Today is the memorial of St. Monica, one of my favorite saints. She was a tenacious, patient and persistent prayer warrior who never gave up on her son, Augustine, a great sinner, who later became so strongly drawn to the […]
Today is the Feast of St. Rose of Lima and my name day. A name day is a tradition in many countries of celebrating a day based on an individual’s given name. Since many Christians are named after a particular […]
On October 11, 1954, Pope Pius XII pronounced the new feast day called the Queenship of Mary in his encyclical Ad caeli reginam. Originally the feast was celebrated on May 31, the last day of the Marian month. In 1969 Pope Paul […]