Faith

Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lord, too often when we harden our hearts to you, we lose our sense of wonder and amazement at your love, mercy, and power. Open our eyes to you, O Lord, make us as we once were, children…

We all carry both psychological and spiritual wounds that affect our motives, our reactions to other people’s behavior, and the deeper reasons we fear or avoid certain things. When I was in junior high, I dabbled in the occult. My parents…

Optional Memorial of Sts. Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs Lord Jesus, your disciples did not want to accept that your suffering and sacrifice was inevitable, for they did not yet understand your true purpose. Now that we see…

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lord Jesus, you are the bread of life, the manna which sustains us in the desert of our daily lives. Without you, we hunger for righteousness but will forever be found wanting. Sustain us, O Lord, and…

Memorial of St. Clare, Virgin Lord, our faith in you makes us capable of great things, even only a little might change us forever. Our trust in you is our foundation, from which we are able to do so much more all because of our confidence…

If you were looking for a successful prophet, you might be quite impressed by Elijah’s record: when he says there will be a drought, there is one; when he calls down fire from heaven, it comes. Yet, the fidelity to the covenant Elijah…

Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr Lord, this world and all within it shall fade away, but you are with us forever. Free us, O Lord, from our obsessions with things which will fade, and humble us to the passage of time. For we who…

Optional Memorial of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin and Martyr Lord Jesus, it was by the will of your Father that you suffered for us, and for our salvation that you ascended into heaven. Still, you have left us guides to our…

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…

Memorial of St. Dominic, Priest Lord Jesus, you came not only to save the house of Israel but also the whole of humanity, we who wallow in sin without your guiding hand. May our faith in you never waver, for it is by our trust in Divine…