seen during the night. He threw himself into his arms, and holding him on his heart, he kissed the saint with affection, saying: "You are my brother in arms; you will walk in step with me and the enemy will

godfather. Eventually Jacob withdrew from the temptations of Parisian life and chose the Abbey of Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire to lead a more religious life. In 1944, the Gestapo arrested him because of his Jewish

Israel's Waiting (XIII) "A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son" (Is 7:14) All throughout tradition, saints and mystics have also been unanimous in believing that the very humble Virgin never imagined she

Dominicans? Perhaps because at the heart of our theological tradition lies an aspiration to simplicity. Saint Thomas Aquinas said that we cannot understand God because God is perfectly simple. There is a false

it better to look than to those men and women who have already done so — that is, the saints themselves. “The saints and blesseds of paradise remind us, as pilgrims on Earth, that prayer, above all, is

Instead, it does great good to cultivate a healthy sense of humor, as did, for example, Saint Thomas More or Saint Philip Neri. We can also ask for this grace, this grace of a healthy sense of humor: it

of the Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth A Tender Threat (1/2) Certain stories in the lives of the saints can inspire our actions and even make us more fearless. This is what happened to me with Cardinal [...] are countless, when, in a dialogue of the heart, we turn to our Mother with great familiarity. The saints help us to leave behind a certain automatic and boring devotion. They introduce us to that famous

go, as in the past, and carry my name before all peoples and before the kings of the earth.” Pope Saint Pius X, The Allocution Vi Ringrazio (November 29, 1911)

liberation of Vienna from the Turks in 1683) The Holy Name of Mary, a powerful weapon against terrorism! Saint John Paul II asked Catholics to pray to the Virgin Mary, especially at this time of increased global

the marvels which will be seen in the latter times. The formation and the education of the great saints who will come at the end of the world are reserved to her, for only this singular and wondrous virgin