Who is Mirjana Soldo? Mirjana Dragičević-Soldo was born in Sarajevo, ex-Yugoslavia, on March 18, 1965. Her life was dramatically changed in 1981 when she and five other young people experienced an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a small village … [Read more...]

Pierre-Paul Cardinal Philippe (1905-1984) was a Dominican priest who taught at the Pontificium Athenaeum Angelicum in Rome, where he had Karol Wojtyla (future Pope John Paul II) as a student. In 1959, he became secretary of the Vatican's Congregation … [Read more...]

"O priest, who are you? You are not yourself because you are God. You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ. You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church. You are not yourself because you are the … [Read more...]

In his book, A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment, Fr. Paul Murray describes the American Trappist monk Thomas Merton as a modern-day Jonah the prophet. Like all of us, Merton suffered from "the Jonah syndrome." What is "the … [Read more...]

Introduction "One clear indication of the importance of the book of Jonah is the fact that Jonah is the only ancient prophet with whom Jesus identifies himself in a dramatic way in the New Testament, and to whom he refers explicitly by name [see … [Read more...]

Here is my summary of this great book! The Problem: Idolaters or Iconoclasts? Due to sin (the original sin of Adam and Eve + the structures of sin in our culture, the disordering of our passions caused by original sin = concupiscence, and the … [Read more...]

The following 9 Days of reflections are my own personal summary Fr. Hicks' book, The Fruit of Her Womb: 33-Day Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary. The main image Fr. Hicks uses is that of the "womb of Mary" (rather than St. … [Read more...]

Why read this book? Scott Hahn calls Trinité's book (originally published in 1961) the best presentation of the Catholic doctrine of redemption (the study of soteriology), which is the substance of the Gospel. Therefore, it's great book to help … [Read more...]

Introduction https://youtu.be/GuIkuqmLaKg Novena Day 1 https://youtu.be/kAhGX_AQPRg Novena Day 2 https://youtu.be/azX0cLv-AuM Novena Day 3 https://youtu.be/IchrjYQ3BEs Novena Day … [Read more...]

https://youtu.be/5S9ujA_rJkM To purchase the book on Amazon CANADA (click here) To purchase the book on Amazon USA (click here) The Endorsements for 9 Days to First Holy Communion CHILDREN “Fr. Rich’s book helped me understand the … [Read more...]