for battle. Although outnumbered three to one, the Christians prevailed Oct. 7th, the feast of the Holy Rosary, at the Battle of Lepanto. In 1683, when the Ottoman Empire began their march again to wage [...] saying Just One Yes. Our Blessed Mother said to Saint Elizabeth, “My soul magnifies the Lord. My spirit rejoices in God my Savior.” Our “yes” too will magnify the Lord, and we will know his joy this Christmas

Chastity: purity lets us perceive the human body – ours and our neighbour’s – as a temple of the Holy Spirit, a treasure to be honoured and not used. It means observing the norms of sexuality set out by Christ

want to go, but God hasn’t called you. I think you need to discern and follow your heart, ask the Holy Spirit for guidance. But you do not need to be scared of the priesthood. If God calls you, he will take

entrusted to her all the difficult trials I was going through. Not long afterward I received the Holy Spirit. I was reminded me of the story of this mysterious nun dressed in white and blue, hovering above

in the New Testament, she's in the Upper Room. She's with the Apostles, they're waiting for the Holy Spirit and Mary's role, then as now, is to keep all her children, all the disciples of Jesus together

had with her 12-year-old Barbara Samulowska. During the apparition Justyna asked: “What do you want, Holy Mary?” The reply she received was, “I want you to pray the Rosary daily.” Our Lady spoke in the local [...] Catholics and the Polish community. While the apparitions contributed to the revival of a Polish national spirit, in the religious sense they had a universal appeal. Each year Gietrzwałd attracted a great number

Temple, fulfilling Mosaic law, a “just and devout” (Lk 2:25) man named Simeon, enlightened by the Holy Spirit, foretold both our Lord’s greatness, saying He would be “a light of revelation to the Gentiles