Dear Readers, Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, has asked the faithful to join him on May 1st in praying the rosary for peace, especially in Syria, and to pray the rosary each day in May with peace as the…
(A brief history in four parts of the veil of Holy Face of Jesus “Not made by human hands”) Four Stories – One Face, Part 1 October 21, 2016patriciaenk Byzantine iconoclasm 9th Century There are at least four separate historical accounts…
There are at least four separate historical accounts of a veil or cloth of miraculous origin, “not made by human hands,” bearing an image of the Face of Jesus Christ. Each account relates, in its own way, that the Sacred…
Part 1: The Face of Mercy in Manoppello “The practice of pilgrimage has a special place in the Holy Year, because it represents the journey each of us makes in this life. Life itself is a pilgrimage, and the human…
“At no time… especially at a moment as critical as our own — can the Church forget the prayer that is a cry for the mercy of God. …The Church has the right and duty to appeal to the God…
Within the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi is a precious relic: a small, crumpled piece of yellowed parchment with the writing of St. Francis, now displayed in a silver reliquary. It was written on Mount La Verna after St.…
Truth is painful, sometimes horribly painful, to the innocent as well as the guilty. It is felt in the tremendous suffering it has caused in the Body of Christ by scandal. But, in spite of the pain, an old saying…
July 8, 2020 on the seventh anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa –Pope Francis speaks on seeking the Face of the Lord: The Responsorial Psalm invites us always to seek the Lord’s face: “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek…
Prayer to the Holy Face for the liberation from the coronavirus Lord Jesus, Savior of the world, hope that will never disappoint us, have mercy on us and deliver us from all evil! Please overcome the scourge of this…
