Our Lady of Medjugorje, in private revelation given to Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti, on December 25, 2023: “Dear children! I am carrying my Son Jesus to you to fill your hearts with peace, because He is peace. Little children, seek Jesus in the silence of your heart that He be born anew.…
“Dear children! May this time be interwoven with prayer for peace and good deeds, so that the joy of the expectation of the King of Peace may be felt in your hearts, families, and in the world which does not have hope. Thank you for having responded to my call.”…
“Dear children! Winds of evil, hatred, and peacelessness are blowing through the earth to destroy lives. That is why the Most High sent me to you, to lead you towards the way of peace and unity with God and people. You, little children, are my extended hands: pray, fast, and…
From the book “20 Answers: Angels & Demons” by Father Mike Driscoll: Although they have no material form in themselves, angels may, for the sake of human beings with whom they interact, take on a physical appearance by controlling the elements around them. They can do this by manipulating physical…
An excerpt from “Before the Altar” by Concepción Cabrera de Armida: What the martyrs suffered is as nothing, compared to the anguish endured by a soul that possesses God and does not feel His presence. What torture can be compared with that felt by a soul which is possessed of…
From a sermon by Saint Jean-Marie Baptiste Vianney: Perhaps you will say to me: “I have done nothing but evil all my whole life. I am just a bad tree which cannot bring forth good fruit.” My dear brethren, that can very well be, as I am going to show…
“Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is in vain that the Scripture says, ‘He yearns jealously over the spirit which…
From a letter by Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska to Blessed Michal Sopoćko, on June 29, 1938: Oh, Father, I cannot tell you how happy I am that the Divine Mercy is already being worshipped, in spite of all the adversities and human envy; in spite of Satan’s anger and hatred.…
(a meditation from “The School of Jesus Crucified” by Father Ignatius of the Side of Jesus) The hour of the death of Jesus is fast approaching, and He beholds from His Cross His most dear and loving Mother, who is standing at its foot, assisting at His last sufferings in…
From a “Journal Dedicated to the Queen of Heaven” by Saint Bernadette Soubirous, on May 12, 1866: Dearest Mother, how happy was my soul those heavenly moments when I gazed upon you. How I love to remember those sweet moments spent in your presence, your eyes filled with kindness and…