St. Benedict is believed to have been born around 480, as the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twin to his sister, Scholastica.
In the fifth century, the young Benedict was sent to Rome to...
Martyr with eleven companions in Lebanon. A Spanish Franciscan, Emmanuel and the others were caught up in the rising of the Druses in Lebanon. The Franciscan community, eight in number, and three...
O Miraculous Infant Jesus, we prostrate before Your Image and beseech You to cast your merciful look on our troubled hearts.
Let Your tender Heart, so inclined to pity, be softened by our prayers...
Remember, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart,
what ineffable power Thy divine Son hath given Thee
over His own adorable Heart.
Full of trust in Thy merits,
we come before Thee and beg Thy protection...