Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to My mercy. (Saint Faustina Kowalska, +1938)
Month: October 2024
Blessed Bartolomeo Longo – From Satanist to Saint
Besides being the memorial of Saint Faustina Kowalska, on October 5th is also the commemoration of Blessed Bartolmeo Longo (1841 – 1926). Fitting, since ‘Blessed Bartolo’s life signifies more than many the infinite divine mercy of God, from a ‘Satanic priest’ and spiritualist to a saint and zealous apostle of the holy Rosary. We won’t[…]
Saint Faustina in her Own Words
On this Saturday October 5th, the Church celebrates the feast day of St Faustina Kowalska, one of great grace for me personally since I am currently attending the International Days of The Apostles of Divine Mercy, precisely from Friday 4 till Sunday 6 October at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Krakow Lagiewniki. In[…]
Alien Life and the Glory of God
From a religious point of view, we need not worry about life throughout the universe, though Hollywood makes sure that we do as a cash venture. The Book of Genesis is silent on the matter. The account given there concerns only the Universe at large and Earth in particular. Science fiction concerning space travel only[…]
Global Men’s Rosary Crusade, Toronto
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the Global Men’s Rosary Crusade gathers in Toronto. This is the third year that faithful Canadian Catholic men will pray fifteen decades of the Holy Rosary in public at Queen’s Park, home of Ontario’s provincial legislature. The Crusade is part of a worldwide initiative started in Poland and the Republic[…]
JP II’s Homily Proclaiming Saint Therese A Doctor of the Church
PROCLAMATION OF ST THÉRÈSE OF THE CHILD JESUS AND THE HOLY FACE AS A “DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH” HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II Sunday, 19 October 1997 “Nations shall come to your light” (Is 60: 3). The echo of Epiphany already resounds in the words of the prophet Isaiah as a fervent expectation and[…]
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them (Thérèse of Lisieux, +1897)