How many poor farmers who lived almost 1000 years ago do we remember today? Saint Isidore is the patron of Madrid and loved by farmers and the poor in many places. He and his wife Maria were devoted to God, his Church, each other and the poor. They saw that all these things were united …
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St. Francisco SolanoFrancisco Solano was born in Spain in 1549. When he was 20, he joined the Franciscans. He was assigned to be an itinerant preacher to the surrounding towns. After the death of his father, he returned to his native town and took care of his mother. In 1589, he sailed with a group …
St. Joseph Moscati was born in Italy in 1880. His family were very devout Catholics and were friends with two other saints: Blessed Bartolo Longo and St. Caterina Volpicelli. When Joseph grew up, he became a doctor and dedicated his life to serving the poor and sick. He served the poor for free; in fact, …
Today is the feast of St. Patrick. When St. Patrick was a young man, he was captured by Irish raiders and made to work as a slave in Ireland. Eventually, God helped him to escape. He later became a priest and returned to Ireland to spread the Gospel. He became the founder of the local …
Mother Cabrini is one of my favorite saints. I chose her as my confirmation name when I was confirmed in 2016. She was obedient to Pope Leo XIII when he told her to go to the United States even though she wanted to be a missionary to China. I wanted her to help me to …
A cold dark street. A shivering beggar. A soldier on horseback. What motivated that soldier to look at the beggar and then to give him half of his cloak? It was the only motivation that matters to Jesus: Love. Martin did many amazing things in his life. But the reason that this story is so …
St. Martin de Porres A poor man, the son of a former slave, died in a large city nearly four hundred years ago. It doesn’t seem likely that anyone would remember him. Yet every third Sunday of November, thousands of Peruvians turn out to venerate an image of this poor man as it is carried …
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