God wants to establish devotion to My Immaculate Heart in the world. If you do what I tell you, many souls will be saved and you will have peace. (Our Lady of Fatima)
Day: May 12, 2025
Ice Saints
No, these are not patron saints of the immigration enforcement branch of the U.S., but rather four saints who by tradition welcome in warmer weather in the spring, Saints Mamertus, St. Pancras, St. Servatius and Saint Boniface of Tarsus. We may add also in our new calendar Saints Matthias and Ignatius of Laconi. It was commonly[…]
Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancras: Choosing Our Path
Today we commemorate the early martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, eunuchs and chamberlains of the court, and eventual converts to Christianity, who were put to death under Emperor Domitian in the late first century, about the time of the death of Saint John the Apostle. (Saint Paul mentions a ‘Nereus’ in Romans 16:15), and buried in[…]
Nereus, Achilleus and Pancras: Finding One’s Way to Heaven
Today we commemorate the early martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, soldiers, officers of the court, and converts, likely put to death under Emperor Domitian in the late 1st century. Other sources claim Diocletian in the third. Their lives are shrouded in legend, like many of the earliest martyrs. Saint Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratory[…]