Catholic Saints
Surrender All for Christ
Both Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi recognized the importance of what happened at the cross as a model for Christian life.
Take Up Your Cross
Those few friends and family members who stayed behind and perhaps risked their own lives for the sake of their friend and Lord have denied themselves to follow Jesus.
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‘My Grace Is Sufficient’
Be at peace in all things, because the enemy, who always fishes in troubled waters, takes advantage of our discouragement to achieve his intentions more readily.
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St. Francis and Lady Poverty
Reflecting on how Francis and the brothers honored Lady Poverty has helped me to see how they lived their walking in the footsteps of Christ.
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Dying to Self
Padre Pio’s letter to Raffaelina Cerase, 1914: Baptism is said to be a copy of the death of Jesus. St. Paul says we are baptized “into his death” [Romans 6:3], in imitation of the death of our Redeemer. What the ...
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Suffering in Service to God
Take comfort because your suffering is in God’s will. If human nature is resentful of suffering and resists it.
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