Never Give Up

Today is the Feast of Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, patron of indigenous peoples, instrument and messenger of the Mother of God, the mer...

Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception … and the beginning of the beautiful “Days of Mary” that light up every Advent Season. Here ar...

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!  “ O Father and Pontiff [Bishop] Nicholas, the holiness of your life was set before your flock as a rule of faith...

Pope Leo speaks about the strength that comes from a genuine commitment to PEACE.  He is not naive. He knows that true peace is difficult, a...

December 3: The incredible SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER, missionary to East Asia. To his intercession (among others) I entrust my ongoing and increa...

This Advent, let us remember that Jesus is with us, that He loves us, and that He is the Lord of history.

Pope Leo XIV, Bartholomew (Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople), and other leaders of Catholic and other ancient churches met together in T...

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has honored the 45th anniversary of the death of Dorothy Day in this Instagram post. They e...

What a year it has been !  Now it's the Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States, and we find that gratitude endures even through the ...

Yesterday (November 24th) we celebrated the 117 Martyrs of Vietnam canonized by John Paul II in 1988, who died during numerous persecutions ...

Saturday was the Feast of Saint Cecilia🎶, and I expressed gratitude for all the musicians who have accompanied me on my life's journey....

Our Lord, our Savior, our King: Jesus Christ. #ChristTheKing #FeastDay

HOLODOMOR REMEMBRANCE DAY 2025.  In 1932-33, some five million Ukrainians were starved to death by an artificial famine engineered by Stalin...

November 22nd is the feast of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Many countries throughout the world celebrate Music Day on this day....

"You say, 'I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,' and yet do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ...

This human life : full of joy and adventure and promise; full of so many reasons to be grateful. But nothing is ever enough. If we engage th...

" Christ makes himself known, makes himself accessible, and gives us his Spirit in the Church through the sacred scriptures, the sacram...

The colors of this Fall 2025 came briefly and now most of them are gone, thanks to the winds and the rain and the frost of ever-longer night...

“I will go anywhere and do anything in order to communicate the love of Jesus” (Saint Francesca Cabrini).  Mother Cabrini is the patron sain...

Christina Grimmie's soulful voice and joyful visage remain sources of healing and hope for many people who live in the fragmented, threa...

November 9th commemorates the completion and dedication in the year 324 of the Basilica of St John the Baptist on the Lateran hill, in Rome!...

Words from Pope Leo XIV about the Christian community, where we are all called to serve one another.

[ Here are some words from my own brief prayer and meditation .] Stay  with us, O Lord. Let us experience your love in our poor, bewildered ...

My days are like a passing shadow and I wither away like the grass. But you, O Lord, will endure for ever (Psalm 102:13).

In these days and weeks, we remember all those who have gone before us. We pray for the eternal fulfillment of all those who have lived and ...

We've nearly reached the end of October, and there are still lots of tired green leaves hanging onto the trees. Much of this month'...