St. Charles Lwanga and his companions were martyred for the Faith in the the 19th century. They were killed for opposing the King’s immoral practices and because they were Christians. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. It is commonly thought that it was he who introduced his older brother Peter to Jesus. In the Gospels, he seems to be overshadowed by Peter. As Andrew understood what is was like to be looked over, he was able to be the one to […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we begin a new Church year with the first Sunday in Advent. As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas, we are encouraged to build in ourselves a sense of longing for the coming of the Messiah as the Israelites longed for the Messiah. Podcast: Play in new […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

As the liturgical year and the month in which we remember the souls in purgatory comes to an end, the Church gives us readings at both Mass and in the Divine office that point to our en, which is to know, love and serve God and be happy with Him forever in heaven Podcast: Play […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal. The Blessed Mother appeared to St. Catherine Laboure and commissioned the making of the miraculous medal on this very day in the year 1830. Within four years, 10,000,000 medals had been made to meet the demand. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In 1789 George Washington declared a national day of Thanksgiving and prayer. Just a few months after his inauguration as our first president, he issued Presidential Proclamation number one and in it he said that it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God. In 1863, Thanksgiving was made a […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast day of St. Catherine of Alexandria. She is the patron saint of philosophers because Alexandria was the academic center of Egypt when she lived there in the third century. She won the debates with the pagan philosophers of the time for which she payed the ultimate price of a martyrs […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today, as we remember the 117 Vietnamese martyrs of the 19th century, we look to the words of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan who was himself a prisoner in Vietnam. As he struggled to find peace he realized that though he could not continue his work as a bishop as he was ordained, he could minister […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of Blessed Miguel Pro. He was a Mexican Jesuit who fled to California during the terrible religious persecution in the the early 20th century in Mexico. He was sent to Belgium where he studied theology and was eventually ordained a priest. Though it was dangerous, he returned to Mexico to […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

In the Gospel today, we see the famous judgement scene from the 25th chapter of Matthew where Jesus separates the sheep and the goats according to how they treated Him in their earthly lives. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Today we celebrate the feast of the Presentation of Mary. This feast commemorates an event that isn’t in the Bible but is an ancient tradition in the Church. When she was a little girl, Mary’s parents took her to live in the Temple in Jerusalem. It makes sense that she would spend so much time […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

Is anger a sin? In the Gospel at today’s Mass from Luke chapter 19, we hear a story that appears in all four gospels. It’s the story where Jesus became very angry when He entered the temple and found people selling things. Why did he get so angry? Not only because His Father’s house which […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more