by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Today I would like to present to you the figure of Francis, an authentic “giant” of holiness, who continues to fascinate a great many people of all age groups and every religion. …”
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Today I would like to talk to you about St Thérèse of Lisieux, Thérèse of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, who lived in this world for only 24 years, at the end of the 19th century, leading a very simple and hidden life but who, after her death and the publication of her writings, became one of
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… In a brief introduction it is explained that the miracle required for the beatification of Venerable Servants of God and for the canonisation of Blesseds has always been examined with the utmost rigour. …
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“Come, Let Us Worship Christ, the King of Martyrs” — Invitatory Antiphon, Divine Office, Common of Several Martyrs/Common of One Martyr The Divine Office begins the Liturgical Day with the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, broken up into stanzas, with an antiphon repeated with each stanza, often varying by day. For days honoring a Martyr, or a group of Martyrs,
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On Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, celebrates a Mass of Thanksgiving for Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass was broadcast on Catholic TV. Your browser does not support iframes.
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Mother Teresa was ‘a generous dispenser of Divine Mercy’ among the ‘abandoned and discarded”. … Pope Francis thus described Mother Teresa during his homily on Sunday, 4 September, in the Canonization Mass for the Foundress of the men and women Missionaries of Charity. More than a hundred thousand people gathered in St Peter’s Square for the solemn right, one of
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… the Holy Scriptures were passed on to us, so to speak, like letters come from our homeland. Our Homeland, indeed, is Paradise; our forebears are the Patriarchs, the Prophets, the Apostles and the Martyrs; our fellow countrymen, the Angels; our King, Christ. When Adam sinned, we were thrown into the exile …. But because our King is Faithful and
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