Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most widely known and venerated saints of the Catholic Church. She is popularly called “The Little Flower of Jesus” or “The Little Flower.” Born in Rue Saint-Blaise, Alençon, France in 1873, she is the youngest of the nine children (five of whom …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Christ had compassion on the hungry and performed a miracle …
First Reading – Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know. …
Since in a few days it would already be October, which is the Rosary Month, I’d share with you an importance of the Holy Rosary that some Catholics forget or not aware of. Throughout my life, I’ve experienced many instances wherein praying the Rosary is made fun of. In school …
Born to peasant farmer parents in France in the 16th Century, Saint Vincent de Paul showed much promise for reading and writing at an early age. At age fifteen, he was able to enter the seminary to continue with the study of theology from the livestock his family sold. By …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was …
First Reading – Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. Job spoke out and said: Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, “The child is a boy!” Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb …
Saint Pio was born as Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina in the Archdiocese of Benevento. His parents were Grazio Forgione and Maria Giuseppa De Nunzio. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Capuchin Friars Minor novitiate in Morcone and took the name of Brother Pio. After …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was …
First Reading – Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every thing under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. A time to kill, and a time to …
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