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All Are Under the Dominion of Christ
When the Jewish leaders dragged Christ, a peasant carpenter from rural Galilee, before Pilate and…
The Tender Humanity of the Presentation of the Virgin…
Have you ever stopped to picture Mary as a little girl? No, really. Not floating on air. Not…
Leo the Great: A Lion of God
He was called the Scourge of God—Attila the Hun. He raged with his barbarian horde through Italy…
Why Do We Celebrate the Lateran Basilica?
On November 9th, the Church celebrates the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John…
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity on Our Solitude with…
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880-1906) is a saint for our day, being recently canonized in 2016…
Is the Lay State Spirituality Definable?
I’m reading the biography of St. Martin de Porres—again. And I’m feeling spiritually inferior—again.…
How Pope St. John Paul II Changed My Life (And Still…
I’ve lived long enough to see smoke rise from the Sistine Chapel five times. One of those times,…
The Martyr Who Returned to His Captors: Finding God’s…
St. Isaac Jogues was born in France in 1607. His story in a nutshell is this: recognizing his…
The Miracle of the Dancing Sun
On October 13, 1917, as predicted by the three shepherd children in Fatima, a most extraordinary…
St. Francis of Assisi and Cutting Ties with One’s…
Much like St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis of Assisi lived a life of worldliness and frivolity…
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