This Little Light of Mine
Lucy’s Latin name Lucia shares a root (luc-) with the Latin word for light, lux. Many traditions tell of Saint Lucy as the bearer of light in the darkness.
Raising Saints
St. Catherine of Alexandria
St. Catherine of Alexandria is a beautiful witness for each of us in her example of total surrender and complete devotion to her faith.
Our Lady the Undoer
Sometimes I am disgusted at the rope I bring to her, the rope of my life, full of more huge knots than I care to count.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
If you want to talk about a person who knew how to get it all done, meet St Elizabeth of Hungary.
Sainthood: The Path to Heaven
The road to heaven is paved with many pride swallowing moments. Many teary apologies. Many whisperings of “will you forgive me.”
Frater Memento Mori
When a Subiaco monk dies, his funeral ends with his brother monks carrying his coffin, which one of the monks made, down the hill to the cemetery to be placed in a hole, which one of the monks dug, and each monk and guest shovels a scoop of soil back onto the coffin.
On Relics
Every Catholic altar is a kind of graveyard. Catholics pray surrounded by the remains of saints who have died before us. You could say it’s a bit creepy.
A Window to the Divine
“We view art as inherently transcendent–a window to the Divine and to the innermost reality of the human person and the world.”
The Pope Who Loved
Fr. Tribou told us that he was somehow able to rest in that love, knowing he was convicted of sin, but loved in order to be better. Tribou, in turn, dedicated his life to loving us not because we were already worthy, but in order that we might become deserving.