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
"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
"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
In Exodus Chapter 3, Moses presses the voice of God in the burning bush to reveal God's name to him. God responds to Moses, "'I AM WHO I AM.' And he said, 'Say this to the sons of Israel, 'I am has sent me to
"O God, who founded the salvation of the human race on the Incarnation of your Word, give your peoples the mercy they implore, so that all may know there is no other name to be invoked but the Name of your Only Begotten Son." -From the