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Jesus left no formal religious rule for his followers. The closest he came was his proclamation of the Beatitudes: Blessed are the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the peacemakers
Halloween’s roots lie in an ancient pagan festival for the dead. While this autumn feast can be used for evil purposes, our culture celebrates it as an innocent night of begging and fun.
This month, to commemorate the feast of All Saints, we are offering a lineup of articles that acknowledge and celebrate a handful of saints and blesseds.
“I’m no saint,” we may tell ourselves. But stories of the saints show us that we, too, are capable of extraordinary faith, courage, and love.
There are some saints who were so immersed in prayer that their feet literally left the ground. While amazing, this is by no means unique.
One of the riches of our Catholic faith is our calendar of canonized saints. Here is just a sample of those we remember in the month of October.
Mario Ramirez of Milwaukee helped carry part of a homemade statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe that bobbed in the massive crowd headed toward the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building Sept. 21.
Philosopher and activist Simone Weil said that we need saints for today. We need people who join contemplation and action to heal the world and aim toward far horizons of relational and planetary healing.
This popular Franciscan saint left behind a structured and renewed Franciscan Order and a body of work all of which glorifies his major love—Jesus.
Like St. Maria Goretti, we must strive to forgive all, just as God does.
