There was a 4th century Saint;
- Ephrem who preached about Judgement Day as if it were unfolding before his
eyes. He wept as he delivered it, paused to regain composure and continued,
such a… Read More
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All over the world, the Spirit is moving
Manila (or indeed any city) is not my soul’s natural habitat and so periodically I make my escape, usually to the Cordillera mountain range in the north where I have a selection of hid… Read More
Why did God create evil? The answer struck me to the core of my soul!A professor at the university asked his students the following question:- Everything that exists was created by God… Read More
There was a TV series years ago,
based on events in Bosnia and the experiences of the UN peace keeping force
which highlighted the contrast between real suffering and what often passes for
i… Read More
I watched part of the BBC coverage of the 80th anniversary of D-day in Normandy. When the Ukraine’s President Zelensky met with the last few veterans and spoke with them you… Read More
St. Anthony of Padua lived during the 13th century and possessed a great zeal for the Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. One day Saint Anthony heard of a man in Rimini named named… Read More
Aug 15, 2022 by Anna PolicarpioBlessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, an Augustinian nun, stigmatist and ecstatic who lived in Germany from 1774– 1824, gives us a splendid biogra… Read More
I have noticed of late that many
people’s woes stem from ‘Needing’ what they want but not wanting
what they need. It creates a lot of tension, pressure, disappointment
and… Read More
Rita: Daughter, Wife, Mother, & WidowHigh in the hills of the republic of Cascia, in a tiny Umbrian village called Roccaporena, Antonio and Amata Lotti were well-respected peacemak… Read More
I have been attending an online Catholic
Bible study lately and am finding it fascinating just how many parallels there
are between the old and new testaments and the Church today. One thing… Read More
Saint Isidore the Farmer’s real name was Isidro de Merlo y Quintana. He was born in the year 1070 AD in Madrid. His parents were poor but very devout. Isidore was a hired labourer of J… Read More
The conversion of Galgano GuidottiGalgano Guidotti was born in 1148 near Siena. According to his noble station in life, he was destined to become a knight. Though Galgano’s parents wer… Read More
That the blessed Archangel Michael, whose name means Who is like unto God?, is the prince of the faithful Angels who opposed Lucifer and his followers in their revolt against God. Since… Read More
On April 25, 2024, Our Lady gave the following message during her apparition to the visionary Marija:Dear children!I am with you to tell you that I love you and to encourage you to pra… Read More
I saw a comic book sketch of a boy
kneeling by his bedside saying his evening prayers as his dad walked by the
open door of the bedroom. The boy looked up and said ‘Hi Dad; just saying… Read More
The mentor of C.S Lewis, a chap called George McDonald wrote that “it is better not to have known the Father, than to have learned Him wrong”. For those of my generation the way… Read More
Years ago, I heard a story which
intrigued me. A family just had a new baby and her older brother, still very
young himself, was always trying to be with the baby. The reason was revealed
th… Read More
The Blessed Virgin herself designed the Medal of the Immaculate Conception—popularly known as the Miraculous Medal! No wonder, then, that it wins such extraordinary graces for those wh… Read More
kip to contentDate: very early 17th c., first approved 1611Place: Quito, EcuadorVisionary: Venerable Mother Mariana de Jesus TorresThe story of Our Lady of Good Success is a most fasci… Read More
Lebanon's HermitAfter 16 years of strict asceticism he was granted permission by his superiors to withdraw from the world and become a hermit. In a hermitage near the monastery he lived the… Read More
In one of his novels, the Russian writer Turgenev has
a character who, somewhat exasperated by the company of some well-heeled and
well-oiled babbling companions; stood up and said “Th… Read More
A couple of weeks ago I was on an island
in the western Visayas region of the Philippines. There is a Balete tree there
which has stood (and is still growing) for 1300 years according to Bot… Read More
A monk had a brother living in the world who was poor, and so he supplied him with all he received from his work. But the more the monk supplied, the poorer the brother became. So the… Read More
(By St. Dominic de Guzman) THIRTY-THIRD ROSE - A DIABOLICAL POSSESSION: WHEN SAINT DOMINIC was preaching the Rosary near Carcassone, an Albigensian was brought to him who was possessed by th… Read More
With our charity appeal we do recycling of aluminium drinks cans to raise money. So sometimes to be useful, I used to go out with a bag and collect the cans that were thrown in the street so… Read More
On a visit to England I attended a
Mass where the children from the church schools also attended, perhaps 100+.
Apparently they were seldom seen as
only a handful of their parents came to M… Read More
Claude Newman was a twenty-year-old African-American who, in 1943, awaited execution in a prison in Mississippi. His crime was that of ambushing and shooting a man named Sid Cook, his belove… Read More
"Pictured, Father Pio and North American Protestant pilots who converted to Catholicism after seeing the Saint fly alongside his planes."·“When the planes were near the target… Read More
I knelt in the bathroom this
morning; not in prayer exactly, I was scrubbing the floor and had cause to
reflect on the condition of my kingdom (small ‘k’).
I have seen man… Read More
I wondered what those who knew me in my youth would find more unlikely, that I would ever write about forgiving enemies or that Hannibal Lector would pen a vegetarian cookbook... definitel… Read More
I AM ..... (Chapter 6) Passion of Christ from maxtmh on GodTube Read More
There
was a TV series years ago called Logan’s Run set in a dystopian society where
the people lived until 30 and then had to ‘make room’ for the next generation
and were f… Read More
After Mass last week I got to thinking about what produces gratitude and its different levels that we feel and experience. The more casual occasions are frequent and easy to identify… Read More
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(Original Source: Biographical Memoirs, Vol. VII, Ch. 18, page 169 ff, Later reproduced in chapter 40 of the book “FORTY DREAMS OF ST. JOHN BOSCO").On May 14, 1862, Don Bosco had the j… Read More
Don Bosco, as he was known, dedicated his priestly life to the welfare of wayward boys. A visionary and mystic, he was given a series of “dreams,” rather mystical visions, for th… Read More
Just before Christmas, on the way home from paying the electricity bill, I came across a homeless lady lying in the street in the rain. A security guard was on his radio to report it and arr… Read More
Today, December 25, 2022, Our Lady gave her message to the world through the visionary Marija.The following is the English translation of her message:Dear children!Today I am carrying… Read More
As I gasped at an online article (that I subsequently verified as true); I wondered what would happen if I showed up at the doctors and told him that I now identified as a cat…would h… Read More
A couple of years ago my dad surprised me with a story I had not heard. It was about my Baptism. Apparently I was Baptised in Latin, so strictly speaking my name is not Stephen Anthony but S… Read More
