December 8th is the usual date for the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Many Bishops have transferred this celebration to Monday, December 9th since this year, it falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. Each Bishop has the authority to declare that it remains a Holy Day of Obligation. This solemn dogma was defined by Blessed Pope Pius IX on December 8th, 1854:
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Dear Friends on the Way,
On December 6th, as part of Apostoli Viae tradition, we will begin a novena to St. John of the Cross, which ends on his feast day on December 14th. I pray that you will join with me and all Apostoli Viae members around the world in this beautiful novena for the intentions listed below as well as your own. Though this novena is compact and brief, it is filled with pro...
Our beautiful, inspirational saint started life on an air base, appropriate for a person whose soul flew to Heaven within while she was yet on earth. She was born Elizabeth Catez on July 18, 1880. Her army officer father died when Elizabeth was seven. That same year, she made her first Confession and discovered that Her Father in heaven was merciful. Although she had been a proud, hot-temper...
“Let nothing disturb you,
Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away:
God never changes.
Patience obtains all things
Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
These are the words that can start a quest in your heart. Simple to understand. Difficult to live, even in a life where each day begins with mental prayer. It is a singular gift to reali...
On October 7, the Church celebrates the yearly feast of Our Lady of the Rosary,, which for several centuries was known as Our Lady of Victory.
By 1453, troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire invaded and occupied the Byzantine. This brought a large portion of an increasingly divided Christian world under Islamic law.
Over the next hundred years, the Turks expanded their empire west on land....
St. Thérèse's of Lisieux was a discalced Carmelite nun, known as "The Little Flower of Jesus" or simply, "The Little Flower." She was one of nine children. Her parents were Saints Louis and Zelie Martin.
Born January 2, 1873, Thérèse felt an early call to religious life, and a the age of 15, joined her two older sisters in the cloistered ...
On August 26th, Discalced Carmelites and the community of Apostoli Viae celebrate the Feast of the Transverberation (or Transpierecing of the Heart) of St. Teresa of Avila, Virgin, Doctor, and Reformer of the Carmelite Order.
The term transverberation comes from the Latin transverberare which means to pierce through. In mystical theology, it is also known by the Italian word ferita (wound) o...
Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell:
nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption.
--Psalm xv. 10
On the third day after Mary's death, when the apostles gathered around her tomb, they found it empty. The sacred body had been carried up to the celestial paradise. Jesus Himself came to conduct her thither; the whole court of heaven came to welcome with songs of triumph the Moth...
The deeper a soul is bound to God, the more completely surrendered to grace, the stronger will be its influence on the form of the church. Conversely, the more an era is engulfed in the night of sin and estrangement from God the more it needs souls united to God.
- St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born Jewish, lapsed into atheism, and ...
