A priest was celebrating Mass but he had doubts about Jesus being present in the Eucharist.  During Mass, when he broke the Host as he was supposed to, blood started to flow from the Host into the Chalice.  [...]

A priest who was weak in his belief that Jesus is present in the Eucharist, was called to visit a sick man.  He took a Host from the Tabernacle, put it between the pages of his Prayer Book (or Brievary), and off he went.  [...]

ON August 14, 1730, thieves broke into St. Francis Church, Siena, Italy.  They stole 350 Hosts from the Tabernacle.  For 3 days the people prayed for their return.  [...]

A newly-wed couple were not getting along well.  The wife was of the opinion that her husband was not treating her with respect so she went to a local witch to see if she could help.  [...]

This wondrous Event took place in the 8th century A.D. in the little Church of St. Legontian, as a divine response to a Basilian monk's doubt about Jesus' Real Presence in the Eucharist.        [...]

A priest, Fr. Peter from Prague, was celebrating Mass at Bolsena which is 70 miles North of Rome.  As soon as he said the words of consecration; that is, “This is My Body” over the Host blood began to drip onto the corporal on which is the cloth on the altar, and also onto the marble squares on which he was standing. [...]

A king who did not believe in the goodness of God, had a slave who, in all circumstances, said: My king, do not be discouraged, because everything God does is perfect; He does not make any mistakes! [...]

Philip was born with a twisted body and a slow mind. He was a pleasant child, happy, it seemed, but increasingly aware of the difference between himself and other children. His Sunday School class of 8-year-olds laughed and played together, but Philip was never really a part of the group. [...]

It is a 3-pronged plan. [...]

Starting on Christmas Eve, many German and British troops fighting in World War I sang Christmas carols to each other across the lines, and at certain points the Allied soldiers even heard brass bands joining the Germans in their joyous singing. ... During World War I, the soldiers on the Western Front did not expect to celebrate on the battlefield, but even a world war could not destroy the Christmas spirit.

... How then can you think that past ages were better than your own? From the time of that first Adam to the time of his descendants today, man’s lot has been labor and sweat, thorns and thistles. Have we forgotten the flood and the calamitous times of famine and war whose history has been recorded precisely in order to keep us from complaining to God on account of our own times? Just think what those past ages were like! ...

On March 17th 1212, during the evening of Palm Sunday, Clare made a radical change in her life; she secretly left her father’s house and headed towards the chapel of ‘St. Mary of the Angels’, the Church of Portiuncula [...]

She was the all-time leading scorer for men and women in Villanova University Basketball and went on to be the highest paid women’s basketball player in the world. Where is she now? [...]

Michael Stantana points out that the Church has been tossed by outward and inward storms in any age that scorns truth and abolishes morality.  The Church was born of the pierced side of her crucified Founder, and from the start she has faced fierce persecution, as well as unrelenting heresies that did their utmost to sink her throughout her entire history. [...]

An ancient boat was discovered in January 1986 on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret), between Kibbutz Ginossar and Migdal. [...]

This chart was compiled by Fr. John Noone.

Newton (1643-1727) had finished the design of a scale model of our solar system. A very skilled craftsman then built it from Newton's plans. In the center was a large ball made of brass which represented the sun. [...]

"All about me is darkness. I am praying for light.” AND "While I lived, I provided for everything but death; now I must die, and am unprepared to die."

A century ago, in 1921, there was an attack perpetrated against Our Lady of Guadalupe in the old basilica in Mexico City, in which the Marian image was protected by a crucifix. [...]

The gifts were customary at the time, but also had profound symbolism. [...]