jesus In The Holy Land
  Here before us was a tiny Baby with curly hair, a chubby Baby, a carefree Baby, a joy to behold, with a tiny bird in His plump little Hands. From a distance He had looked like an ordinary baby, so sweet, so peaceful, so adorable, so untouched. Then we stepped closer and looked into His Eyes! They were not the eyes of a baby.
  Published 25Dec2011, viewed 36 times

• Christmas in Brooklyn
  For those of you who do not know our story, Bob was born in the Bronx and I in Brooklyn. We were city children who lived in a small town called a neighborhood. Customs from different parts of the world filled and permeated our little world. Often a neighborhood became like a little country unto itself, as members of families and friends from the "old country" moved close to each other.
  Published 20Dec2011, viewed 48 times

• Put Christ Back In Christmas
  Two strong anti-Christ movements have been insidiously polluting our society and sadly at times our parish churches: One, Take Christ off the Cross and Two, Remove the Creche and the Baby Jesus.
  Published 16Dec2011, viewed 197 times

• Visions Of Saint Mary Magdalene De Pazzi
  One day, while praying in the garden of the Convent with the other religious, Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi became enraptured in ecstasy and saw before her the pits of Purgatory opening. She later shared that she heard a voice, beckoning her to follow and witness the pain, the Poor Souls in Purgatory had to endure. The voice explained this was so that when she prayed for them, she would pray relentlessly and compassionately.
  Published 29Oct2011, viewed 189 times

• Saint Catherine De Ricci And The Poor Souls In Purgatory
  She constantly prayed for the release of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory. She performed acts of charity; she offered up her Masses and Communions on their behalf. She was even willing to suffer in their place, and there are many accounts where the Lord allowed her to do so. The Poor Souls were allowed to enter the Kingdom before they had suffered for the period assigned them, as Catherine suffered unbelievable pain on their behalf.
  Published 27Oct2011, viewed 151 times

• Saint Bernadette And The Sounds Of Hell
  St. Bernadette never actually had a vision of Hell, as much as she experienced the Sounds of Hell during one of the times when Our Lady appeared to her. This occurred during the fourth apparition, which took place on Friday, February 19, 1858. Our Lady had no sooner appeared to Bernadette, when the child heard the most horrible roaring sounds, much like screaming and raving, very low and guttural at first, very angry.
  Published 24Oct2011, viewed 146 times

• Visions Of Saint Margaret Of Cortona
  The Souls in Purgatory would appear to Saint Margaret of Cortona and beg her to offer all her suffering to diminish their pain and anguish. In particular, there were two merchants who had been slain on the road and died suddenly without having made restitution to those with whom they had dealt unfairly, cheating them while still alive. Death had come upon them so unexpectedly, they had not had time to go to a priest and confess their sins.
  Published 24Oct2011, viewed 211 times

• Visions Of The Saints
  Family, researching and writing about Visions of the Saints has been one of the most emotional experiences we've ever had. It has been exciting, inspiring, frightening, uplifting. It has called us to new commitment! We've been brought back to some of the values of our childhood, long forgotten.
  Published 21Oct2011, viewed 127 times

• Visions Of The Children Of Fatima
  Over the years, we have had an opportunity to go through all the occurrences of that six month period which would change the world forever. Everything was important to them, but some things burned an impression on their hearts and minds, more than others. One of these events was a vision, rather than a message from our Lady.
  Published 18Oct2011, viewed 240 times

• Saint Peter Julian Eymard
  Saint Peter Julian Eymard came by his love of the Eucharist from his father, who belonged to a Eucharistic association. The father was a strong Catholic and a good father. He was a victim of Jansenism, a stern religious belief, fostered by Bishop Cornelius Jansen, which taught that man was corrupt, and not worthy of redemption. Only the elect would see Heaven.
  Published 15Oct2011, viewed 127 times

• Our Lady of Pontmain - Part II
  In a small village in the middle of nowhere, at the very darkest hour, Mary, the giving Mary, the loving Mary, began a precedent which has stayed with us from that time until this. We can change His mind through His Mother. Tribulation and chastisement can be lessened, minimized, and very possibly done away with, through the intercession of the beautiful Lady who was given to us at the foot of the Cross.
  Published 09Oct2011, viewed 97 times

• Our Lady of Pontmain - Part I
  Jesus loves His Mother so much. She, on the other hand, loves us so much; she always comes to us, to help us, to guide us, to plead with us, to plead for us.
  Published 07Oct2011, viewed 88 times

• Should We Apologize To Sodom And Gomorrah?
  When we compare the wicked behavior of the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, which precipitated such an action by the Almighty, to the sins of the modern world, not only in our country but particularly in our country, we find ourselves apologizing to Sodom and Gomorrah! For this generation, with its wholesale perversion and legalized immorality running rampant throughout our society, has plummeted far lower than that of Sodom and Gomorrah!
  Published 30Sep2011, viewed 211 times

• Our Country Is Changing?
  Today, as we write about our Popes down through the 2000 plus years of the history of our beloved Church, we find ourselves praising God for the gifts He has left us in our Princes of our Church. We realize how very intertwined the world's history has been with the history of our Church.
  Published 17Sep2011, viewed 105 times

• Bishop Oscar Romero
  Two weeks before his death, Bishop Oscar Romero gave a telephone interview to a Mexican newspaper. He made the following statement: "I have often been threatened with death. I must tell you, as a Christian, I do not believe in death without Resurrection. If I am killed, I shall arise in the Salvadoran people. I say so without boasting, with the greatest humility.
  Published 19Aug2011, viewed 118 times

• Saint Thomas More - English Martyr for the Faith
  St. Thomas More upheld the validity of the King's marriage to Catherine, but requested he be allowed to stand aside from the controversy. When he was asked to present the case to Parliament, he refused to render his opinion. As we all try to do, he was trying to skirt the issues, but he would soon find it to be impossible.
  Published 18Jul2011, viewed 106 times

• Is There A Purgatory?
  
  Published 10Jul2011, viewed 189 times

• Our Lady of Laus - Refuge of Sinners
  Family, we have traveled thousands of miles across the seas to beloved France, "eldest daughter of the Church." Our Lady has called us to bring you the best kept secret for 400 years, a Sanctuary, a Shrine to Our Lady Refuge of Sinners, a place to come to shed everything which separates you from Our Lord, which we pray will touch your heart as it has ours. Pray and listen to your heart, for this, her gift is just for you.
  Published 09Jul2011, viewed 296 times

• Blessed John Paul II - Part III
  "Breaking through all resistance, the new Pope steers the ship safely between the two columns and moors it to the two columns; first, to the one surmounted by the Host and then to the other, topped by the statue of the Virgin. At this point, something unexpected happens. The enemy ships panic and disperse, colliding with and scuttling each other.
  Published 08Jul2011, viewed 170 times

• Blessed John Paul II - Part II
  But now family, we truly believe Pope John Paul knew he was being called Home by Our Lord Jesus. It's almost as if he was setting the stage for us for when he would be gone. We recall how blessed we felt the week before his death, when we had the privilege of watching beneath his apartment. When he tried to give us an Easter blessing from the window of his papal apartment, no matter how he tried, he couldn't get the words out.
  Published 05Jul2011, viewed 191 times

• Blessed John Paul II - Part I
  Family, we are very excited about this year. Pope John Paul II, or Pope John Paul the Great, will be beatified on May 1, in St. Peter's Square. If the predictions hold true that 700,000 Polish pilgrims will descend on the Holy City for that occasion, it will be the greatest and largest event our Church has ever experienced.
  Published 01Jul2011, viewed 133 times

• The Miracles of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
  Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi was endowed with many Heavenly gifts. She was able to foretell the future. She told Alexander de Medici that he would be Pope but that he would have a short reign. His papacy lasted twenty-six days! Sometimes a gift and other times a cross, Mary Magdalen was granted the Grace to read men's hearts. Many witnesses attested she bi-located, appearing to different people in different places at the very same moment.
  Published 27Jun2011, viewed 186 times

• The Mexican Martyrs Of The 20th Century
  We went to the ranches where these priests ministered, to the poorest villages in Mexico, and once, we actually found ourselves in a jungle, or a rain forest, outside of Tequila, Mexico, where the people still live in adobe huts, have no electricity, and wash their dishes in a brook. Blessed Toribio Romo lived and celebrated Mass underground, and where he was finally caught and executed by the soldiers.
  Published 23Jun2011, viewed 176 times

• Saint Bernardine of Siena - His Legacy
  There are many portraits of St. Bernardine, but the greatest is that which can be found in his sermons. They were perpetuated by a faithful follower who meticulously wrote down every word uttered by St. Bernardine in his Lenten Sermons in 1427, on wax tablets. He then transposed them onto parchments
  Published 23Jun2011, viewed 143 times

• Saint Dominic Savio Partakes Of The Bread Of Angels
  Saint Dominic Savio loved all the Sacraments, knowing about them from an early age, and desired to participate in receiving all of them, his eyes and heart set on the priesthood. When he was barely seven, he knew his Catechism by heart and fully understood the teachings of the Church, with spiritual wisdom way beyond his age, especially the Sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.
  Published 03Apr2011, viewed 336 times

• Why Miracles Of The Eucharist - Part III
  During our Mass, we have a two-fold consecration. We consecrate the bread into the Body of Christ, and we consecrate the wine into the Blood of Christ. This is that re-creation of the Sacrifice of the Cross. And that has been the focal point of Christianity.
  Published 03Apr2011, viewed 223 times

• Why Miracles Of The Eucharist - Part II
  They didn't know why. They only knew that there was Healing Power in the flesh and blood of the Christians. We believe there's healing power in the flesh and Blood of Our Lord Jesus, as given to us in the Eucharist. And so heresies began to be spread, from the very beginning, denying the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist.
  Published 30Mar2011, viewed 290 times

• Why Miracles Of The Eucharist - Part I
  It's altogether fitting that the Lord allows us to come back to where for us, it all started, to the Shrine of the Miracles of the Eucharist in Lanciano, Italy to kind of kick off the Miracles of the Eucharist series that we're doing right now.. In order to do this, in order to even talk about Miracles of the Eucharist, and why Miracles of the Eucharist, we have to go back to Scripture, John 6:51
  Published 28Mar2011, viewed 301 times

• Saint Agatha - Early Christian Martyr
  Saint Agatha's response to her accuser, "My determination is built on rock and founded in Christ. Your promises are raindrops; your threats are rivers, and however hard they beat upon the foundation of my house, it cannot fail."
  Published 07Mar2011, viewed 532 times

• The Day We Met Blessed Pope John Paul II
  In the Spring of 1994, the four of us from Holy Family Mission had just arrived in Rome for an audience with Blessed Pope John Paul II.
  Published 22Feb2011, viewed 280 times

• The Pied Piper of Turin - Saint John Bosco
  One way was to have the students in the Theological Institute walk among the people, in an effort to become more aware and involved in what was going on. For John Bosco, this was a revelation. He knew, his apostolate was children, but he really had no conception of their plight, until he began to walk the streets of Turin.
  Published 18Feb2011, viewed 568 times

• Saint Angela Merici Wanted To Become A Saint
  The Fifteenth Century no better than the Fourteenth, God, countering evil with good, raised up a unique Saint Angela Merici. Permissiveness and promiscuity were running wild like the wine and revelry of the times, God raised a Saint who will not only be a contradiction in this hedonistic society, she will gather others to follow her in her divine quest to live a life of holiness.
  Published 16Feb2011, viewed 280 times

• Saint Francis de Sales - Defender of the Faith
  Whenever the Church is threatened, the Lord raises up a Saint or two or brings about Miracles. In this instance, the Lord raised up two Saints, St. Francis de Sales, the Bishop of Geneva, a Doctor of the Church, and Founder of a Religious Order and St. Jane Frances de Chantal. He also gave us many Miracles, including the softening of men's hearts.
  Published 12Feb2011, viewed 410 times

• Saints In The Catholic Church - True Role Models
  We pray that you will find something about Saints in the Catholic Church we've written that will make you want to go to your priest, and thank him for being a priest.
  Published 06Feb2011, viewed 547 times

• Saint Brother Andre - Miracle Worker?
  Saint Brother André never spoke of ecstasies, visions or inner locutions; he called them dreams. Although he would later call this time in a foreign country, away from all he knew and loved, his time in exile, he was not alone; his Saint Joseph was with him.
  Published 03Feb2011, viewed 361 times

• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton And Mysticism?
  We haven't spoken in this account of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton about any visions, locutions or mysticism. Quite honestly, that's because we haven't come across anything of that nature. And Mother Seton had always been a very down-to-earth, practical woman. However, the time was to come when the Lord would decide when the community would be built, where it would be built, and how it would be financed
  Published 01Feb2011, viewed 368 times

• Christmas Message From Bob And Penny Lord
  Happy Birthday Jesus! Family, Christmas is a time of Joy and Peace and Good Will to all men. As we begin writing for this special Blog, I cannot help reflecting on why the Baby was born. That Good News seems to get lost in the trying and buying we get busily involved with as the Savior is waiting to be born anew in our lives.
  Published 25Dec2010, viewed 333 times

• Saint John Of The Cross Enters the Carmelite Order
  The object of the Carmelite life was to meditate night and day on God's Law and His Word. Their houses were purposely found in places far removed from the distractions of the world, very often in the desert, in hermitages. They would practice long and severe fasts. Their life was spent communing with their Lord in contemplation, meditating on this King of all Who loved them.
  Published 16Jan2011, viewed 371 times

• The United States Was Consecrated To The Immaculate Conception In 1847?
  Did you know...? The First Council of Baltimore in 1846 proclaimed Our Mother Mary: "Mary in her Immaculate Conception Principal Patron of the United States." The Bishops of the United States on February 7, 1847 affirmed it by: "...unanimously placing the Catholic Church under the special patronage of the Blessed Virgin."
  Published 10Jan2011, viewed 388 times

• We Are Not Alone! We Are Never Alone! We Have Never Been Alone!
  On Wednesday, the 8th of December, we and Mother Church, celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Popes all had a devotion to the Holy Rosary: On September 17, 1569, Pope St. Pius V promulgated devotion to the Rosary, and because of the Christians' victory in Lepanto over the Muslims, he inaugurated an annual commemoration to Our Lady of the Victory.
  Published 08Jan2011, viewed 300 times

• A Message From Bob And Penny Lord To Men And Women Of Faith
  We have real enemies out there, who hate us and everything we stand for, and they are working overtime to try to destroy our Christian values, and our way of life. No, we believe that God is going to save us from our enemies by changing the hearts of men, by making us accept the fact that we have to fight for the things we hold dear, for our country and our Faith
  Published 20Dec2010, viewed 331 times

• Do Not Let Christianity Disappear
  The European Union, which is supposed to be fashioned after the United States of America, decided to write a history of Europe, but leaving the Catholic Church out altogether. That would seem like an impossibility, but we recall the words of Joseph Pulitzer, who at the time was publisher of the New York World. He wrote "If I don't write about it, it never happened!"
  Published 21Dec2010, viewed 415 times

• Angels Bridge the Gap
  In the history of the world, there have always been great gaps, separators which isolate one land mass from another. As a result of these natural boundary lines, countries have been formed; ethnic cultures have developed; physical and social separation were created.
  Published 21Dec2010, viewed 464 times

• Who is Pope Gregory the Great?
  In this article we discuss Pope Gregory's influence on not only the Church, but on the world, its governments, its rules of behavior, and much more, extended far beyond his lifetime.
  Published 16Dec2010, viewed 492 times

• Baby Jesus Brings Presents
  There are so many stories and traditions surrounding the giving of gifts at Christmas, as many as there are countries in the world. Christmas is the only birthday I know of that the One Whose Birth we are celebrating gives the gifts rather than receives them. For all we receive comes from Our Lord. It is He Who moves and molds men's hearts.
  Published 15Dec2010, viewed 694 times

• Who is Saint Frances Cabrini?
  St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Born in northern Italy in 1850, thirty nine years later, in 1889, she would sail for the United States, the first of many voyages she would make in her sixty seven years of service to the Lord. She is the first American citizen to be raised to the Communion of Saints, a member of the Church Triumphant.
  Published 13Dec2010, viewed 334 times

• Who is Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque?
  Are not Jesus' words to St. Margaret Mary, to us the Faithful as well, lest we think otherwise and fall? Did not St. Paul tell us that no one may boast; for we have faith, and are part of the Mystical Body of Christ by the Grace of God and His merciful Love.
  Published 12Dec2010, viewed 410 times

• Special Message from Bob and Penny Lord
  Our Ministry has always been known the Good News Ministry, and we do have Good News for you. We are not helpless and hopeless. In the light of all the darkness threatening the skies of our lives; there is a rainbow, a double rainbow representing the Lord and His Mother, a rainbow of promise and hope! Mother Mary is holding up Her Son's Arms and, as with Moses, as long as She is so doing, God will not mete out Justice.
  Published 09Dec2010, viewed 276 times

• Who is Saint Charles Borromeo?
  Saint Charles Borromeo grew up in an aristocratic, truly Catholic background. Charles was born in the castle of Arona on the breathtakingly beautiful Lake Maggiore, one of the most exquisite of the lakes of Italy, north of Milan, bordering the Swiss border.
  Published 07Dec2010, viewed 339 times

• Who is Saint Martin de Porres?
  Saint Martin de Porres has been given many titles over the years including Apostle of Charity, Saint of the Slaves, Patron of the Negroes, Patron of Social Justice, and others, all true, all describing one or more of his attributes, but none actually goes to the heart of who this Saint was. He was love; he was Christian; he was truly son of the Father, brother of the Son, and vessel of the Holy Spirit.
  Published 05Dec2010, viewed 602 times

• Saint Bonaventure becomes head of the Franciscans
  That same year, 1257, when Bonaventure was barely 36 years old, one of the most serious and difficult challenges in his life would be given to him. He was chosen Minister General of the Franciscan Order. While this would seem to most to be a great honor, it was a job which no one would have been able to handle as well as St. Bonaventure. He was the right man for the job at a crucial time. But he suffered.
  Published 15Aug2010, viewed 433 times

• Ignatius of Loyola forms the Society of Jesus - the Jesuits
  The first draft of the Jesuit Constitution was approved and it was time for the little company to elect a superior. Ignatius called all the members in Italy, to come together for this holy purpose, during the holiest times of the year, Lent. Those who were far away in foreign lands, sent their votes back in sealed envelopes. The only one who abstained from voting was Ignatius, who did not want to show favor for one above the others.
  Published 13Aug2010, viewed 372 times

• The Miracles of Kateri Tekakwitha
  The first miracle of Kateri Tekakwitha occurred within fifteen minutes after her death. Her face, which had been scarred from Smallpox from the time she was four years old, all of a sudden lost all the scars. She was transformed into the beautiful girl she had been as a child.
  Published 05Aug2010, viewed 1038 times

• Father Junipero Serra's last days in California
  It took Father Serra almost twenty years, from the time he was first summoned to come to the New World and serve in the missions, before he got to his first California Mission in San Diego, in what is today the State of California.
  Published 31Jul2010, viewed 478 times

• America's Miracle Worker
  We read and hear about Special Saints that are dubbed Miracle Workers like Brother Andre of Montreal or Saint Padre Pio of Italy and they are always from another country but now America has it own Miracle Worker.
  Published 30Jul2010, viewed 443 times

• Saint Maria Goretti's First Holy Communion
  If Saint Maria Goretti had a passion in her life, it was to be as close to Our Lord Jesus as humanly possible; and she knew the only way she could do that was by receiving His Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity in Holy Communion.
  Published 25Jul2010, viewed 689 times

• Visions of Heaven
  Saint Mary Madgalen de Pazzi had many visions of Heaven and Hell and among them was a vision of a professed Religious who suffered greatly toward the end of her life.
  Published 11Jun2010, viewed 746 times

• Miraculous Bees of Saint Rita of Cascia
  There are many instances in the lives of the Saints that involve animals. We recount one of them. There is a tradition in Roccaporena, Italy that as an infant, while Saint Rita of Cascia slept in a basket, in the fields where her parents were working, white bees swarmed around her open mouth.
  Published 07Jun2010, viewed 715 times

• Saint Bernardine of Siena
  To share with you the life of Saint Bernardine of Siena, we need to go back to the Tuscany of the 15th Century, puffed up by its ancient Etruscan history, and its involvement in the birth of Renaissance.
  Published 03Jun2010, viewed 295 times

• Mexico - Land anointed by the blood of Martyrs
  The Revolution in Mexico, purportedly for the freedom of the working class, was anything but that. It was just a changing of the guard: the few still had too much, and the many still had too little. The faces of the few had changed, but not that of the many. Only now, all were to be robbed of what treasure they had: the Catholic Church and their Salvador Jesús
  Published 18May2010, viewed 462 times

• Saint Rita of Cascia and her Pilgrimage to Rome
  The Nuns of Cascia were also planning a pilgrimage, which was not to include St. Rita. Knowing and understanding the reasoning behind her exclusion (her wound which continued to bleed, fester and emit unbearable odors), she nevertheless did not take it lying down.
  Published 14May2010, viewed 732 times

• Saint Catherine of Siena goes to Avignon, France
  Catherine wrote many letters to the Pope, pleading the case of Florence. It was always as if she were writing to an old friend, very personally, very lovingly, or as to a father, calling him "Babbo Mio," (my daddy), never intimidated yet respectful of his position. And he, on his part, answered in kind, to a daughter.
  Published 09May2010, viewed 547 times

• End Times Prophecy of Louis Marie de Montfort
  Saint Louis Marie de Montfort was a prophet of the Last Days. The reason we call St. Louis Marie de Montfort a prophet of the last days, even though he lived between the last half of the Seventeenth Century and the first part of the Eighteenth century is because of what we read in his prophecies which deal with these last days:
  Published 06May2010, viewed 620 times

• Miracle of Saint Catherine of Bologna
  Perhaps, one of the greatest Miracles is the incorrupt body of our Saint, seated on a regal throne in a Chapel to the left of the main altar in the Church of Corpus Domini in Bologna.
  Published 21Apr2010, viewed 1124 times

• Katharine Drexel and the Native Americans
  The Lord, not allowing too much time for grieving, sent two Catholic missionaries to the Drexel home. They came with well-founded fears that the U.S. government's recent poor handling of Indian affairs would undo all that had been built up so far to further the education of the Native Americans. Knowing of their parents' generous philanthropic work on behalf of the needy, they were appealing now to their daughters for help.
  Published 16Apr2010, viewed 553 times

• Saint Frances of Rome and Purgatory
  The Angel brought Frances to the lowest level of Purgatory, to a a cavern filled with a roaring fire, its red-hot flames cutting through the black smoke that darkened the cave. But as horrible as it was, Frances said it was not as hot as in Hell.
  Published 10Apr2010, viewed 1464 times

• The Day the "Word Was Made Flesh"
  Mary had been consecrated to the Temple, as a child. Her ongoing prayer was that the Messiah would come in her lifetime and free the people she loved so much. She spent much of her time in the Temple; but since her father's death, she spent a great deal of time caring for her aging mother, Anne.
  Published 06Apr2010, viewed 412 times

• Building of Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal
  They came; they prayed; they left changed. But Brother André knew his work was not over. And so, although now past sixty, he forged ahead with his dream to build a towering, magnificent Shrine, paying homage and loving respect to the man who cared for Jesus most of His life on earth.
  Published 03Apr2010, viewed 355 times

• Miracle of the Ice Bridge
  That Sunday, March 17th, Feast of St. Patrick, Father Duquay told the parishioners that there would be a High Mass for the feast of St. Joseph on March 19th, petitioning Jesus' foster father to ask his Son to form a bridge of ice!
  Published 30Mar2010, viewed 517 times

• Saint Rita of Cascia and the Stigmata
  Saint Rita of Cascia immediately began to bleed profusely, and the wound that kept bleeding has been accepted by all as the gift of the Stigmata of our Lord.
  Published 27Mar2010, viewed 678 times

• Saint Clare of Montefalco's heart
  Before she died, Saint Clare of Montefalco had declared, "I have the Crucified Jesus in my heart?" To their amazement, Clare's words came alive; there before them were the marks of Jesus Passion! Cradled inside the softness of her grand heart, was the Perfect Form of Jesus Crucified, even to the Crown of Thorns clearly evidenced on his Head, and the lance Wound in His Precious Side.
  Published 24Mar2010, viewed 963 times

• Miracle of Eudcharist of El Escorial Spain
  El Escorial was originally a grand monastery, the Royal Monastery of Spain in honor of the Spanish Martyr, San Lorenzo, or St. Lawrence. The concept of this masterpiece of Spanish architecture came to King Philip II, as he fought a fierce battle against the French in St. Quentin, France in 1557. He vowed, if he were victorious, he would build a splendid Monastery in honor of the Saint, on Spanish soil.
  Published 20Mar2010, viewed 711 times

• The History of Mont St. Michel
  Mont St. Michel, was once a Shrine to Belen, the Celtic god of Light. It later became a Shrine to the Roman Mercury. It did not become a Christian place of worship until the 5th century, when it was occupied by hermits from the other side of the channel (somewhere in the British Isles, as it is now known, probably from Ireland).
  Published 16Mar2010, viewed 586 times

• Who is Saint Roch?
  Saint Roch has many titles: Miracle Worker - Patron Saint of Cholera, Plague, epidemics, dogs, dog lovers, pilgrims, bachelors, surgeons and grave diggers, among others.
  Published 12Mar2010, viewed 731 times

• What happened in Lourdes?
  It's easy in retrospect to understand the need for divine intervention in 1858. In 1854, in the face of massive opposition, one of Mary's staunchest supporters, Pope Pius IX proclaimed to the world what had been believed down through the centuries, but had never been made a Dogma of the Church.
  Published 08Mar2010, viewed 730 times

• Saint Agatha of Catania
  Saint Agatha is the Patron of Catania Sicily. Her short life ended cruelly in 251. She is one of the most well-documented Martyrs in the history of the Church.
  Published 04Mar2010, viewed 917 times

• The Shroud of Turin - Shrouded in mystery?
  The Shroud, or linen cloth, is mentioned in each of the Evangelists? accounts of the death and burial of Jesus. While the official Church makes no comment as to the authenticity of the Shroud, Catholics by and large believe this to be the true burial cloth of Jesus.
  Published 25Feb2010, viewed 595 times

• The Vision of Saint Angela Merici
  Saint Angela Merici was confused about what God wanted her to do. She was praying, entreating God to show her His Plan. "You sent me back here, but what am I supposed to do? Enlighten me, please Lord!" And He did with a vision.
  Published 20Feb2010, viewed 713 times

• Bartolo Longo - from Satanist to Saint
  The man through which the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompei, Itlay came about was Bartolo Longo. He had been a Satanist and was converted to Catholicism. We give the account of his conversion.
  Published 17Feb2010, viewed 906 times

• The origin of hot cross buns - Saint Clare of Assisi
  Most of us are not aware of the origin of hot cross buns. Well Saint Clare of Assisi is responsible for them. Here is the account: We want to relate to you the story of Saint Clare of Assisi and the Hot Cross buns.
  Published 14Feb2010, viewed 1001 times

• Miracles in the life of Saint John Vianney
  Saint John Vianney is a well known saint for his preaching and exemplary life. In addition many miracles were attributed to him during his life including the Miracles of the flour and wine which we will discuss.
  Published 10Feb2010, viewed 607 times

• Jesus speaks to Saint Thomas Aquinas
  Later on in his life, when St. Thomas Aquinas was in Salerno, finishing the third part of his Summa, which deals with the Passion and the Resurrection, he was kneeling before the Altar in ecstasy. He could feel the overpowering presence of the Lord in the room. He looked up at the Crucifix and Jesus spoke to him.
  Published 06Feb2010, viewed 473 times

• The Miracle Worker of Montreal - Brother Andre
  Brother Andre became known as the Miracle Worker of Montreal Brother André was a man of prayer. He prayed long hours, several times a day, sometimes alone, at other times in the chapel, while traveling, with the sick and in a packed church. He attributed all the Miracles to Jesus Christ through the intercession of the Saints especially Saint Joseph.
  Published 02Feb2010, viewed 665 times

• Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton and her road to Catholicism
  Saint Elizabeth converted to Catholicism from protestantism. She shared her trials and tribulations of journey of faith for her. She lost some friends and gained others.
  Published 29Jan2010, viewed 359 times

• Saint John Neumann - Bishop of Philadelphia
  There were great pressures put on John Neumann bishop of Philadelphia. In spite of the pressure, John Neumann pushed forward and made many advances in Catholic education in the region.
  Published 29Jan2010, viewed 530 times

• The Little State that Could - New Hampshire
  Family, we just returned from New Hampshire, one of the smallest states in the Union geographically, but one of the most powerful states we have ever visited. It's a part of New England, which means it's a blue state, which is not necessarily good, but it's got a spirit and spunk that could easily make it a red state, if only the people would get together and decide on it. Let me tell you why.
  Published 22Jan2010, viewed 476 times

• Our Lady of Fatima - Portugal - Part II
  Portugal is a very special place in the hearts of Our Dear Lord Jesus and His Mother Mary. It has been consecrated to Mary for as long as anyone can remember. Let us go back in time to the spring of 1916. The world was in turmoil.
  Published 16Jan2010, viewed 587 times

• Our Lady of Fatima - Portugal - Part I
  Portugal is a very special place in the hearts of Our Dear Lord Jesus and His Mother Mary. It has been consecrated to Mary for as long as anyone can remember.
  Published 11Jan2010, viewed 500 times

• Saints Clare and Francis and Christmas
  Family, Christmas is and has always been a special time in our lives and the lives of our brothers and sisters who have preceded us, the Saints. Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi were great lovers of Christmas. Francis was actually the one who created the Christmas Creche, or Nativity Scene as we know it today.
  Published 06Jan2010, viewed 951 times

• The Many Faces of Mary
  Why not another story on Mary? Where is our greatest hope? Where have been our greatest victories? Who really loves you? Who will take care of you if you but reach out and ask for help? If you want to know how much Our Lady loves you, and is there for you, read the chapters of this book. Meditate on them. Think about what your needs are. Ask for them.
  Published 01Jan2010, viewed 663 times

• Keep Christ in Christmas
  Family, Christmas is and has always been a special time for us. It is a celebration, the birthday of Our Lord Jesus. It is a time of rejoicing, eating too much at times, and giving gifts from the heart, gifts that have meaning for us to the ones we love.
  Published 28Dec2009, viewed 547 times

• Santo Nino de Atocha - Miracles of El Nino
  There are many recorded miracles attributed to the Child Jesus known as El Nino or Santo Nino de Atocha. We have listed a few of them here to give you a taste of what has been happening.
  Published 25Dec2009, viewed 1069 times

• The Infant of Prague during the War years
  Devotion to the Infant of Prague started during the time of Saint Teresa of Avila in Spain and traveled to Prague with the Carmelites there. This devotion survived the ravages of the 20th century and continues to this day.
  Published 24Dec2009, viewed 464 times

• The Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe
  The Lady asked him to climb up the hill to the place where they had met previously. "There you will see many flowers; gather them carefully and place them together in your tilma; then bring them down and show them to me."
  Published 20Dec2009, viewed 744 times

• Pope John Paul II Movie
  Family, we want to share with you about our Pope John Paul II. Some years ago, Bob and I traveled with Brother Joseph and Luz Elena to Poland and Rome to make a documentary on Pope John Paul II' Dry Martyr. All I could think was how could he have lived through all that horror and still have love and empathy in his heart.
  Published 25Nov2009, viewed 519 times

• The Apparition at Knock Ireland - August 21, 1879
  She saw what she thought were statues of Our Lady, St. Joseph, and a Bishop, standing alongside a new altar, on top of which was a statue of a Lamb with a Cross.
  Published 16Dec2009, viewed 751 times

• Saint John of the Cross and his path of self-renunciation
  Nothing that St. John of the Cross would write, in later years, was as uncompromising as the standards he set for himself and St. Teresa, of self-renunciation.
  Published 16Dec2009, viewed 432 times

• Blessed Miguel Pro - Martyr of Mexico
  A plot had been hatched. We don't know if it was directed against Miguel Pro, or former president Obregon. Some think it was Calles? way of killing two birds with one stone. The assailant supposedly put the blame on Padre Pro, his brother Humberto, and Luis Segura.
  Published 02Dec2009, viewed 367 times

• Friends in High Places
  The Saints have been speaking to us, vulnerably sharing their stories, to help us walk our path to the Father. We pray they have touched you, as they have us. Some of the Saints we have written about, we had to write about them. We felt a persistent gnawing inside to share their stories, their lives.
  Published 02Nov2009, viewed 394 times

• Saint Charles Borromeo - instances of Miracles
  There were many instances of Miracles in the life of Saint Charles Borromeo. Bob and Penny Lord bring some of them to light in this article, like surviving an assassination attempt.
  Published 23Nov2009, viewed 1345 times

• Saint Frances Cabrini and Louisiani
  Mother Cabrini loved the people of Louisiana. She could not be intimidated by anyone. Her time in New Orleans was proof positive of that. She was asked to work with the Bishop of New Orleans, to rid the state of the tremendous discrimination against the Italians there.
  Published 19Nov2009, viewed 514 times

• Saint Paul of the Cross
  Our Lord Jesus came to life on the Cross. Paul levitated to where He was. Jesus took him in His arms, and embraced him.
  Published 27Oct2009, viewed 363 times

• Saint Elizabeth of Hungary and four years of suffering
  Elizabeth's spiritual director began a program of stripping Elizabeth of all that she had known, material possessions which had never been considered luxurious by her or her family.
  Published 15Nov2009, viewed 605 times

• Blessed Anna Maria Taigi and false prophets
  Accounts of Anna Maria Taigi and false prophets. A religious, known for his sanctity, believed that he had had a vision of two Angels who assured him his ambitious project was of Divine origin and would bear much fruit. When he told this to Anna Maria, she smiled sadly and gently informed him it would fail miserably. It did!
  Published 11Nov2009, viewed 473 times

• Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Fourth Great Revelation
  Margaret Mary Alacoque was before the Blessed Sacrament when the Lord appeared to her, uncovered His Divine Heart and gave her His last Great message. He told her that she could do no better than to return His great love by doing what He asked of her.
  Published 07Nov2009, viewed 461 times

• Victories of the Rosary - The Miracle in the Philippines
  We have a more powerful form of combat - on our knees. The following true account of the Miracle in the Philippines is taken from our book, The Rosary - the Life of Jesus and Mary, which was written in 1994. They are many instances where Mother Mary was asked for her intervention through the Rosary, and she said yes!
  Published 03Nov2009, viewed 564 times

• Saint Gerard Majella and miracles attributed to him
  There are so many recorded miracles attributed to our young Saint Gerard Majella, we don't know where to start, and we're sure that no matter how many we chronicle, we're going to miss telling you about miracles you or your family may have heard of.
  Published 18Oct2009, viewed 485 times

• Saint Teresa of Avila and the Inquisition
  It was a time of fear! The Inquisition, established under King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella but long dormant under Charles the Fifth, was suddenly resurrected by an incident which was to ignite fires best left extinguished.
  Published 31Oct2009, viewed 347 times

• Blessed Dina Belanger
  Blessed Dina Belanger is a little known Blessed that lived in Canada. On January 22, 1927, Dina was given the gift of the Stigmata of Jesus, the Five Wounds in her hands, feet, and side. She described it in breathtaking description which follows in this article.
  Published 30Oct2009, viewed 579 times

• Saint Therese of Lisieux - her final days on earth
  Saint Therese of Lisieux the little flower of Jesus, became known as the Saint of the little way to Jesus. The account of her last days and the sufferings she endured bear witness to why we call her the Saint of the little way.
  Published 26Oct2009, viewed 467 times

• Saint Francis of Assisi and the Stigmata
  Saint Francis of Assisi the poor one of Assisi, received the Stigmata towards the end of his earthly life. This is an account of this travel to La Verna where he received the Stigmata.
  Published 22Oct2009, viewed 426 times

• Saint Vincent de Paul - apostle of the poor
  Saint Vincent de Paul is known as the Apostle of the Poor. In 1596, at sixteen years of age, Vincent entered the University of Toulouse, where he studied and prepared for the priesthood. And later, he had a great surprise as he journeyed toward ordination.
  Published 18Oct2009, viewed 1166 times

• Saint Michael the Archangel in the Gargano
  The history of the cave of Saint Michael the Archangel goes back to the fifth century. Bob and Penny give the account of how this very famous Shrine to Saint Michael came about.
  Published 14Oct2009, viewed 1107 times

• Saint Padre Pio - his devotion to the Eucharist and Mary
  Saint Padre Pio had a special devotion to the Holy Eucharist and Mother Mary. Bob and Penny explore these devotions and provide their unique perspective into this great Saint of our time.
  Published 10Oct2009, viewed 7339 times

• Saint Joseph of Cupertino - the flying saint
  Saint Joseph of Cupertino is commonly known at the flying saint, however, he is also a miracle worker and great saint with many other qualities. Read about his path to Sainthood.
  Published 06Oct2009, viewed 777 times

• Saint Rose of Viterbo
  Saint Rose of Viterbo was a teenager during the time of persecution in her town of Viterbo, Italy and she stood up against the emporer who had captured her city like Saint John the Baptist. She is a true role model for our youth of today.
  Published 03Oct2009, viewed 490 times

• Our Lady of Tears - Siracusa, Sicily August 1953
  This is an account of Our Lady of Tears which occurred during August of 1953. A small plaster image of the Blessed Virgin began to shed tears. Investigations were done and the scientists decided they were human tears. to sum it up Pope Pius XII declared, " Will men understand the mysterious language of those tears?"
  Published 25Sep2009, viewed 705 times

• Saint Martin de Porres and the Miraculous Lemon tree
  Saint Martin de Porres, known as the Saint of the Slaves was gifted by our Lord with many gifts. What he planted grew miraculously as in the case of the miraculous lemon tree he planted.
  Published 21Sep2009, viewed 417 times

• Saint Augustine - his road to conversion
  Saint Augustine had a lot in common with Saint Ambrose, who led him into Christianity. St. Ambrose was born a Roman in 334 A.D. and died April 4, 397. When Augustine met St. Ambrose, he was about fifty years old and had been a Bishop over ten years. Although born of a Christian family, St. Ambrose, too, had not been baptized at birth. Having lost his father, young, he, like Augustine, was most influenced by his mother.
  Published 19Sep2009, viewed 495 times

• Saint Rose of Lima - Miraculous origin of her name
  Saint Rose of Lima was truly a rose from heaven at a time of many thorns.Read about the miraculous occurrence that took place while the child was an infant and more of her years as a child.
  Published 17Sep2009, viewed 561 times

• Saint Maxmilian Kolbe - Martyr of Auschwitz
  Father Maxmilian Kolbe was taken to Auschwitz in the summer of 1941 by the Gestapo. There he witnessed the Hell on earth that was Auschwitz. He finally gave his life to save another. He was 47 years old.
  Published 12Sep2009, viewed 496 times

• Saint Edith Stein - Martyr of Auschwitz
  Saint Edith Stein was a convert to the Catholic Faith. She studied philosophy and became a Carmelite Nun and was killed at Auschwitz.
  Published 10Sep2009, viewed 495 times

• Saint Dominic - his early years
  During his early years, Saint Dominic who became known as the Watchdog for God searched for the path that God wanted him to follow.
  Published 06Sep2009, viewed 332 times

• Saint Toribio Romo
  Saint Toribio Romo is one of the Mexican Martyrs of the 20th Century (1927). We traveled to Jalisco to gather information on his life and martyrdom. He has become the Patron Saint of Immigrants.
  Published 02Sep2009, viewed 791 times

• The Origin of the Image of our Lady of Czestochowa
  The image of the Icon known as Our Lady of Czestochowa had its origin in the House of Nazareth and traveled through parts of the Byzantine empire before arriving at Jasna Gora, Poland.
  Published 27Aug2009, viewed 338 times

• Saint Ignatius of Loyola
  Saint Ingnatius of Loyola was the founder of the Jesuit order. He was trained to be a soldier, however, God made him a Soldier for Christ.
  Published 22Aug2009, viewed 341 times

• Saint Alphonsus Ligouri
  Saint Alphonsus Ligouri was the founder of the Redemptorist order and began his studies to become a lawyer, as his father wished but God had other plans.
  Published 15Aug2009, viewed 353 times

• The Miracle of the Eucharist of Lanciano
  The Miracle of the Eucharist of Lanciano is the most widely known of the Eucharistic Miracles. The account of how this Miracle came to be is most interesting in revealing how the Lord and His plans.
  Published 10Aug2009, viewed 480 times

• Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha
  A short description of the early years of Blessed Kateri and the effects of small pox on her.
  Published 07Aug2009, viewed 535 times

• Saint Maria Goretti - Crimson Rose of Jesus
  Saint Maria Goretti is one of the Patrons of Youth. She was martyred rather than give in to impurity.
  Published 06Aug2009, viewed 425 times

• Saint Anthony of Padua - Finder of the Lost
  Saint Anthony of Padua is one of the most famous Catholic Saints. He is known as the finder of the lost. Bob and Penny discuss their relationship they have with this Saint.
  Published 06Aug2009, viewed 429 times

• Saint John Vianney - Cure of Ars - Year of the Priest
  Pope Benedict XVI announced starting June 19, 2009 that this would be a Year of the Priest. Saint John Vianney is the Patron Saint of Parish Priests and a Role Model to imitate. The article is a short capsule of the effect of Saint John Vianney on the lives of many Catholics.
  Published 05Aug2009, viewed 1415 times

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