Saturday, April 26, 2025

The Great Cloud of Witnesses

St. Rosalia Read more

St. Rosalia

St. Rosalia (1130–1166 A.D.) was born to a wealthy and noble Norman family, descendants of Charlemagne who had migrated to Sicily. From a young age Rosalia was strongly drawn to Christ, which caused her to leave her life of wealth and comfort to follow Him in complete solitude as a hermitess. Tradition holds that St. Rosalia was led by two angels to a cave near Palermo where she spent...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 361
Pope St. Gregory the Great Read more

Pope St. Gregory the Great

Pope St. Gregory the Great (540-604 A.D.) was the son of a wealthy Roman senator. His mother and two of his aunts are also saints, which provided him with a strong and devout religious upbringing. His skill in grammar and rhetoric were exceptional, and he followed in his father's political footsteps by serving in public office as the prefect of Rome. Discerning a call to the religious...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 466
Eleazar, Priest and Patriarch Read more

Eleazar, Priest and Patriarch

Today the Church honors another saint of the Old Testament, Eleazar, nephew of Moses and son of Aaron. Eleazar or Elʽazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. Eleazar played a number of roles during the course of the Exodus, from creating the plating for the altar from the firepans of Korah's assembly, to performing the ritual...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 325
St. Giles Read more

St. Giles

St. Giles (7th c.) was born to a wealthy and noble Greek family. He devoted his life to the things of God and grew in sanctity, but found that his material and spiritual riches drew unwanted praise and attention. To escape prestige, he sold all of his possessions, gave his wealth to the poor, and moved away to Gaul (present day France) to live in solitude in the wilderness as a cave-dwelling...
Fr. Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. 305
St. Cyprian of Carthage Read more

St. Cyprian of Carthage

Born to wealthy pagan parents, Cyprian taught rhetoric and literature. As an adult, he converted to Christianity. He was a student of Saint Caecilius of Carthage. He was ordained in 247 and proclaimed Bishop of Carthage in 249. During the persecution of Decius, beginning in 250, Cyprian lived in hiding, covertly ministering to his flock; his enemies condemned him for being a coward and not...
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