For a long time, the parish priest of Moncada in Spain had celebrated Mass without any scruples of conscience, when suddenly he became the prey of a violent doubt as to whether he had been rightly ordained. [...] Image from Clarion Herald, New Orleans: Sarah Bachemin’s acrylic painting – “Behold, the Lamb of God” – offers a breathtaking, “split-screen” interpretation of the Eucharist. The left half of the painting’s dominant figure depicts St. Joseph, dressed in a simple beige garment and lifting up his smiling baby, Jesus. The other half of the same figure shows a priest garbed in his distinctive green chasuble. Like St. Joseph, the priest also is busy “lifting up Jesus” – but in the form of the consecrated bread and wine.

TRUE STORY: A very remarkable incident took place in connection with the Blessed Sacrament.  A servant girl, who was bribed by some unbelievers, stole from the chapel [...]

It was the night of July 18th 1830. It was the city of Paris, France. Sister Catherine Laboure' was in her convent room at 11:30 at night when an angel appeared to her as a young boy. He said, “Come to the chapel.  The Blessed Virgin is waiting for you.” [...]

"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence." So begins the popular poem known as Desiderata, [...]