(Feast Day ~ June 10) Most of the earliest saints of the Church are venerated for their great courage amidst persecution and their martyrdom for the faith. After Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire, the designation of “saint” was given to holy men and women whose sanctity was shown in additional ways […]

(Feast Day ~ June 9)   “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” [Matthew 28:19] The Apostles and those who joined and who followed them took our Lord’s admonition so seriously that within a few hundred years […]

(Feast Day ~ June 9) Since so many of the saints whom we venerate lived in the early years of Christianity, it would be easy to conclude that the age of saints is over, that there are no more holy priests and bishops, monastics, missionaries and evangelists, or martyrs. But there are numerous men, women […]

Feast Day ~ June 5 The Martyrology contains the names and stories of hundreds of thousands who gave up their lives simply for being Christians. These courageous saints lived and died all over the world – wherever the love of Christ was a threat to those in power – and every day, more and more […]

(Feast Day ~ June 6) Those who would be evangelists for Christ soon find that their efforts do not always result in 100% success. Like the sower in our Lord’s parable, sometimes their words fall by the wayside, or upon rocky soil or among thorns, and the seeds of the Gospel they preached do not […]

(Feast day ~ June 5) The life of St. Boniface is not one of miracles or visions or doctrinal disputes but rather of the slow, hard work of evangelizing among those who have not heard the Gospel of Christ. Born around the year 675 into a Christian Anglo-Saxon peasant family, Boniface was given the name […]

(Feast Day ~ June 4) Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it. [Matthew […]

(Feast Day ~ June 3) It is a human trait to want to follow the lives of the famous. We Americans have carried that trait to extremes in our day, with high profile trials of actors and athletes, tabloids recording every movement of those in the public eye, and television shows devoted to creating new […]

(Feast Day ~ June 3) Each time we sing the Litany of Saints we are reminded of the numerous Christians whose pursuit of holiness are examples to us and who act as our intercessors in our struggles. We sing of many categories of saints: Apostles and Martyrs, Bishops and Confessors, Monastics, Virgins and Widows – […]

(Feast Day ~ June 2) When we hear the name St. Sophia, we usually think of the 2nd century mother of daughters Faith, Hope, and Charity, who saw her children tortured and murdered for being Christians in the persecutions of the Emperor Hadrian. We also think of the term “Hagia Sophia” – Holy Wisdom – […]