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Jesus is coming!

Over the centuries, many Christians have predicted the second coming of Christ a...

St. John of the Cross—The more lofty the degree of lovi...

The more lofty the degree of loving union to which God destines the soul, so muc...

St. John Damascene—To serve Mary and to be her courtier...

To serve Mary and to be her courtier is the greatest honor one can possibly poss...

St. Bernard of Clairvaux—There are three distinct comin...

There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know, his coming to men,...

Do we become angels after we die?

BY MSGR. STUART SWETLAND Dear Father: When someone dies, I often hear expression...

St. Ambrose—Patient endurance is the perfection of char...

Patient endurance is the perfection of charity. — St. Ambrose

Catechism of the Catholic Church—What the Catholic Chur...

What the Catholic Church believes about Mary is based on what it believes about ...

Celebrate Mary’s conception, not Jesus’s

During my high school years, I believed the Immaculate Conception was the concep...

Showing Mercy in Daily Life

When we think of Pope Francis, what comes to mind? Hopefully you are thinking ab...

St. Athanasius—The Word was not degraded by receiving a...

The Word was not degraded by receiving a body, so that he should seek to “receiv...

St. Dominic Savio—Nothing seems tiresome or painful whe...

Nothing seems tiresome or painful when you are working for a Master who pays wel...

Pilipivka: St. Philip’s Fast

Now I am going to tell you about something that until I did this article I knew ...

“Advent, a call to pacify the world”

Assumptionist priest, Vincent Leclerq, is the postulator for the cause of beatif...

1 Timothy 2:5-6—For there is one God…

For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race,...

St. Francis de Sales—Follow the example of St. Bernard ...

Follow the example of St. Bernard and repeat those well-known words of his: “Wha...

Gifts, offerings, and sacrifice

by Father Dwight Longenecker Part of the magic of Christmas is giving and receiv...

St. Gregory I—For with God both of these of necessity m...

For with God both of these of necessity match each other exactly: practice shoul...

St. Catherine Labouré—After I enter the chapel I place ...

After I enter the chapel I place myself in the presence of God and I say to him,...

St. Elizabeth of the Trinity—What a joyous mystery is y...

What a joyous mystery is your presence within me, in that intimate sanctuary of ...

Pope Francis—True joy does not come from things or from...

True joy does not come from things or from possessing, no! It is born from the e...