[ad_1] St. Polycarp lived in about 69-155 A.D., and was the Bishop of Smyrna, Izmir in modern Turkey.  He was…

[ad_1] Sirach 17:1-15Psalms 103:13-18Mark 10:13-16 Sirach 17:1-151 The Lord created man out of earth, and turned him back to it…

[ad_1] Saint David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Unfortunately, we have…

[ad_1] Joel 2:12-18Psalms 51:3-6, 12-14, 172 Corinthians 5:20–6:2Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Joel 2:12-1812 “Yet even now,” says the LORD, “return to…

[ad_1] Thomas Maria Fusco, the seventh of eight children, was born on 1 December 1831 in Pagani, Salerno, in the…

[ad_1] Isaiah 49:14-15Psalms 62:2-3, 6-91 Corinthians 4:1-5Matthew 6:24-34 Isaiah 49:14-1514 But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, my Lord…

[ad_1] Missionary, martyr, and patron of St. Paul. A Christian in the city of Damascus, Ananias was commanded by Christ…

[ad_1] To replace a man like St. Leo the Great was not easy, but the next pope was a man…

[ad_1] Sirach 35:1-12Psalms 50:5-8, 14, 23Mark 10:28-31 Sirach 35:1-121 He who keeps the law makes many offerings; he who heeds…

[ad_1] At the age of twenty-five, St. Porphyry of Gaza (d.420), a rich citizen of Thessalonica, left the world for…