Sister Mary Clair, MICM Saint Benedict Father of Western Monasticism It was the end of the world. At least, so it seemed when from his cave in Bethlehem, Saint Jerome cried out in an impassioned voice, “My voice is choked and sobs interrupt the words which I write; the city is captured which took captive […]
Saint Josephine Bakhita – Patroness of Sudan Table of Contents Volume LXIV, No.1Serial No. 120 Volume LXIV, No.1Serial No. 120 Feature Other Articles On the cover, The cover is an artist rendition depicting Saint Josephine Bakhita as a slave in her native land of Sudan. Behind her is a slave caravan and her beloved continent
Plainly Speaking – Saint Josephine Bakhita PLAINLY SPEAKING P. LAINLY S. PEAKING Dear Friends, When it comes to the debated mystery of salvation, Saint Josephine Bakhita is a perfect example of how the mythical “invincibly” ignorant native is not outside the providence of God. He can use the most adverse circumstances to bring about good.
Abbé DuHaut HOPE All our dogmas are closely connected with one another, and God is the beginning and end, the author and surety of them all. Saint Paul puts faith and hope together when he says, Faith is the substance of things to be hoped for. (Heb. 11:1) He means that just as no building
Saint Alphonsus The Dolors of MAry As Jesus is called the King of sorrows and the King of martyrs, because He suffered in His life more than all other martyrs; so also is Mary with reason called the Queen of martyrs, having merited this title by suffering the most cruel martyrdom possible after that of
Giles staab OFM. Cap. Little Saints Saint Therese of Lisieux speaks in her autobiography of the big saints and little saints. The big saints like Paul and Simeon Stylites and Francis and Peter of Alcantara, show the driving power of the grace of God. The little saints are those whose sanctity manifests itself in the
Fr. Vincent Ferrer Kienberger, OP Cherfulness “Thou has compassed me with gladness.” (Psalm 29:12) Cheerfulness is a royal virtue. But it is more often found in cabins than in palaces. Cheerfulness is not necessarily founded on prosperity. It is too often the only gift which the blessed poor of God can share with one another.
Raphael V. O’Connell, SJ Our Guardian Angels The angelic nature, being wholly spiritual, is far superior to ours. It is not, then, a matter of course that they should wait on us, but a dispensation of infinite love, the same love which prompted God’s own Son to come among us, “not to be ministered unto,
Joseph Clifford Fenton Prayer for OUR ENEMIES We cannot begin to understand the full meaning of Christian prayer, or Christian charity itself until we realize the Catholic teaching on prayer for our enemies. The charity which binds us to God is strong enough to impel us to love even our enemies in this world. The
Sister Marie-Celine, MICM Saint Josephine bakhita: Mission Years I n 1933, Bakhita’s superiors, knowing that she had a strong, virtuous and truly humble character, did not hesitate to ask the greatest sacrifice of her. At the age of sixty-four, Bakhita was asked to promote the Canossian missions by traveling all over Italy to tell her