This prayer is written by St. Maximilian Kolbe, who gave his life to save a family father in the Auschwitz concentration camp Immaculate, queen of heaven and earth, refuge of sinners and our most loving Mother, to whom God has given mercy. I, the unworthy sinner, stand before you, pleading that you accept my whole

The children had a horrible vision, but it was also showing them the way to heaven. When the Virgin appeared to the three little shepherds at Fatima in 1917, she allowed them to have a vision of hell that would scare any child (or adult). They saw a “great sea of fire” and, within it,

The liturgical custom is one of the oldest, dating back to the 4th century. Before celebrating every Mass the priest (and deacon) approach the altar and kiss it. To some this practice seems rather odd, as altars are material objects of stone or wood and don’t seem to warrant any particular reverence. What is the

When life on this earth seems overwhelming, support from heaven is waiting to come. No matter how mindful we are of our blessings, some stages of life — or simply, some days — are particularly marked by burdens. Often, the weight we carry is made heavier because we feel alone in facing what we must.

A Christian judge imposes an exemplary sentence and the whole country applauds. Last week, three young Lebanese confessed to the Sunni Muslim faith entered a church in northern Lebanon and outraged a statue of the Virgin in that temple. The three were arrested with the accusation of “offending religious sentiments”, a very sensitive issue in

“Flow in me, blow your breath, live in me …” God’s spirit: Your breath, your voice that is shouted in silence, your voice that feeds me if I can not anymore, and no more … If I’ve tired of fighting, here you are. My comfort, your hands that heat on the ice, your hands that