May we, through the veneration of Saints of the past, inspire Saints of the future!
A new way to experience the Saints. May we, through the veneration of Saints of the past, inspire Saints of the future.
Happy Feast Day to St. Brigid of Ireland! This is the latest addition to our on-Line Exhibit Holy Card Project. As mentioned in previous posts, this is an ongoing display of our Holy Card Collection. Holy Cards will continue to be added as our collections align with Feast Days of the Saints in our collection. God bless.
Saint Brigid of Ireland, Pray for us!
All Saints Museum has uploaded it’s second installment for the Live Wax Museum Exhibit. This video is a short clip on the life of St. Philomena. We hope you enjoy!
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God bless!
The other day I had a discussion with someone in regards to Saint Junipero Serra who said how badly the Saint had treated the natives. And then just yesterday my daughter came home and told me what she is learning about Christopher Columbus* in school – effectively the same thing that was said about St. Serra. And so I feel compelled to write a small piece on this. My hope is to encourage the readers to dig a little further, to search the facts, and learn about our call to evangelization. The fall out of evangelization is that there are many who won’t accept it, and will turn against you and make all sorts of accusations against you. Some might be half-truths, and others all out lies – Satan may use some truth in order to mask his lies for his greater plan. I hope you will share this and educate others. God bless –
*It is understood that while Christopher Columbus didn’t discover America on purpose nor was it specifically for evangelization, the net result of his discovery in concert with his deep Catholic faith was to bring Christianity to the native people and to our Continent.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…” Matthew 28:19
This is God’s spoken Word become Flesh! The Son of God.
From the beginning of creation, through Noah, Israel, the Prophets, and culminating with God sending His own Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord has worked with us and through us to covert the world to Himself. It is our purpose in life: to know, love and serve God and be with Him for all eternity in Heaven!
It never was enough to let the ignorant remain in darkness, to let the heathen practice abominable worship of false gods. The Lord on occasion, because of the hardness of the hearts of some, would let those people succumb to their own destruction. But He never suggested that we should “leave them alone as long as they’re not hurting anyone”. This is a new false concept of tolerance – and it has invaded our schools and our culture – leaving Christopher Columbus and Saint Junipero Serra to be confused as conquerors and aggressors. But if one does their diligence in investigation, one finds that the facts get distorted based on the agenda of those reporting them.
This post is in defense of them, and all Christians, the Saints in particular. It is our call to bring the Good News to the whole world. The Saints have all done this in a special way through their heroic virtues. And they continue to do it through their intercession and devotion to us on earth.
Take a look at what people said of Jesus while He was evangelizing –
–He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. (Luke 23:5)
-Where then did this man get all these things? And they took offense at him. (Matthew 13:56 and 57).
–All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. (Luke 4:28 and 29)
–At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed! (John 8:52)
-At this, they picked up stones to stone him (John 8:59)
Jesus wasn’t well loved by all. But He didn’t come into the world to be loved. He came to give Love.
The root of evangelization is the desire placed in us by God to Love other people. For it is through authentic Love that we wish the very best for that person. Yes, they may be “okay” the way they are. Yes, they may not be “hurting anyone else”. But our desire to evangelize them isn’t predicated on them feeling okay and not hurting other people. Our desire to evangelize them comes from our desire for them to share in the full knowledge of the Loving God who created them! This same desire is felt by a father for his children in fact. A father never just wants his child to feel okay and not hurt others. A Loving father wants the best for them. Fathers at times use force to make children eat their vegetables – even though eating mac and cheese makes them feel okay and doesn’t hurt anyone else! They get children up early to go to school – even though sleeping in bed all day makes them feel okay and doesn’t hurt anyone else. Our desire to evangelize is the same. Those to whom we are called to evangelize don’t always have to be barbaric thugs and criminals. We are called to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ even to every creature (Mark 16:15). God calls us away from “okay”. He wants us to be PERFECT ( See Matthew 5:48).
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Today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas! This is our latest installment in our On-Line Exhibit Holy Card Project. As mentioned before, this is an ongoing display of our Holy Card Collection. Holy Cards will continue to be added as our collections align with Feast Days of the Saints in our collection. God bless.
St. Thomas is one of my very favorite Saints. His masterpiece, The Summa Theologica is not only a literary achievement, but it is a spiritual treasure. It is extremely easy to follow and helps to explain many complex theological concepts.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, Pray for us!
Story taken from
I immediatly thought of The Catholic Gentleman when I read this piece.
Also, please note that the major Relics of St. Maximilian will be touring the US, so visit and venerate if possible.
Enjoy!
“”He was on the Nazi radar,” Hamilton emphasized. His superior told him it was better he shaved his beard off so as not to stand out in the society.
Hamilton described how “the brother shaving off the beard put it aside. Maximillian saw it and asked what he was doing.” Then he told the barber brother to throw the beard into the fire. The brother did, but there were no coals.
“So when Maximilian left, he fished it out. By 1939 he was a ‘force’, so the guys knew we better grab some relics while we can,” Hamilton said.”
I do believe I’ve found a theme song…
Disclaimer- obviously no intention is made to violate any copyright rules or otherwise. All credit to the right people… Sung by Dr. Paul Camarata of the SaintCast who posted it on YouTube. Www.saintcast.org
“…in the most surreal moment, I said a prayer to Mother Teresa for Mother Teresa… and the catheter came loose” – Dr. Lombardi – at around 13:53.
Mother Teresa’s Doctor: Doctor George Lombardi
This video is fairly old, but well worth a refresh. As we head into the final stretch before Blessed Mother Teresa is formally canonized, please watch it and enjoy.
Happy Feast day to yet another beautiful virgin and martyr. Saint Agnes was also persecuted under Diocletian in the late 3rd century, similar to Saint Philomena. Saint Agnes was only around 13 years old when she was pressured to marry, but she had already promised herself to Jesus. Her Christian faith cost her life. Let us pray that we also have this same courage.
All Saints Museum has added two Holy Cards to our Holy Card Project in honor of St. Agnes. One of them is a personal treasure belonging to a friend of our family named Agnes in the 1950’s.
Visit our On-Line Exhibits as we add to our collections.
In honor of the Feast Day of Saints Fabian and Sebastion All Saints Museum would like to share two short videos about them. Our hope is that they will stir up a desire in you to discover more about them.
What a fantastic reminder, and truly the reason for our hope.
“…there is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future,” – Pope Francis