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The Martyrdom of Saint Oscar Romero. While celebrating Mass, the Salvadoran Archbishop was assassinated by the military government for his outspoken advocacy for the poor (c. March 24, 1980) [271 x 368]

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Today is the memorial of Oscar Romero, the archbishop martyred for his outspoken defense of El Salvador’s poor. Assassinated by government death squad while celebrating Holy Mass. Canonized as a saint in 2018 (c. 1978) [631x717]

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St. Maximillian Kolbe the ‘Martyr of Auschwitz’, Polish priest who voluntarily took the place of a stranger who was condemned to forced starvation. (1936) [726 x 981]

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St. Katherine Drexel, the multi-millionaire American banking family heiress turned voluntarily poor nun, foundress of the HBCU Xavier University in Louisiana for which she became a target of the Klu Klux Klan (c. 1900) [1024 x 768]

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“Communion of Asian Saints” by Kolbe Yang

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Happy feast of St. Jose Sanchez del Rio, 14 year old Cristero martyred during Mexico’s secularist persecution of the Church. Authorities captured and tortured Jose, but offered to spare him if he renounced the Lord Jesus. Jose replied, “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”

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July 17 is the feast of the Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne: 16 Carmelites guillotined by French revolutionaries on this day in 1794, for refusing to accept secular control over the Catholic Church.

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“A God who became so small can only be love and mercy” – St. Therese of Lisieux

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Happy Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

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The Petersons at the Easter Vigil where Tammy was received into the Catholic Church. She converted after her recovery from a terminal kidney cancer, a healing she attributed to praying the rosary.

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Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph! “The vocation of all men is to be at the service of those entrusted to their love and care”. May the chaste husband of Our Lady and the tireless father of Our Lord guide all Catholic men to holiness!

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Happy Solemnity of All Saints! Remember it is a holy day of obligation to attend Mass! Who is your patron? Who’s a cool saint you recently learned about? Which saint has inspired your faith the most?

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1 year ago, Pope Benedict finished his earthly pilgrimage. He was a father of Vatican II who shepherded the Church through the challenges of modernism. Let us pray that his successors will build on his work to renew the Faith and the Liturgy with respect to Tradition.

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St. Gianna Beretta Molla, 1960s. Italian pediatrician and mother of four known for her charity. In her 4th pregnancy, she was diagnosed with ovarian cyst, but asked doctors to save her child’s life over her own. Her surviving daughter, named Gianna, grew up to be a doctor also. [390 x 451]

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“The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by the obedience of Mary” – St. Irenaeus, early church father ... Happy Solemnity of the Annunciation!

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“The Mother of God is our mother.” – St. Anselm

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Feast of St. Oscar Romero, martyred while offering the Holy Mass, uniting his life to the Lord’s Eucharistic Sacrifice. “A Church that does provoke crisis, a gospel that does not get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that does not touch the real sin of society, what kind of gospel is that?”

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Happy Feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

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Happy Feast of Saint Lucy, early virgin martyr! Pray for us! (Icon by Theophilia on DeviantArt)

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Happy Feast of St. Anthony of Padua, the Franciscan Priest and “Evangelical Doctor”, who is the Patron of Lost Items. Pray for us!

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Happy Feast of St. Martin de Porres, Dominican Friar and Patron of Mixed-Race Persons

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Fra Angelico, “Christ frees the just in hell”(1441) [1200 x 1330]

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Happy Feast of St. Hildegard of Bingen, one of the Four Women Doctors of the Church! A medieval German nun, mystic, theologian, composer of some of the earliest liturgical hymns, and herbal pharmacist.

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Today we honor St. Maximillian Kolbe the “Martyr of Auschwitz” who, when 10 other prisoners were condemned to starvation, volunteered to replace a young father (who later attended Kolbe's canonization). The Polish priest passed into Heaven on the eve of the Assumption of Mary.

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From today’s Gospel: “The bread that I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.” (John 6:51)

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Happy Feast of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary! Catholic Princess who, despite her royalty, devoted her life to prayer, sacrifice, and solidarity with Christ Crucified in the poor. “How can I wear a crown of gold when my Lord wears a crown of thorns and He wears it for me?”

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Happy Feast of Our Lady Undoer of Knots, the favorite Marian devotion of Pope Francis! “The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by the obedience of Mary” (St. Irenaeus). What knots has our Blessed Mother untied in your life?

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Old racial stereotypes

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Today, the Church honors Blessed Miguel Pro, the martyred priest who forgave his persecutors and shouted ¡Viva Cristo Rey! before his execution. Blessed Miguel Pro was an advocate for the poor and organized underground Church ministry during the 1920s anti-Catholic secular revolution in Mexico.

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Today, we honor the Ugandan martyrs whom were brutally killed by the king for refusing to renounce the Christian truth or partake in licentious rituals. The blood of the martyrs are the seeds of the Church. Once persecuted, the faith is now Uganda's largest religion. May the martyrs pray for us!

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HAPPY SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY! From the very first moment of her existence, Our Lady lived in perfect communion with God. Her happy soul was never weighed down by sin or selfishness. May we find refuge and strength in her Immaculate Heart, our fallen humanity’s solitary boast.

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“Communion of Asian Saints”(Happy AAPI month!)

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Happy Feast of Pope St. John XXIII

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Our Lord Jesus giving the Eucharist to St. John and the Apostles (The Last Supper by Fra Angelico)

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Happy Feast of St. Joan of Arc!

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Happy Birthday of the Church!

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November 8 ~ Feast of Blessed John Duns Scotus. Scholastic theologian and Franciscan priest. Defender of free will against determinism. He argued for the Immaculate Conception of Mary centuries before it was dogmatized.

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Happy Feast of St. Teresa of Avila! One of the four holy women declared “Doctor of the Church”, Carmelite sister, mystic, and religious reformer. Her prayer life demonstrates the importance of silence and contemplation in the life of the Church. How has St. Teresa nourished your faith?

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Today we honor St. Justin Martyr the First Apologist! Born 100 AD, Justin, like many ancient thinkers, sought a good life but no philosophy satisfied him until he found the fullness of truth in Jesus Christ. As his name suggests, Justin was martyred in the Roman persecution of the Catholic Church.

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“In contrast to relativism, Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of this universe certain moral principles that are fixed and immutable.” – Dr. MLK Jr.

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Happy Feast of the 120 Martyr Saints of China 中華聖烈士! We ask the Blessed Martyrs to pray for the persecuted Church in China

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Happy Feast of St. Edith Stein, born Jewish, turned atheist, finally read her way into Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun and teacher of philosophy. She was martyred during the Holocaust. Pope JP II declared her as the patron of Europe.

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Today we honor Blessed Clemens August von Galen! During Nazi rule, the German Catholic Bishop courageously stood up for religious liberties and pro-life ethics, notably fighting to end the Nazi euthanasia program. He was beatified in 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI.

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Today, we honor the Christian martyrs of Vietnam. The persecution was particularly severe: Catholic missionaries and converts would be dismembered until they renounced the Lord. Thousands died for Christ, and thus, were raised to life through Him.

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“The Trinity is the loving relationship we hope to know forever in heaven. If we are not growing in love with that mystery, we are not growing any closer to heaven.” – Dr. Scott Hahn (Signs of Life)

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Bishop Barber celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass on UC Berkeley campus

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Let us as a Church celebrate Holy Rosary Month together by praying the Rosary everyday for the conversion of souls to Jesus through Mary. “Give me an army saying the Rosary, and I will conquer the world” – Blessed Pope Pius IX

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Only when we meet the living God in Christ do we know what life is. We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution. Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. – Pope Benedict XVI

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Happy Feast of the Holy Innocents! Through their intercession, may all people be graced to see beyond all doubt the inestimable value and full humanity of every child who has ever been conceived!

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Happy Feast of St. Irenaeus, the last known connection to the Apostles, and Doctor of the Church who combatted the Gnostic heresy which claimed that body and soul were separate and that material existence was depraved. But we believe “the glory of God is man fully alive”.

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Calling all Catholic: global Rosary on the Feast of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary (tmr Sept 15) for the conversion of the world

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“Those who dislike any devotion to Mary are those who deny Christ’s Divinity, or who find fault with Our Lord because of what He says about hell, divorce, and judgment.” - Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen

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“How can I wear a crown of gold when the Lord wears a crown of thorn!” Today's Catholic saint, Elizabeth of Hungary, gave up her royalty to live a life of penance, prayer, and sacrificial charity. She turned her castle into a hospital and tended the sick herself. St. Elizabeth, pray for us!

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Happy Feast of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, who tirelessly served the People of God through the chaos of heresies, barbarian invasions, and the decline of Roman Empire. As Peter’s successor, he upheld the orthodox doctrines on papal primacy and the dual natures of Christ.

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Happy Feast of St. Lucy the early virgin martyr! (read comment desc)

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Do you know how to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy? St. Faustina recounted in her diary that Jesus promises mercy for the dying soul whom is prayed over by someone who says the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. I've heard many miraculous death-bed stories about the Chaplet. Every Catholic should know it!

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My Lourdes Rosary (got it blessed by Archbishop Cordileone on today's Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes)

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“The world offers you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.” – Pope Benedict XVI, born to eternal life today

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Today we honor St. Junipero Serra “Apostle of California”, tireless Franciscan priest who, despite his poverty, founded 21 missions, bringing the light of Christ to West Coast. He protected Native Americans from conquistadors & taught them new agriculture methods. “Always go forward, never go back”

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In light of the recent blasphemous mockery of Catholic Women and Religious Sisters, I want to make an appreciate post for all the Sisters who support the Church by their prayers, charity, and joyful witness to the Gospel Truth!

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“Jesus, I love You” – Pope Benedict's last words

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Happy Feast of St. Andrew Kim Taegon 김대건! The 1st Korean ordained into the holy priesthood. He was martyred in 1846 during Joseon Korea's harsh persecution against the Church. No matter how fiercely the powers of this world oppress and oppose the Catholic Church, they will never bring it down.

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Happy Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Her birth marks a key moment in salvation history; the Scriptures foretold that the New Eve, who was conceived without original sin, would crush the serpent's head (Gen 3:15) through her free cooperation in Christ's Incarnation, Passion, and Glory.

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Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Today, we celebrate the Annunciation, the day the Archangel Gabriel announced to the Immaculate Virgin that she would be the Mother of God. Through Eve's disobedience, sin entered the world. Through Mary's faith, the Savior was conceived.

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What type of house style is this? Colonial?

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On this holy night, Our Lord instituted the new covenant in the Eucharist, offering Himself as the true Passover Lamb to be sacrificed and eaten. The priesthood was ordained as He commanded the apostles, “Do this in memory of me,” to continually offer up this redemptive sacrifice through the Mass.

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Happy Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, the 1st-century bishop and student of Apostle John (martyred by lions AD 110). His letters provide insight into what the original Christians believed about the Roman Church's authority and the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. Pray for us, Holy Martyr!

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“In prayer, we lift ourselves to God. In the sacraments, God comes down to us.” – Dr. Scott Hahn (The First Society)

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Happy Feast of Saint Lucy!

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Today, we honor St. Dominic Savio, the Italian boy, born to poor but devout family, whose youthful piety and Eucharistic devotion made him one of the youngest canonized saints. At the age of 14, he calmly accepted illness and death, with his last words being: “Oh, what wonderful things I see!”

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Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary!

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Happy Feast Day of St. Joan of Arc!

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Happy Feast of St. Ambrose! Pray for us!

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Today, we honor St. Thomas More, the man for all seasons, the English intellectual, theologian, statesman, and martyr for papal primacy, who willingly accepted persecution and beheading, refusing to bend his beliefs to King Henry's political needs. I die the king's good servant, but God's first.

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I was interested in truth from the point of view of salvation just as much as in truth from the point of view of scientific certainty. It appeared to me that there were two paths to truth, and I decided to follow both of them.

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The single greatest love story is contained in a tiny white Host. – Fulton Sheen

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The Bishop came to campus to celebrate Ash Wednesday with Cal students! (Holy Mass in MLK Building)

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Happy Feast of the early Church Father, St. John Chrysostom the golden-mouthed Catholic Bishop of Constantinople

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Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph! “The greatest male saint was not a priest, not a Pope, not a monk, but a husband, a father, and a worker.”

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Today we honor St. Irenaeus (AD 130 - 202) the last-known living connection to the Apostles, and Catholic Bishop who combatted the Gnostic heresy which claimed that material existence was depraved. Irenaeus rebutted, “The glory of God is man fully alive and true life for man is the vision of God.”

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Eucharistic Adoration at Star of the Sea Parish (San Francisco)

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Happy Sacred Heart of Jesus Month

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Happy Feast of St. Katharine Drexel, the American heiress who gave up her $180 million family wealth, consecrating herself to the Blessed Sacrament as a religious sister and founding missions and schools for Black and Native Americans. “Ours is the spirit of the Eucharist: the total gift of self.”

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Today we honor St. Cyril of Alexandria, the Church Father who defended the Blessed Virgin Mary’s title of “Theotokos” (Mother of God) against the Nestorian heresy at the 431 AD Sacred Council of Ephesus. Pray for us, O Champion of Our Lady!

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St. Joseph shows us the vocation of all men: to be at the service of those entrusted to their love and care. God was not too proud to let Himself be dependent on Joseph’s fatherhood. May we too look to St. Joseph as our spiritual father and masculine model of chastity.

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Today is the Feast of St. Ephrem, the Early Church Father and the only Syrian to be recognized as a Doctor of the Church! Honored as the “Harp of the Holy Spirit”, St. Ephrem fought the heretics of his day by taking their popular melodies but writing hymns that embodied orthodox doctrines.

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Happy St. Thomas Day

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Today we honor St. John Fisher, the English Bishop who was martyred during King Henry’s ‘Reformation’. Like his namesake John the Baptist, St. John Fisher was beheaded for upholding God’s sacred institution of marriage. He was martyred on June 22, a few days before the Nativity of John the Baptist.

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Happy Feast of St. Clement (mentioned in Phillippians 4:3), the fourth Pope after Peter and an early Church Father. Known for his epistle to the Corinthians, asserting the apostolic authority of bishops and priests. Pray for us, O Holy Pope and Martyr!

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Today Christians celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven (celebrated as the “Dormition of the Mother of God” in the Eastern Church)!

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Happy Feast of the First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Catholic Church!

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Happy Solemnity of St. Joseph, Head of the Holy Family, Chaste Spouse of the Virgin Mary, and Protector of the Universal Church! “The greatest male saint was not a priest, not a monk, not a pope. He was a husband, a father, and a worker.”

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Happy Feast of St. Oscar Romero! The El Salvadorian Bishop martyred for his outspoken defense of the poor. He was assassinated by government agents while celebrating the Divine Sacrifice of Mass. Pope Francis canonized him in 2018.

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Today we honor St. Nicholas Owen, the master carpenter who built “priest holes” to hide Jesuit priests during the Elizabethan persecution of Catholics in England. He was caught, tortured, and martyred in the Tower of London. Pope Paul VI canonized him as one of the 40 Martyrs of England and Wales.

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What made Jesus’s death at Calvary a sacrifice was the Eucharist he established in the Upper Room—in explicitly sacrificial terms—precisely by ratifying the New Covenant and instituting the Eucharist with his disciples. There he made an offering of “body” and “blood.” – Dr. Scott Hahn

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Happy Feast of St. Louis de Monfort! To Jesus through Mary!

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Happy Feast of St. Juan Diego! The indigenous Mexican peasant who received the famed apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Guadalupe) which led to the conversion of Mexico! ¡San Juan Diego, ruega por nosotros!

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“The Eucharist is a perpetual Pentecost. Every time we celebrate Mass, we receive the Holy Spirit who unites us more deeply with Christ and transforms us into Him.” ~ Pope Benedict XVI

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“The glory of God is man fully alive and the true life for man is the vision of God.” – St. Irenaeus (Icon painted by Ivanka Demchuk)

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Today we honor St. Charles Borromeo, a major figure of the Counter-Reformation. As Archbishop of Milan, he enacted the Council of Trent reforms, cracking down on indulgence sales and ensuring proper theological/moral formation of seminarians. He emptied his wealth to feed the poor during famine.

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Happy Feast of St. Lawrence! 3rd-century deacon who was martyred for refusing to hand over the Church's treasury to Rome, instead giving it to the poor. He told the Roman prefect, The Church is truly rich, far richer than your emperor.

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Atheist historian on the groundbreaking impact of Christianity on humanity

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The Annunciation heralds the beginning of our salvation. At Mary’s obedient Fiat, humanity is wedded to divinity. The salvation which our heart cries out for became flesh in Mary’s womb. When we repeat the words of the angel by praying the Hail Mary, the Word of God is conceived in our soul.

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“I die the king’s good servant, but God’s first.” Today we honor St. Thomas More, the brilliant English Catholic humanist and statesman who was martyred under King Henry’s ‘Reformation’ for remaining faithful to the Church and Her unchanging teachings. Pray for us!

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Today is the Feast of St. Louis, the Christian King of France, venerated for his piety, sense of justice, and love for the poor. He introduced the presumption of innocence to the justice system and protected Catholicism from heresies. He died defending the Faith in the 8th Crusade.

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St. Francis of Assisi: “Let the whole world tremble. Let heaven exult when Christ is on the altar in the hands of the priest. O wonderful majesty! O humble sublimity! O sublime humility! The Lord of the universe so humbles Himself that for our salvation He hides Himself under a morsel of bread.”

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Today we honor Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross), Jewish-born atheist who converted to Catholicism during her philosophical studies and became a Carmelite nun. On August 9 1942, she was martyred at Auschwitz in retaliation for the Catholic Church’s condemnation of Nazism.

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