You asked for my hands that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment then withdrew them for the work was hard. You...

Dear Fr, Thank you for your blog and for including me and the Church and Nation of Sweden in your prayers. Here is a short message of...

St. Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden was born in 1303 to pious parents who were related to Sweden’s reigning royal family. When Bridget was...

I’m not sure what you know about me. I’m a woman from the region of Galilee, actually, from the prosperous shipping district called ...

A very English observance. More people will have heard of Our Lady of Walsingham than Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Our Lady of Mount Carmel...

Mine's chocolate. Can't get enough of it. Can't resist it! My uncle, sadly, was addicted to gambling. His lovely, patient wife stuck with...

"I planted two big pots of flowers at Starbucks. I thought we needed some beauty and nature in the cement-world where the Starbucks store...

Lectio Divina for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time "A lawyer, anxious to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘Who is my neighbour?’...

Skellig Michael and Little Skellig, are towering sea crags rising from the Atlantic Ocean almost 12 kilometres west of the Ivereagh...

The Mission of My Life – Saint John Henry Newman God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me...

Devotion to the Sacred Heart can be seen as early as the second century with St. Justin Martyr and in the 7th century with Pope Gregory...

"I worship and adore the true and living God who created all things." St. Alban is venerated as Britain's first Christian martyr. For...

“When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.” Luke 5:11. Since the fishermen Jesus called were...

Francis Stanfield was born in Camden in 1835,and died in Clapton, East London in 1914. He was the son of Clarkson Stanfield...

“The real Christian is always a revolutionary. To say day by day “Thy Kingdom Come”, if these tremendous words really stand for a...

LECTIO DIVINA for Trinity Sunday I begin my prayer by making a very slow, thoughtful sign of the cross. ✠ In the name of the Father, and...

"Fifteen hundred years ago, a young woman in north-west Ireland had a vision. An angel of God appeared before her and prophesied that the...

Prayers for Pentecost Holy Spirit, As I adventure with you today, be the compass that guides me, the light that shines on my path, the...

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service... But I shall not have...

Magnificat of a Chilean Woman With pride and dignity I sing my song of joy when I feel the Lord's presence. I am poor and very ordinary,...