Thomas Aquinas – Sacrament of the Eucharist – Quotes
A collection of quotes from St. Thomas Aquinas on the eucharist, the sacrament of sacraments....
26 January, 2025
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Saints
Principles for Youth Ministry – John Bosco
Here Don John Bosco provides some guiding principles for youth ministry based on his legendary success at evangelizing and teaching young boys on the streets of Turin Italy during the days of the Industrial Revolution. In a day when harsh corporal punishment was the...
26 January, 2025
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Presentation of the Lord – Candlemas, Candles & Light
February 2 is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the Temple. It is known as Candlemass since it is the day that candles are blessed for use throughout the Church year....
26 January, 2025
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Devotion is for Everyone – Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales, one of the great masters of the spiritual life, here makes clear that devotion, his term for the pursuit of holiness, is not something tied to a specific state of life. All people, in a way appropriate to their own calling...
19 January, 2025
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In Praise of St. Paul – John Chrysostom
John Chrysostom here gives eloquent praise to the passionate love of Christ that drove St. Paul to face persecution and hardship with joy and leave behind the honors and benefits of the world. It is read each year on January 25, the Feast of the...
19 January, 2025
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St. Anthony, the Desert & Spiritual Warfare – Podcast
Sonrise Morning show hostess Anna Mitchell and Dr. Italy discuss a saint whose story caused a sensation in the Roman world of the fourth century - This 14 minute podcast focuses on the first St. Anthony, a hermit and abbot, who was renown for his...
13 January, 2025
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Unity, the Apostles’ Chief Instruction – Hilary of Poitiers
Hilary, commenting on Psalm 133, points out the central importance of Christian unity and fraternal love. He even says that the chief instruction of the apostles is that believers be of one heart and one mind....
12 January, 2025
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Mary, Mother of God?
January 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation for Catholics not because it is New Years, but because it is the octave (8th day) of Christmas, the feast of Mary the Mother of God. This feast helps bring home the reality of the incarnation, that...
29 December, 2024
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The Deeper Meaning of Christmas
We all know the elements of the Christmas story: Caesar's census and Herod, shepherds and Magi, ox, swaddling clothes & manger, a stable and not room in the inn, Emmanuel and the Prince of Peace. But underneath each of these people, places, and things,...
22 December, 2024
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Feast of St Stephen, Protomartyr – Fulgentius of Ruspe
December 26, The Second Day of Christmas, has been observed as the Feast Day of Saint Stephen, Protomartyr, since at least the fifth century. Fulgentius of Ruspe, a North African bishop, here notes how fitting it is that the birthday of love should be followed...
22 December, 2024
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