Feast Day ~ May 9 In holy Scripture, we are told many times that we cannot sit back and relax; we should never let down our guard; we should ever be watchful and attentive if we wish to properly prepare for eternal life. We are reminded that the battle against sin is a never-ending one […]

(Feast Day ~ May 7)   Elements of our Lord’s story of the Prodigal Son can apply to most of us at some time or other in our lives. We have all abandoned our father’s “house” for what appears to be a more advantageous life of our own choosing. When we come to our senses, […]

Feast Day ~ May 7 Today, we would not look to an academic institution to produce saints of the Church. But in 7th and 8th century Britain, a school founded by St. Theodore, the Archbishop of Canterbury, provided the spiritual atmosphere for learning to live a holy life. The school was directed by the monk, […]

(Feast Day ~ May 6) How often did our Lord tell his followers that God’s ways are not the ways of the world? How many times did he turn accepted “wisdom” upside down? How much of his teaching was counter-intuitive for the worldly? The saints are people who have taken our Lord’s words to heart […]

Feast Day ~ May 6 Some of the feast days on the calendar of the Church represent events in the earthly life of our Lord (i.e. the Nativity, Presentation, Transfiguration, Resurrection, Ascension) or of the saints, such as the martyrdom of those who died for their faith (i.e. Ss. Peter & Paul on June 29) […]

Feast Day ~ May 6 How often did our Lord tell his followers that God’s ways are not the ways of the world? How many times did he turn accepted “wisdom” upside down? How much of his teaching was counter-intuitive for the worldly? The saints are people who have taken our Lord’s words to heart […]

(Feast Day ~ May 4th) During the month of May, when the secular world around us pays tribute to motherhood, the church celebrates the sanctity of a mother whose perseverance is an inspiration for all Christian mothers. St. Monica was born in Tagaste, North Africa, around the year 332. Although her parents were Christians, they […]

(Feast Day ~ March 2) During the presidential election of 2004 we heard much about “chads”. After the reporters had exhausted their supply of words about such things as “dimpled chads” and “hanging chads”, they moved on to enlighten us about the country Chad and then to teach Americans – many for the first time […]