Saint Elizabeth Feast 5th November Patronage: Pregnant mothers and mothers A personal favourite of mine is dear Saint Elizabeth, cousin to Our Lady. How blessed was Saint Elizabeth to be one of the first to know that Mary was the Mother of God. What an honour. The event of ‘The Visitation’ is remembered and reflected […]
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All Saints day Feast: 1st November This week’s Saint of the week is extremely special because we celebrate All Saints! All Saints day is a sacred solemnity celebrating each and every Saint, known and unknown alike. Each Saint is celebrated and recognised. The day significantly commemorates all who have left this world and attained the beatific
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“Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1422).
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“Holy Baptism is the basis of the door which gives access to the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the other sacraments.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1213). The Sacraments are an integral part of life in the Catholic Church. Each Sacrament provides us with graces to live out our
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Eighth Century in Lanciano The eighth century saw many heresies arise regarding the faith, from both outside and inside the Catholic Church. Even priests and religious fell victim to heretical ideas, especially one concerning the Real Presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. One such Basilian monk was really struggling with his faith. Bit
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Saint John Capistrano Feast: 23rd October Patronage: Judges Saint John, born 1386. He was well educated and practiced as a Lawyer in Naples. He was made governor of Perugia by the time he was twenty six years of age. He had great talent, full education and fought many battles in the army. He was
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Saint Mary Margaret Alacoque Feast: 17th October Patronage: against polio, against the death of parents, devotees of the Sacred Heart, polio patients I personally love the Feast of the Sacred Heart as we were married on this Solemnity, yet at the time I did not know its origins.. St Margaret Mary Alacoque was the
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Saint Therese of Lisieux Patronage: Foreign missions Feast: 1st October Saint Therese of Lisieux, commonly referred to as ‘The Little Flower’, was born in France. She was the youngest of nine children and was so called spoilt and ‘babied’ by her family as her mother died when she was four years of age and four
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Saint Raphael Feast: 29th September Patronage: the blind, young people, mental illness, against nightmares, doctors, of happy meetings, of nurses, of physicians and of travelers. Saint Raphael is one of my all time favourite Saints. I often prayer for his intercession, he has helped me in the past especially with keeping my husband to be
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When I received this book for review my initial response was, ‘not another book on Mary MacKillop’, but I found this biography a fresh approach on the life of Mary and the Josephite order. Perhaps the reason I found this book so interesting was that Fr Moodystack deals only with the facts, he uses
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