Examination of conscience is a daily task. Book-keeping is never neglected by anyone in business. And is there any business worth more than the business of eternal life? ~St. Josemaria Escriva The examination of conscience is a diligent search for…
The Green Scapular is a single piece of green felt and braid with an image of Mary on one side and Her Immaculate Heart pierced by a sword and dripping blood on the other side. Her Heart is surmounted by…
As we all know, Easter is the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, but the seasonal chocolate eggs and the bunny who delivers them are nowhere to be found in the scripture. The exact origins of the Easter bunny…
As a Catholic, we should know that the moment of consecration during the liturgy is the highest moment of intimate worship by all who is involved in the Mass likewise the moment of benediction. Therefore, it would be devastating to…
Holy Job experienced a series of misfortune but his patience amongst these was so heroic that it was commended by God, his reward was great even on earth. Holy scriptures hold it up for our imitation. “Behold, we account them…
St. Francis de Sales recommends the following: Fly rather than Fight Be exceedingly quick in turning aside from the slightest thing leading to impurity, for it is an evil which approves stealthily, and in which the very smallest beginnings are…
Jesus is the source and font of all sources of love. In fact, Jesus is love. He displayed clearly that love on Good Friday when he sacrificed his life for all of us. However, for whatsoever reason, we most times…
Nowadays we are used to our confessions being wholly private matters which is between only ourselves and our priests. Any penance we do we usually keep to ourselves. In a rare cases, do we directly tell others about the sins…
Can God have a Mother? The Council of Ephesus – 431 In the year 430 AD, the Emperor Theodosius II summoned the bishops of the all the East to settle a heated controversy brought about by the sermons of Nestorius,…
When Easter morning came, someone was missing amidst the disciples. That person is the very lynchpin of the Salvation story. That person is no other person than the Blessed Virgin, Mary. She is nowhere to be seen or heard. Where…
In today’s gospel reading at Mass, we read that Jesus appeared to His disciples at the shore of the Sea of Galilee. And this was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the…
At times we will sit or kneel down for meditation and still not know exactly what to do. Most times the best topics for meditation are in the form of questions that we can slowly ponder and search for the…
Who are the Coptic Christians? And what do we share with them? First of all, the Coptic Church is among the oldest Christian communities in the world. Coptic Christians trace the founding of their church to a missionary journey by…
Meditation in the Christian tradition is not really easy to understand and it can be difficult to adopt into a person’s spiritual life. Still, when meditation is understood properly, it is something we already do quite often during prayer, but…
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” After several years of reciting Hail Marys, it just dawned on me that there is a hidden petition in the final words. When we say, “at the hour…
One, among the most holiest shrines in all of Christendom was hidden and unknown for centuries, until 1891 when it was found by a determined French nun. Sister Marie de Mandat-Grancey (1837-1915) is a woman who had a great devotion…
St. Pio of Pietrelcina popularly known as “Padre Pio” had a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. And he said once, “Let us endeavor, like so many elect souls, to follow the blessed Mother, to always walk to her, not…
The Roman Catholic Church has long accepted the message of Fátima, because the message of Fatima contains a truth and a call whose basic content is the truth and the call of the Gospel itself. As the Bible tell us…
According to St. Maximillian Kolbe, he once said, “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” One of the best way to express our love and veneration to the…
The Holy Bible is among the best selling books of all time, and a huge number of people in Western countries own a copy of it. However, with few people relatively spend the time they should with it. In facts,…
After the death and resurrection of Jesus into heaven, where did his mother go? As scripture doesn’t give us an exact address, but it left behind several clues. Generally, it is accepted that at the time of Jesus’ death, Joseph,…
Asides from scripture describing him as a just man, very little is known of the life of St. Joseph, yet on some occasions Our Lord was addressed as son of the carpenter. St. Joseph, foster father and guardian of our…
Special Marian devotions are usually held in the month of May, here’s a little background to how the practice came about. “The May devotion [to our Lady] in its present form originated at Rome where Father Latomia of the Roman…
Giving honor to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the month of May is an ancient tradition, which dates back to hundreds years ago. Among the plenty devotions that developed over time was the custom of visiting a Marian shrine, church…
Amidst Catholics, May is most well-known as the Month of Mary. It is a specific month of the year when special devotions are carried out in the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Why is it so? How did the…
When compared to the numerous apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there are relatively private revelations of St. Joseph that were approved. One of the appearances of St. Joseph that were approved occurred in Cotignac, France, on June 7, 1660….
It all started in May 1, 1886, where thousands of workers all over the United States staged a major union strike and demonstration, calling for an eight-hour workday using the slogan, “Eight-hour day with no cut in pay.” So few…
The Catholic Church have this believe that the resurrection of Jesus is a foreshadowing of what will happen at the end of time, when all people will be raised from the dead. Still, even during the life of Jesus, God…
As Jesus is the only person ever to rise from the dead through his own power, there were also many other people in the Bible who were miraculously brought back to life by God. The Catechism of the Catholic Church…
Whenever we encounter physical suffering, our natural reaction might be to ask God for a cure. As this may be in the plan of God divine, another option is just to simply ask God for an increase in love and…
