One of the most important prophets who lived about 8 century’s before Christ, was the prophet Amos. Though he is known as one of the 12 minor prophets whose writings appear in the Hebrew scriptures.Read more

Sports can teach us a lot about God and the spiritual life. Golf, is one such sport because it involves a lot of time walking in God’s gift of the great outdoors. We have time to think, pray and admire the beauty of nature.Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions; the Chinese Martyrs. Let us pray for our brothers and sisters in China, especially for those suffering from persecution, that they may have freedom and peace.Read more

Today, the Church honors a married couple of the first century; friends of St. Paul, who like them, made a living making tents. It is the feast of Saints Priscila and Aquila.Read more

On this day in 1977, a Salesian Sister named Maria Romero Meneses died in Nicaragua. She spent most of her adult life working in Costa Rica among the poor and the homeless and she came to be known as the social apostle of Costa Rica.Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Maria Goretti. The Church honors this 12-year old saint as a hero and martyr of chastity. She was killed for resisting the advances of a 19-year old boy.Read more

Today, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria. He studied medicine with the idea of relieving people’s physical suffering and was the founder of an order of priests known as the Barnabites.Read more

At Mass today, the second reading is from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians. In it, St. Paul says that he had received an abundance of revelations, probably mystical experiences. To keep him humble he was given a thorn in his flesh.Read more

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. Sometimes he is referred to as doubting Thomas since he did not believe the apostles when they told him of Christ’s Resurrection.Read more

Some years ago, the first Sunday of July and then July 1, were celebrated as the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Just as May is considered the month of Mary and June is called the month of the Sacred Heart, July was called the month of the Precious Blood.Read more

Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of a great Franciscan missionary; St. Junipero Serra.  He was canonized by Pope Francis when he visited the US on September 23, 2015.Read more

After celebrating the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church gives us a feast in honor of all of the martyrs of the early Roman Church. They were victims of the Emperor Nero, who blamed the Christians for a fire that destroyed most of the city of Rome in the year 64 AD.Read more