+Third Sunday after Easter+ Happy Mother’s Day, Blessed Mother, and a blessed day to all Catholic mothers everywhere! The seventh king of Rome, a Francis fan, has taken the name of Leo XIV. As a reader astutely observed last week, “Prevost took the name of Leo on the...

+St. Catherine of Siena+ Prayer Society Intention for May, Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Most loving Mother, consider the cruel warfare waged by the world the flesh and the devil against our souls and see how many are perishing in the strife... Deign to pray for...

 A Blessed Easter to all! HE MADE US FREE By Maurice Francis Egan As flame streams upward, so my longing thought Flies up with Thee, Thou God and Saviour who hast truly wrought Life out of death, and to us, loving, brought A fresh, new world; and in Thy sweet chains...

+Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary+ Fr. Doyle’s Reflections on the Passion, Part 5 Gesthemani (cont’d): It is right for us to plead earnestly for what we want – earnestly, perseveringly, but never insubmissively. We should recognize that God will not give us...

+Fourth Thursday in Lent+ Prayer Society Intention for April, Month of the Holy Ghost “O Holy Ghost, Creator, mercifully assist Thy Catholic Church, and by Thy heavenly power strengthen and establish her against the assaults of all Her enemies.” (Raccolta) Fr. Doyle’s...

+The Annunciation+ (With a commemoration of St. Dismas) Fr. Doyle’s Reflections on the Passion, Pt. 3 Gesthemani OUR BLESSED LORD had designedly planned that Peter, James, and John should be afforded but a glimpse of His divinity when it burst forth on the occasion of...

+St. Patrick, Bishop Confessor+ Fr. Doyle’s Reflections on the Passion, Pt. 2 “We should,” writes Father Degnam, S.J., “go through the different circumstances of the Passion, and compare them with the occasions of sufferings we meet with in life. They are the drops of...

+Ash Wednesday+ Prayer Society Intention for March, Month of St. Joseph "O glorious St. Joseph, defender of the Church founded by Jesus, most confidently do I implore thy powerful aid for for all the Church militant on earth." (Raccolta) Introduction We begin with a...

+St. Gabriel Possenti+ Introduction With Francis near death, many are wondering what will happen next. Readers have often asked about what to expect in the near future and how we can explain this from passages in St. John’s Apocalypse. I have no real answers, only...

+St. Bernadette Soubirous+ Introduction A few months ago, in the blog article HERE, I mentioned the exposure of upper-level John Birch Society (JBS) members and their associates as high-degree Freemasons. Recently, a reader brought my attention to Francis’ picture on...