...with the youthful Tobias has caused him to be invoked for journeys and at critical moments in life. Tradition also holds that Raphael is the angel that stirred the waters...
Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
...in this will not suffer eternal fire." The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was instituted for the Carmelites in 1332 and extended to the whole Church by Benedict...
The Book of Jonah
all time. Key Verses: Jonah 1:3, "But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish..." Jonah 1:17, "But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and...
What is Advent
...of Catholicism, edited by Richard P. McBrien, Gregory the Great, who died in 604, was the real architect of the Roman Advent. Gregory fixed the season at four weeks and...