OBLATE BOY St. Bede was a monk, priest, historian, scholar, and a prolific and important translator and writer. Born c. 673, nothing is known of...

“The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.” St. James the Apostle (James the Less) (1st century) “Urge those who have familiar speech...

“The Sacrament which you receive is effected by the words of Christ. Now if the words of Elijah had the power to call down fire...

St. Gemma Galgani was an Italian laywoman and an extraordinary mystic. Gemma was born in 1878 to a pharmacist and his wife in the village...

“True repentance is to cease to sin.” St. Ambrose of Milan (4th century, Doctor of the Church) “Much time I had spent in vanity, and...