Back when you were a kid or an adolescent in school, or now as an adult in the workplace or neighborhood, you have probably experienced being despised, hated, or persecuted by people even though you didn’t do anything wrong to them, and you even did good things for them. Those …
Our Lady asked the three children to meet her once more at Cova da Iria on the 13th of July, 1917. That hot summer day arrived. Word about the mysterious appearance of the Holy Virgin was becoming widespread around Fatima that a crowd of about four thousand people came to …
“Saint Anne, bring me a man as fast as you can!” This is a popular line among many Catholic women online who claim that they found their husbands right after praying the Novena to Saint Anne. I’ve always been aware of this one version that I’m posting. But only now …
We now recall the Second Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. On that 13th day of June, a hundred years ago, through the three visionary-children, namely, Lucia dos Santos, and siblings Francisco and Jacinta Marto, Our Lady conveyed important messages for all of us: 1. Pray the Rosary everyday. Mary …
The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is one of the most fundamental doctrines of Christianity. It is the central and greatest mystery of our Faith, which professes that in One God are Three Persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God the Father is the Creator, …
This month is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is also the month that celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. As their feast days are on this month, June is therefore considered as a month of love. God is love, and the Sacred Heart of Jesus manifests the …
We celebrated yesterday the Feast of the Visitation. Solely dedicated as the month of Mary, the Mother of God, May came to a conclusion. The final day of the month is the Second Joyful Mystery, the Visitation, wherein Mary, with Jesus in her womb, went to visit her cousin Saint …
Once a week, starting this day, I’m posting “Days with Saint Bernadette” on my blog. Like I’ve said before, Our Lady of Lourdes is special in my heart. (See previous post: The Blessed Mother Reaches Out) The visionary of Lourdes, Saint Bernadette Soubirous, has always been among my most favorite …
From an Italian widow to later becoming an Augustinian nun, Saint Rita of Cascia is widely known among Catholic faithfuls as the Patroness of Impossible Causes. Such title was bestowed on her during the ceremony of her canonization in 1900. Aside from being the patron saint of seemingly hopeless and …
It is said, “You never know what you have until it’s gone.” Many of us have felt the sorrow of being taken for granted. The more it hurts when it is a family member, or a loved one, who takes you for granted. You genuinely care about them, and desire …
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