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Eusebius of Vercelli, spent most of his episcopal life defending the Church against the Arians. Also a defender of Saint Athanasius, whom the emperor wanted to punish, Saint Eusebius suffered death threats and harassment. But he continued to remain faithful and hopeful.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori was a great moral theologian as well as the founder of the Redemptorists. He wrote in the areas of spirituality and doctrine to the edification of his diocese and others.
Founder of the Society of Jesus Ignatius of Loyola, like Francis of Assisi, had a conversion experience while recuperating from a serious illness. Being a military man, the Rule of Life that Saint Ignatius wrote for his followers shows the discipline and rigor of a soldier, but a soldier of faith with the mercy and compassion of the Gospel.
“We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.” —Solanus Casey
The Bethany family of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus knew Jesus well. They loved him as a good friend. They had faith in what he taught and in what he could do. Jesus calls us to know him, to be friends with him, to have faith in him as well. How have I responded?
“What does it matter where we go? Wherever we go, won’t we be serving God there?” —Solanus Casey
A mild-mannered Dutch Carmelite professor, Saint Titus Brandsma became a fierce critic of the Nazi movement and was put to death by lethal injection at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942.
The growth of the kingdom involves judgment–a judgment that only God can make that involves the moral quality of those being judged. We are in the field of God’s kingdom, growing toward the harvest that will surely come. Are we the wheat or the weeds?
First implemented 25 years ago, Cristo Rey high schools have survived declining enrollment, rising costs, and a pandemic. And they’re still going strong.
Saint Sharbel Makhlouf was a Lebanese Maronite Rite monk, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches who follow a slightly different liturgy and canon law. We in the Latin or Roman Rite often forget that we have sisters and brothers in the East. Saint Sharbel is a good reminder of the wider Church.
