Fr. Scott Haynes A Shrove Tuesday Meditation A Shrove Tuesday Meditation Saint Paul tells us, “We see now through a mirror in an obscure manner, but then face to face.”   These words describe the whole of our earthly life. We know God, but imperfectly. We love Him, but not yet with a pure heart. We walk in faith, not yet in vision. How fitting that these words echo on the eve of Lent. Shrove Tuesday has always been a day of clearing the mirror. The word “shrove”  comes from t

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Among the great saints who shine forth in the history of the Church, St. Scholastica stands as a beacon of purity, faith, and divine love.

Let us ask St. Maximilian Kolbe to teach us how to walk together toward heaven. May we recognize God’s hand in the friends who pray for us, correct us, and stand beside us in suffering.

As a young woman, St Agatha gave her life to God, resisting any men who wanted her, because she had given herself as a bride of Christ.

These beautiful prayers from antiquity are given to us by the Church for the blessing of candles and of throats on the feast of St. Blaise.

Learn from this story about the suffering of St. John Bosco.

 God’s glory rests not first upon achievements, but upon fidelity. The Servant belongs to Him, and that belonging is already pleasing in His sight.

On January 25, the Church rejoices not merely in Paul’s story, but in her own. The same Christ who struck Saul down still calls sinners to rise. The same Lord who revealed Himself on the road to Damascus still reveals Himself in the Holy Mass.

St. Timothy stands before us as a patron for those who feel inadequate, hesitant, or unseen. He reminds us that holiness does not require brilliance, only fidelity. That courage can be quiet. That strength often looks like perseverance.

Fr. Scott Haynes St. Martin de Porres was a prodigious miracle worker, yet nothing about him was sensational. His life was marked by obscurity, routine labor, and deliberate self-effacement. He did not seek marvels, nor did he speak of them when they occurred. Still, the miracles multiplied, quietly and persistently, until they could no longer be ignored. Like light leaking through cracks in a door, they revealed the holiness he tried so carefully to conceal. Among the many w

Fr. Scott Haynes Virgin, Martyr, and Consoler of the Church When she was scarcely thirteen years old, St. Agnes of Rome had already resolved the whole course of her life. Beautiful, noble, and sought after, she became the object of a rich young man’s admiration. His father, the prefect of Rome, offered wealth and advancement if Agnes would consent to marriage. Yet Agnes had already chosen her Bridegroom. She had consecrated herself entirely to Jesus Christ, and no earthly pro

The purity and goodness of St. Agnes is an inspiration to young people today living in a culture that promotes impurity and sin.

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Fr. Scott Haynes St. Anthony the Abbot, in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers  ( Apophthegmata Patrum ), writes: “Whoever sits in solitude and is quiet has escaped from three wars: hearing, speaking, and seeing. Yet against one thing he must constantly battle: his own heart.”   On his feast day (January 17), the Church leads us into the silence of the desert. Not because the desert is empty, but because it is honest. St. Anthony fled the noise of the world, yet he did not flee

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