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I just love the example set by these holy lay people! The Korean Church is unique because it was founded entirely by lay people. This fledgling…

Statue of Bartholomew , Pierre Le Gros the Younger. In St. John's Gospel, Bartholomew is known by the name Nathaniel (the liturgy does not a…

Coronation of Virgin, Giacomo di Mino, 1340-1350 From the earliest ages of the Catholic Church a Christian people, whether in time of triumph or …

I never paid much attention to St. Pius X before but once you read about him it becomes blindingly obvious that he is a saint we should be asking for…

It's a Holy Day of Obligation! Check local Mass times! Adam and Eve with the Virgin Mary (detail), Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin via K…

I could only thank him with my eyes. I was stunned and could hardly grasp what was going on. The immensity of it: I, the condemned, am to live and…

This has long been Saint Martha's feast day in the Roman rite, but Pope Francis made it a memorial for the whole family. I think that is simply w…

Christ in the House of Mary and Martha , Jan Vermeer I wrote this some time ago when Saint Martha's feast day didn't include the whole fa…

I love the point that is made by our focus on this married couple, these parents and grandparents.  Here we celebrate Mary's parents, Jesus…

“St. Augustine Zhao Rong” Artist and Date are unknown. Via Memorial Bench . Christianity arrived in China by way of Syria in the 600s. Depen…

We know just how to celebrate this feast day, having come to know much more about the adopted land where St. Thomas carried the gospel and died — Ind…

This feast, a segment of Advent in the season of Ordinary Time, makes us aware of the wonderful inner relationship between the sacred mysteries; for …