Robert Sargent Austin (1895 - 1973) "Woman Praying" 1927-1928 " My son, when you come to serve the LORD, prepare yourself ...

Martyrdom of St. Edmund, Pickering, N.Yorkshire "This very fine (and, like all those at Pickering, very large) painting was made, like ...

Now this portion of the life of St. Edmund is considered a legend and is in fact not even mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia. This is a ...

This is by far my favorite image of St. Edmund martyr from the famous "Wilton Diptych" This post will focus on this beautiful and ...

The Story of the martyrdom of King. St. Edmund: In the year 869, the Danes who had wintered at York, marched through Mercia into East Anglia...

Here is a medieval drawing of St. Edmund. Edmund was king of East Anglia before England was united as one sovereign country. At the time, th...

I originally posted this last year, I am very reluctant to write about myself, but in reading this again, I pray you may find this helpful. ...

On the Company of Hell (Source: The Last Four Things by Fr. Martin von Cochem. TAN Books) We know the fate of those who are unfortunate enou...

More Meditations on Hell (Source: Inferno: La Divina Commedia In The Middle Ages Volume I, pp.326-327) Inferno "O Simon Magus! O discip...

Meditations on Hell (Source: The Way of Divine Love by TAN Books) Sr. Josefa Menendez, a Spanish Nun of the Society of the Sacred Heart, liv...

More Meditations on Hell Why on earth is it a good idea to think about, let alone meditate on hell?? The answer is simple - in order to avoi...

Bl. Mary of Agreda was a visionary of the Blessed Virgin Mary who had a great devotion to Our Lady's Sorrows. Our Sorrowful Mother ofte...

St. Vincent Pallotti (1798 - 1850) Feast Day: 22 January Born into Italian nobility and became a Priest, theological teacher and founder. He...

Mother of the Dying "He who is devoted to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost" ~St. Ignatius, Third Bishop of Antioch (...

Great article here by Susan Tassone who is a "purgatory warrior" I highly recommend reading it, printing it out and re-reading it...

"The waters have risen and severe storms are upon us, but we do not fear drowning, for we stand firmly upon a rock. Let the sea rage, i...

(Source: The Pieta Prayer Book, available here .) "THE PRIESTHOOD IS A MASTERPIECE OF CHRIST'S DIVINE LOVE, WISDOM AND POWER. NEVER...

"Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner" I came across this prayer while reading through the comments at some ...

Please in your charity consider starting a novena today for an end to the culture of death - for the end to all forms of willful murder: abo...

On this your holy feast day Mary Most Sorrowful, Mother of God and our mother...I entrust my poor soul, my family and the whole world to you...

Humankind must recognize the evil of abortion for what it is, a work of Satan. We cover this "procedure" with medical terminology ...

Temperance , which restrains us when passions urge us to what is wrong, comprises becoming deportment, modesty, abstinence, chastity, sobrie...

Fortitude, which urges us on when difficulty stands in the way of our duty, is itself the heroic element in the practice of virtue; it reach...

French translation: "I shall penetrate your heart with a great abhorrence of sin." Another great holy card from Micki at Holy Ca...

Painting of Lady Justice, Court of the Mercanzia in Florence, Author unknown: "With her large, gleaming sword and the celestial orb, ov...

" Mary has been made Queen of heaven and earth by God, exalted above all the choirs of angels and all the saints. She is to be called Q...

Simon VOUET Allegory of Prudence [Allégorie de la Prudence] Prudence, which enables us to know what to desire or to avoid, attains heroicit...

The Charity of St. Elizabeth of Hungary by Edmund Blair Leighton (1853-1922) St. Elizabeth is one of my many patron saints whose name for me...

I thank God for each and very Catholic who is logical, informed and says "yes" to the call to defend our faith so well. Deo Gratia...

This is "the rack" of medieval England infamy. This terrible instrument of torture was used to kill one St. Nicholas Owen , here i...