Thursday, March 28, 2024

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Read more

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) was born in France to a virtuous and distinguished family. As a child she showed great devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, and by the age of 9 was practicing severe penances. In her childhood she became sick with rheumatic fever and was confined to bed for four years. She made a vow to the Blessed Virgin to consecrate herself to the religious...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 117
St. Teresa of Avila Read more

St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, died October 4, 1582. She was a Spanish nun, one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic Church, and author of spiritual classics. She was the originator of the Carmelite Reform, which restored and emphasized the austerity and contemplative character of primitive Carmelite life. St. Teresa was elevated to...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 139
St. Angadrisma of Beauvais Read more

St. Angadrisma of Beauvais

Angadrisma (d. ca. 695) was a seventh-century abbess and saint, daughter of Robert I, Bishop of Tours. A cousin to Lambert, Bishop of Lyon, she was educated at Thérouanne by Lambert and Saint Audomare (Omer). Although she wished to become a nun, she was promised in an arranged marriage to Saint Ansbert of Chaussy. Tradition states that Angadrisma, wishing for a way out, prayed fervently and...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 165
St. Edward the Confessor Read more

St. Edward the Confessor

Edward the Confessor, also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 to 1066. The son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, Edward succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half brother – Harthacnut, restoring the rule of the House of Wessex after...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 156
St. Seraphin of Montegranaro Read more

St. Seraphin of Montegranaro

Seraphin's parents were poor in earthly goods and obscure in the sight of men. But the spirit of prayer which his mother instilled in the boy was an inheritance of priceless value. The loving lessons of his mother caused Seraphin to make the firm resolve to remain innocent and become a saint. Saint Seraphin of Montegranaro fostered tender devotion to the Blessed Mother and occasionally...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 167
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