Saint Tarcisius is a saint that lived in the third century in Rome about 200 years after the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. During the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Valerian, it was difficult for priests to bring the Blessed Sacrament to imprisoned
"If we have a box in which we keep our money, we know that one thing we must always give attention to is the key; we never think that the key is the money, but we know that without the key we cannot get our
"Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal scepter is a scepter of equity; at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir." (Psalm 45:6,9) Like all claims surrounding Mary, the mother of Jesus, they begin and end in her son Jesus. This
"My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
"I heard a great voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes,
The Old Testament prefigures the New Testament and the life of Jesus. Typology is the study of this inter-Testament relationship. Old Testament figures from Adam to King David to the prophets are often considered as types of Christ. Just as a typewriter imprints a number
"For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; for God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control. Do not be ashamed
"All the idle moments of one’s life can be sanctified, thanks to the rosary. As we walk the streets, we pray with the rosary hidden in our hand or in our pocket; as we are driving an automobile, the little knobs under most steering wheels
"The mind is infinitely variable in its language, but the heart is not. The heart of a man, in the face of the woman he loves, is too poor to translate the infinity of his affection into a different word. So the heart takes one
One of the greatest tasks as a parent is choosing the name of a child. Most people will carry their birth name - a name that they did not choose - for the entirety of their lives. This name could even be memorialized on a