Month: May 2023

The Church honors the memory of the early Christian philosopher St. Justin Martyr today. He was born around the year 100 in the Palestinian province of Samaria. His father followed the Greek pagan religion and raised his son to do …

“La oración y la acción de gracias son lo que más agrada a Dios.”

San Justino nació alrededor del año 100, en la antigua Siquem, en Samaria. Sus padres eran paganos, de origen griego, y le dieron una excelente educación, …

Today’s Feast on the Church’s calendar commemorates the visit that Mary, already pregnant with Jesus, made to her older cousin, St. Elizabeth, who was pregnant with the future St. John the Baptist.

This story comes in the Infancy Narrative of …

La Iglesia celebra hoy la Fiesta de la Visitación de la Virgen María. San Lucas (1, 39-56) presenta a ella como el Arca de la Alianza que va a Jerusalén para mostrar que Dios está presente en medio de su …

As we return to the Ordinary Time of the Church’s year, we are reminded by the Book of Sirach (35, 1-12): “In a generous spirit pay homage to the Lord, be not sparing of freewill gifts. With each contribution show …

Según el calendario litúrgico de la Iglesia, hemos regresado al “Tiempo Ordinario.” Después de cincuenta días de festividad Pascual, recordamos confiadamente hoy que estamos en las manos de Dios, un Dios bueno y bondadoso, un Dios misericordioso. Tratamos de servirle …

On the Monday after Pentecost, the Church celebrates the Feast of Mary, the Mother of the Church. In 2018, Pope Francis decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be …

What we remember—and honor—on Memorial Day weekend is heroic sacrifice. We acknowledge those who nobly gave of themselves, even unto death, for “a purpose” which they believed was greater than themselves.

Since the days just following the end of the …

“Pentecost” literally means “fiftieth.” It is a feast still celebrated on the fiftieth day after the Passover by our Jewish brothers and sisters. For us, obviously, it is a feast celebrated on the fiftieth day after the celebration of the …

Celebrando hoy la Fiesta de Pentecostés, recordamos que cincuenta días después del Domingo de Pascua, el Espíritu Santo descendió sobre los Apóstoles que estaban reunidos en oración junto con María, la Madre de Jesús. El amor de …