For this feast day of St. Dominic, Catholic Digest reached out to both a Dominican friar and Franciscan friar to ask them both about a unique tradition. Each year, on the feast days of the respective saints of their orders (St. Dominic on…

We need to be reminded of the good in people. Year by year, the Holocaust fades further and further from memory and finds permanent rest in the annals of history. There will be a point, certainly during some of our lives, when there will be…

Bl. Paul VI promulgated his landmark encyclical Humanae Vitae (The transmission of human life) 50 years ago on July 25, 1968. To understand the document, its impact, and how it remains applicable today, Catholic Digest spoke with …

Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, Abbot Lord, we are surrounded by wolves, who seek to feast upon the faithful and destroy your Church. Let us not dwell only among ourselves O Lord, but go out among these predators, and spread to them your…

Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Lord God, the world is full of tribulations. Let us not beget more violence in this world, but rather bring such things to an end. Engender in us not hatred and grudges, but forgiveness and…

Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lord Jesus, our salvation is a distant goal unless we reconcile ourselves to others, until there is peace in our homes and in our world. Make us then instruments of your peace, that we might end…

Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church Lord Jesus, yours is the new law, by which all the world may find salvation. No longer Jew or Gentile, but brother and sister walking the way of salvation. You are the…

Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Lord Jesus, you are the light of the world, shining before us that we may find our way out of the darkness. So, too, are we, your disciples guides to one another. Inspire in us the drive to aid…

Memorial of St. Barnabas, Apostle Lord God, you are the salve of our wounds, the comfort to the afflicted who suffer the punishments of our own hubris. Preserve us in times of strife, and aid us in times of challenge. Lead us to rest…

Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Lord Jesus Christ, you came to free us from the grip of demons, who seek the death of our souls. Be with us in our struggle against these forces of darkness, and drive them from our midst. You are the beacon…