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Persistence In Prayer Avails Much
We need to persist in prayer with trustful confidence. Although the essential parts of the Catholic prayers are adoration and thanksgiving, the prayer of [...]
The history of the Assumption – and why it’s a Holy Day of Obligation
Today, Catholics around the world mark the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, commemorating the end of her earthly life and assumption into Heaven. [...]
Pope reflects on Transfiguration, summer vacation at Angelus
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis focused his Angelus reflection on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, which is celebrated each year on 6 August. [...]
Vocation Sunday: Listen to the Voice of the Shepherd
In the Catholic Church the fourth Sunday after Easter, which is the Good Shepherd Sunday coincides with Vocation Sunday.
This is a [...]
Third Sunday in Lent: Drawing from the Living Waters
In the season of Lent believers are advised to abstain from sin, go for confession often, commit to fasting, as well as ‘giving up’ certain [...]
Pope Francis: To Love Your Enemies, Prayer Is A Game-Changer
The path to holiness and sainthood, Pope Francis said, requires imitating Christ by loving our enemies and praying for those who wrong us even when it is [...]
Your Responsibility as a Christian in This Harvest of Great Mercy
All have been called to take up responsibilities in the church, just as one been ‘called to the bar’, in the legal world. There are no [...]