Fr. John's newest book December 2023. Available on Amazon. God Demanded Sacrifice Why? We experience love in hundreds of ways, and we give thanks for the love showered upon us. Sometimes we can show appreciation for the love, but at other times we can only offer a shadow in return for love given to us.

The undersea earthquake in 1906 on the Pacific Coast caused enormous damage in many areas. Fr. Bernardino Garcia of the Conception, who at the time was in the City of Panama gave the following testimony regarding the terrible cataclysm that struck the area.

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, at the age of seventeen, was so gravely ill that he seemed very near the end of his life. In that time, he lived as the guest of a noble Protestant who would not even permit him to be visited by a Catholic priest. [...]