December 26: Saint Stephen, the First Martyr

The Season of Advent Beloved, now is the acceptable time spoken of by the Spirit, the day of salvation, peace and reconciliation: the great season of Advent. This is the time eagerly awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, the time that holy Simeon rejoiced at last to see. This is the season that the Church has always celebrated with special solemnity. We too should always observe it with faith and love, offering praise and thanksgiving to the Father for the mercy and love he

Saint Andrew Dũng-Lac and Companions Seventeenth–Nineteenth Centuries Patron Saints of Vietnam Canonized by Pope John Paul II June 19, 1988 Liturgical Color: Red Quote: I, Paul, in chains for the name of Christ, wish to relate to you the trials besetting me daily, in order that you may be inflamed with love for God and join with me in his praises, for his mercy is forever. The prison here is a true image of everlasting hell: to cruel tortures of every kind—shackles, iron chai

From the autobiography of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, virgin In the heart of the Church I will be love Since my longing for...

August 21: Saint Pius X, Pope—Memorial 1835–1914 Patron Saint of First Communicants and pilgrims Canonized by Pope Pius XII Liturgical...