St. Charles Borromeo tended to the plague-stricken of Milan with unwearied zeal
At the zenith of his greatness, St. Charles Borromeo, Archbishop of Milan, would learn to void his heart of self, in order that God might fill it.
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Articles tagged The Ecu-Men
St. Hilarion overcame terrible temptations from Satan through mortification and humility
The enemy of mankind, foreseeing a formidable adversary in St. Hilarion, waged a terrible war against him. But no trouble could disturb the serenity attained by that simple, holy soul.
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St. Peter of Alcantara’s penitential life was marked by his supreme disdain for everything earthly
St. Peter of Alcantara's manly fervor equaled that of past ages. But without going barefoot like him, or doing such sharp penance, there are very many ways in which we can practice contempt of the world.
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St. Luke wrote his Gospel to the Gentiles after instruction from Paul and the other apostles
St. Luke completed his work by writing, in the same correct style as his Gospel, the history of the first days of Christianity, of the introduction of the Gentiles into the Church, and of the great labors of their own Apostle Paul.
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St. Jerome’s life and work was marked by exceptional holiness, learning, and humility
God amply repaid the homage thus rendered to His sacred word: Jerome hoped to obtain by his toil the cure of his moral sickness; he moreover attained the lofty holiness that we now admire in him.
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St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, ruled his kingdom with the utmost charity and kindness
St. Wenceslas recalls to us the entrance into the Church of a warlike nation, the Czechs, the most indomitable of the Slavonic tribes, which had penetrated into the very midst of Germany.
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The martyrdom of Sts. Cyprian and Justina reveals God’s power over sorcery and magic
He who sought to ruin thee is now, O virgin Justina, thy trophy of victory; and for thee, O Cyprian, the path of crime turned aside in to the way of salvation.
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Our Lady of Ransom helped a religious order deliver Christians from Muslim slavery
The Order of Mercy was founded as it were in the very face of the Moors, and it was called the royal, military, and religious Order of our Lady of Mercy for the redemption of captives.
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Pope Linus, successor of St. Peter, had so much faith that he cast out devils and raised the dead
The lives of the first Vicars of Christ, including Pope Linus, are buried in a mysterious obscurity; just as the foundations of a monument built to defy the ravages of time are concealed from view.
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Our Lady of Sorrows still contributes her compassion since the Church is Christ’s mystical body
Christ dieth now no more: and Our Lady’s sufferings are over. Nevertheless the Passion of Christ is continued in His elect, in His Church, against which hell vents the rage it cannot exercise against Himself.
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