January 6 is the feast of these three Magi, who brought Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Magi brought Jesus gold to show that He was a king; frankincense to honor Him as God; and myrrh to greet Him as man. These Magi first saw the star which led them to Bethlehem on the previous March 25, the day, and at the moment, that Jesus was conceived in Mary’s womb. It took the...
Saint Charles of Mount Argus, also known as Charles Houban, Charles Houben, Charles of Mount Argus Houben, Charles of Saint Andrew, Joannes Andreas Houben, Karel Houben, Karel of Mount Argus, Karel of Saint Andrew, Karel van Sint Andries Houben, and Karl Houben, was born on 11 December 1821 in Munstergeleen, Limburg, Netherlands. He was the fourth of eleven children born to Peter Joseph and...
Saint Angela of Foligno, also known as the Mistress of Theologians, was born in 1248 in Foligno, Umbria, Italy. She was born into a wealthy non-Christian family and led a life of indulgence and sin in her youth. She married at a young age and had several children. Angela's life was characterized by its wild and sacrilegious nature, as she engaged in adultery and lived a morally wayward...
In Catholicism, the veneration of the Holy Name of Jesus (also Most Holy Name of Jesus, Italian: Santissimo Nome di Gesù) developed as a separate type of devotion in the early modern period, in parallel to that of the Sacred Heart. The Litany of the Holy Name is a Roman-rite Catholic prayer, probably of the 15th century (Bernardino of Siena and John of Capistrano). The Feast of the Holy Name...
St. Gregory was born in Asia Minor, about 325 AD, and died in 389. He became friends with Basil at very young age but left home and studied rhetoric and philosophy in Cappadocia, Palestine and Alexandria. After his baptism at age 30, Gregory went to Athens where he renewed his friendship with Basil, where they both continued their studies of rhetoric. Basil and Gregory for different reasons...