One of my favorite saints is St. Luigi Guanella, who died in 1915 and whose feast we celebrated on October 24. He was the founder the daughters of St. Mary of Providence. St. Luigi had a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus which is what led him to start religious congregations of men […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In the first reading at today’s Mass, God calls us to be compassionate as He is compassionate. Sometimes that means putting ourselves in others shoes and responding to them as someone would respond to us if we were in that situation. We were all once vulnerable babies in our mother’s womb. We should always care […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Having a devotion to the Sacred heart of Jesus means more than just going to Mass on the first Friday of every month and praying certain prayers. It means desiring to have a heart like Jesus who was meek and humble of heart. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. John Capistrano who was born in Italy in the late 1300s. He was unjustly imprisoned and had a conversion leading him to become a Franciscan. He became such a great preacher that the pope made him his personal representative to places as diverse as Palestine, France and Poland. […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of Pope St. John Paul II. At his canonization, Pope Francis referred to Pope St. John Paul II as the pope of the family because of his great service to Catholic families. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Tomorrow is the feast of Pope St. John Paul II. As pope, His first encyclical was titled Redemptor Hominis, translated the Redeemer of Man. In this encyclical, St. John Paul II points to the importance of prayer in maintaining a strong relationship with our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Paul of the Cross. He was extremely devoted to the passion and death of Jesus on the cross. He was the founder of the Passionists order. He advised that we should not worry about temptations but should resist them and say that we would rather die than consent […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we are celebrating the feasts of some of greatest missionaries of all time. They are a group of Jesuit priests named the North American Martyrs. They died in a very heroic way as they strived to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to North America. Their heroism should inspire us to live our Faith […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In today’s Gospel from Matthew Chapter 22 the Pharisees once again try to trap Jesus. They ask if it is ok to pay taxes to the unjust government of the Roman occupation. He tells them to render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s. What does God want us […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch. He wrote to the Christians in Rome that he would rather die for the sake of Jesus Christ than reign over all of the nations in the world. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. She was a French Visitation nun who had a deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Jesus appeared to her in the year 1673 revealing that he has a heart on fire with love for humanity and that all He wants in return is for us […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Teresa of Avila. During her saintly life she experienced extreme dryness in her prayer life. To overcome this time in the desert, she used good spiritual reading to help her. This helped to release her from the difficulties in her prayer life. We should follow her example and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more