BEFORE CHRIST Mount Carmel is a biblical place where the prophet Elijah dwelt. It rises 1,742 feet above sea level and towers above Israel’s Mediterranean coastline. It was here where Elijah prayed to God for the salvation of Israel, which was suffering a terrible drought at...
St. Benedict was born at Nursia in Umbria in about 480 and was sent to Rome to be educated, but soon left the world to live a solitary life at Subiaco. After living in a cave in the mountains for two years as a hermit,...
[caption id="attachment_7734" align="alignright" width="350"] The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, a painting by Caravaggio[/caption]13th Week of Ordinary Time – Friday We are celebrating today the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. He is known in history as a “Doubting Thomas”. He is called by this name because...
San Pedro Calungsod and San Lorenzo Ruiz are two Filipino saints who gave their lives for their faith. Both were young and generous in their calling. Their generosity is exactly what pleases God, for it mirrors Jesus who also generously gave His life for us. This...
Davao City will have its privilege to be visited by the incorrupt 404 year old heart relic of St. Camillus de Lellis, the patron saint of the sick, doctors, and nurses. St. Camillus was a priest confessor and a miracle worker who treated and cared for...
It was in February 11, 1858 that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous in the hollow of a rock in Massabielle, Lourdes, France. Bernadette went to Massabielle to gather firewood with her companions when she was left behind for the water was cold and...
Choosing a life of poverty over a noble living is a risky thing to do, especially when one is raised in a noble family and decided to live up a humble life of indigence, yet with a purpose. In this process of choosing a different...
The Miraculous Medal, which ranks in importance with the holy rosary and the brown scapular among devout Roman Catholics, features the world surrounded by an oval frame, over which were engraved: “O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you.” Witnessed by...
St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish priest who had done so much for Jesus through Mary. He was a pioneer of the apostolate of the communications media when he started the circulation of the magazine, “Knights of the Immaculate.” All told, millions were distributed to...
Saint Ignatius was born in the year 1491, to a noble family in the Basque country of Spain. He was the youngest of 13 children and was only seven when his mother died. He became a soldier, he was at the age of 29, when a...