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FEAST DAY NOVEMBER 8 Elizabeth Catez offers hope to any parent who struggles with a strong-willed child. A holy terror as a toddler, she once embarrassed her mother by shouting out at Mass, “Bad priest! Bad priest! That’s my doll!” The priest had secretly borrowed her doll to be used as the Christ Child in…

Feast Day October 29 Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem’s Story Life in second- and third-century Jerusalem couldn’t have been easy, but Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem managed to live well beyond 100. Some even speculate he lived to 160. Details of his life are sketchy, but there are many reports of his miracles. The miracle for which…

Among the communion of saints honored by the Church, there are a number of clergy, religious, royalty, mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, and holy people from all walks of life. But not many of them can claim to be a member of royalty, a wife, mother, and a nun like St. Hedwig can. St. Hedwig of…

Today, Jesus presents to us the king (the Father), inviting — through his "servants" (the prophets) — to the banquet of the covenant of his Son with humanity (salvation). First, He did it with Israel, “but they refused to come” (Mt 22:3). In the face of this refusal, the Father continues to insist: “I have…