Catholic Saints

In writing to a Poor Clare, St. Bonaventure said, “Your heart is to be an altar of God. It is here that the fire of intense love must burn always.”

On the day of your canonization as the first saint born in  the United States, I happily anticipated the well-deserved attention your remarkable life would receive.

In Francis’ day, some people admired him very much for thinking in new ways.

Without prayer, we run the risk of forgetting who we have become, and slowly we begin to feel as if God is distant and uninterested.

Always bear in mind as a safe general rule that while God tries us by his crosses and sufferings, he always leaves us a glimmer of light by which we continue to have great trust in him and to recognize ...