The Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels, officially observed every 2nd of October, is a memorial of the Catholic Church in honor of the holy angels entrusted by God to guide us in words and deeds, and to protect us from evil. As Jesus says in the Gospel, Matthew 18:10, …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. The world was created by the Word of God, re-created …
First Reading – Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me see ruin; why must I look at misery? Destruction and violence are before me; there …
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most widely known and venerated saints of the Catholic Church. She is popularly called “The Little Flower of Jesus” or “The Little Flower.” Born in Rue Saint-Blaise, Alençon, France in 1873, she is the youngest of the nine children (five of whom …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Christ had compassion on the hungry and performed a miracle …
First Reading – Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be hindered. I have dealt with great things that I do not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know. …
Born to peasant farmer parents in France in the 16th Century, Saint Vincent de Paul showed much promise for reading and writing at an early age. At age fifteen, he was able to enter the seminary to continue with the study of theology from the livestock his family sold. By …
We encourage everyone to post your Daily Prayer Petitions in the Comments section below. Together we pray as one Catholic Family for our intentions and the intentions of the Pope. Let us also pray for the suffering souls in Purgatory. Jesus Christ is worthy of all praise, for he was …
First Reading – Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. Job spoke out and said: Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, “The child is a boy!” Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb …
Saint Pio was born as Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina in the Archdiocese of Benevento. His parents were Grazio Forgione and Maria Giuseppa De Nunzio. At the age of sixteen, he joined the Capuchin Friars Minor novitiate in Morcone and took the name of Brother Pio. After …
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