+   Blessed Feast of the Cross Our Lord has lifted up for us His hands on the Cross, and stretched out were His hands for us. And why were His hands stretched out on the Cross? So that our hands might be stretched out to do good works...

  +   For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. (James 1:23-24) Do not let your hands...

  +   Blessed Feast of the Martyrs & St. Verena!  “The earth has been filled with the blood of martyrs as with seeds, and from that seed have sprung the crops of the church. They asserted Christ’s cause more effectively when dead than when they were alive. They assert...

  +   You have heard in the Gospel, “Take heed, for you know not what hour He comes. But woe to them who are with child, and that give suck in those days.” This is said figuratively. Who are those with child, and who give suck? Those who are...