Why give yourself to the contemplative life? There is only one reason.
Today, November 8, we celebrate the feast day of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, a French Carmelite considered by Pope St. John Paul II to be one of the most influential mystics of his life.
St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was born as Elizabeth Catez, “Sabeth” to her friends, in 1880. She was a hot-tempered child with sometimes “furious eyes” whose father died while she ...
“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. By asking her help and staying...
Doctor of the Church, and inspirer of so many through her autobiographical work, Story of a Soul, written in obedience to her Mother Superior (who happened to be her sister!), St. Therese of Lisieux is a go-to Saint for those who are young, or young in their spiritual life and those who are further along in their spiritual life. She reveals deep treasures of love for even those most advanced s...
As we continue in our Novena to St. Michael, let us not forget Our Lady of Mercy, who is connected with St. Michael as Queen of Angels and depicted in the section on Christ’s Birth and in the section about the Flight into Egypt.
As usual with Our Lady, She has appeared over time in different places and to different individuals in Her Role as Our Lady of Mercy.
As early as 1280, She ...
On September 21st, those who are promised in Apostoli Viae pray an annual novena to the archangels, asking for their intercession in spiritual warfare, healing, and humility, and in reparation for offenses against the Lord in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The novena concludes with a consecration to the archangels on September 29th. We invite you to join us!
The following is prayed each da...
He was born in a city near Emilia, Italy, and became a Canon Regular of the Holy Cross at Mortara (Pavia). By 1180, he was elected prior there, and then appointed Bishop of Bobbia in 1184. The very next year, he was sent to Vercelli, where he spent the next 20 years, accomplishing missions on the national and international level, becoming known as a person of conviction and prudence. He medi...
Also called St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart, she was a Saint who loved God so much that her defining contemplative moment was hearing the words “God is love” (1 Jn 4:8 and 1 Jn 4:16). She lived them out being the Infirmarian, in charge of caring for anyone in the Carmel who was sick. She was devoted, kind and caring even to those who were difficult. Certainly, Our Lord ha...
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...
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....
