St. Augustine explains the lesson of the Good Samaritan and how Jesus ministers to us by the Sacraments.

Consider how Mary's Assumption has roots in the Old Testament in the person of Eliah, as well as in Enoch and Moses.

Fr. Scott Haynes Feast of St. Clare – August 11 Introduction: A City in Peril The year was 1240. Italy trembled under the shadow of Frederick II’s imperial ambitions. In his struggle with the papacy, the excommunicated emperor had hired Saracen mercenaries, fierce Muslim warriors from Sicily, to ravage the Papal States. Their swords burned through villages like lightning, leaving only ash and lamentation behind. The city of Assisi, jewel of Umbria and home to the Franciscan

The amazing story of a mother's intercession.

Celebrate the Feast of St. Lawrence the Martyr through the eyes of Fra Angelico.

Join in a novena from August 16-25 to St. Joachim, the father of the Virgin Mary and grandfather of Jesus Christ.

Learn about how St. Peter of Verona helped people discern a false spirit under the appearance of Jesus and Mary.

A meditation for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost.

St. Cajetan is an example of fidelity to Christ, as he sought to reform the immoral clergy of his day.

We commemorate the Transfiguration of Christ annually on August 6. Learn the important meaning of the Church's teaching.

Each year on August 5, we recall the snowy miracle heaven sent by Mary's intercession.

From August 7-15, join in the novena of Mary's Assumption body and soul into heaven.

There is a journey we all have to make, a pilgrimage we are all called to undertake, and that is the journey from pride to humility.

As St. Francis entered the gates of the Portuniuncula Church, St. Francis beheld Our Lord and Our Lady surrounded by a multitude of angels.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation on a Physician Who Chose Christ "Freely have you received, freely give." (Matthew 10:8) In the early fourth century, during the fierce persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian, a gifted young physician lived in the city of Nicomedia. His name was Pantaleon. His father was a pagan, but his mother, Saint Eubula, quietly planted the seeds of the Christian faith in his heart before she died. As he grew older, Pantaleon became one of the

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation for the Feast of Saint Anne: July 26 Every child needs someone who quietly shapes the future. Typically, it is a parent. Sometimes it is a teacher. Often it is a grandparent whose influence is hidden from the world but treasured by God. Saint Anne reminds us that ordinary acts of love can become part of God's extraordinary plan. The Holy Scriptures do not tell us about Saint Anne by name, but the ancient Christian tradition, especially the second

St. Anne, barren for years, prayed for a child. When God finally gave her Mary, as her bundle of joy, St. Anne presented Mary in the Temple.

Fr. Scott Haynes St James the Greater and his brother John were the sons of Zebedee. Though they were fishermen, it seems they were a little bit wealthier than the norm, for there is mention that their father had servants. Nicknamed the “Sons of Thunder” for their impulsive temperaments – James was one of the three disciples closest to Jesus Christ. He was with the Lord at the Transfiguration and he was there in Gethsemane’s Garden on the night Jesus was betrayed. He was a wi

We live in the glow of baptism and the radiance of the Eucharist, yet the shadow of sin hovers near.

Fr. Scott Haynes For the Feast of St. James July 25 For more than a thousand years, Christians have set out on one of the world's greatest pilgrimages: the journey to Santiago de Compostela, where tradition holds that the relics of Saint James the Greater rest. Kings and peasants, saints and sinners, scholars and laborers have walked these ancient paths seeking forgiveness, renewal, and a closer friendship with Jesus Christ. The Camino de Santiago is much more than a long wal