...decree forbidding marriage. In order to increase troops for his army, he forbade young men to marry, believing that single men made better soldiers than married men. Valentine defied this...
St. Valentine of Rome
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
...Perhaps because of its close proximity to the feast of the Assumption of Mary, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is not celebrated today with the same solemnity as...
Lamb of God
...season that we call “ordinary” time. On this second Sunday, the Gospel presents to us the scene of the meeting between Jesus and John the Baptist at the Jordan River....
Book of Psalms
...Old Testament Themes in Psalms Psalms covers timeless themes, which explains why it is as relevant to God's people today as when the songs were written thousands of years ago....