Semper Fi Catholic

Reflect with me, in Mary’s month, on what we learn about Mary – her personality and her virtues – from the Magnificat. I don’t mean what it says, so much as (i) the fact that we have it at all; (ii) the fact that she composed it; and (iii) what it does not say. https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2024/...

In Corsica, Saint Julia the Virgin, through the agony of the Cross, obtained the crown of Glory. A Christian of Carthaginian origin, sold as a slave, the ship carrying her would have called to port at Nonza. It is there that, in hatred of faith, she would have be tortured and crucified in 303, thoug...

"He who wishes to attain to perfection must have no attachment to anything."

Jonathan took Grayson to his checkup today for his blood platelet count. Last week when he was in the ER his count was around 11,000. Now it is 468,000 where it should be! The doctor said what happened to Grayson is rare and likely won't happen to him again. He's going back in 6-8 weeks for one fina...

Dear brothers and sisters, the worldwide devotion to Saint Rita is symbolized by the rose. It is to be hoped that the life of everyone devoted to her will be like the rose picked in the garden of Roccaporena the winter before the saint’s death. That is, let it be a life sustained by passionate love...

"If we find nothing in the world to please us, we ought to be pleased by this very not finding anything to please us."

Like Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, SJ, Cristóbal and his 24 companion martyrs lived under a very anti-Catholic government in Mexico, one determined to weaken the Catholic faith of its people. Churches, schools, and seminaries were closed; foreign clergy were expelled. Cristóbal established a clandesti...

"We must always pray God not to let the spirit of avarice domineer over us, but that we may live detached from the affections of this world."

St. Bernardine of Siena was born Sept. 8, 1380. St. Bernardine of Siena, a Franciscan priest, is renowned for his eloquent preaching. Called a “second Paul” by Pope Pius II, Bernadine traveled throughout Italy on foot, preaching about God’s mercy and the love of Mary. He was dedicated to the Holy Na...

"All sins are highly displeasing to God, but above all sensuality and avarice, which are very difficult to cure."

Saint Dunstan was born in the southwest of England around the year 909. He was educated by Irish monks, and around the age of 25 he was ordained a priest. He lived as a hermit for nine years, until King Edmund appointed him the abbot of Glastonbury Abbey. He revitalized the monastery's life, and und...

"He who wishes for goods will never have devotion."

Eric the Holy or Erik the Saint was acknowledged king in most provinces of Sweden in 1150, and his family line subsisted for a hundred years. He did much to establish Christianity in Upper Sweden and built or completed at Old Uppsala the first large church to be erected in the country. It is said th...

"Experience shows that men given to carnal sins are converted sooner than those who are given to avarice."