St. Athanasius Novena

Novena Begins:  April 23 Feast Day:   May 2 Patron Saint of Theologians, and Faithful Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians Day 1 – St. Athanasius Novena  Let us begin, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O God, the Rewarder of faithful souls,grant that by the prayers of blessed Saint Athanasius, Thy confessor and Bishop,whose venerable festival we celebrate, we may … Continue reading St. Athanasius Novena

Saint Paul, The Apostle

“Christ Jesus captured me”(Phil 3:12).The image Paul uses is vivid and canal. When God Chooses, he loves with an intense and concrete love,with a jealous love, as the Old Testament often recalls. In his relationship with the communities, he founded,Paul experienced in his own person this ardour, this typically divine yearning. He is a real and ardent jealousy, the passion of someone in love who … Continue reading Saint Paul, The Apostle

Verse of the Day: Cornelius’s Vision

Cornelius’s Vision 10 Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, 2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. 3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, “Cornelius!” 4 And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, “What … Continue reading Verse of the Day: Cornelius’s Vision