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.

Learn the secret weapon of St. Maximilian.

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

Celebrate the Espousal of Mary and Joseph on their feast on January 23.

Learn how the "Doctor of the Divinity of Christ" (St. Hilary) came to be known as the "Hammer of the Arians."

Learn the history of how Our Lady intervened to save New Orleans.

Saint Therese of Lisieux is a great saint. Bob and Penny Lord tell the story.

Fr. Scott Haynes Christ is the sole Mediator between God and man. Sacred Scripture speaks with absolute clarity: “For there is one God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Tim. 2:5). His mediation is unique because it flows from His divine Person and His redemptive sacrifice. No creature can stand beside Him as an equal, nor can any add to the saving power of His Cross. Yet the same St. Paul who proclaims Christ as the one Mediator also teaches that God

In the calendar year, who is the last saint mentioned? It is St. Sylvester I, who was a 4th century Pope, and contemporary of Constantine.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Film on the Life of St. Thomas Becket Feast Day, December 29 Becket is one of the great historical dramas of mid-twentieth-century cinema, released in 1964 and closely associated with the cultural and spiritual climate of the early 1960s. Directed by Peter Glenville and based on the play by Jean Anouilh, the film dramatizes the tragic conflict between King Henry II of England and his former friend, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. At the heart of th

The amazing conversion of St. Thomas Beckett gives us hope as we see how sinners convert and become faithful sons of God.