Saints Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
“Anne is the glorious tree from which bloomed a twig under Divine Influence. She is the consecrated ground which brought forth the…
July 2021
The Twelve Holy Apostles no. 4: Saint James the Greater
By the Ebro river “By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.“ Psalm 137: 1 The…
Saint Joseph of Tiberias
Ein Sheva In the winter of 2015 / 2016 I worked as a volunteer in the kitchen of a kibbutz on the…
Saint Vincent de Paul, the “Apostle of Charity“
Saint Vincent de Paul on charity, zeal and prayer “God is love and wants us to go to Him through love.“ “Let…
The bishop of Rome on five “signs of holiness in today‘s world“
“(…) Christianity is meant above all to be put into practice. It can also be an object of study and reflection, but…
The bishop of Rome on “two subtle enemies of holiness“
Two paths leading astray Recently I came across the apostolic exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate by Pope Francis, published on the Solemnity of…
The simple piety of a cheerful gentleman – meeting Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
“But the important thing is to sing.“ (Blessed Pier Giorgio‘s response to someone telling him he was out of tune while singing…
The Twelve Holy Apostles no. 3: Saint Thomas
“Thomas said to Him, ‘Master, we don‘t know where You are going. How can we know the way?‘ Yeshua said to him,…