Saints Preserve Us!

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle. - Thich Nhat Hanh

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Saint Olga of Kiev

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Saint Olga was the wife of the prince of Kiev, Igor. Igor was the son of King Oleg , the second leader of Viking descent who ruled Novgorod...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Saint Calixtus

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In Rome, around the year 190, a man named Carpophorus set up a bank for fellow Christians, in particular, poor widows. He placed in adminis...
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Saint Valentine

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There were perhaps as many as 3 Saint Valentines. He is perhaps one of 3 martyred men named Valentinius from the late 3d century. He was ei...
Monday, November 27, 2006

Christina the Astonishing

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Christina, considered by some to be a saint, is as much remembered for her faith as she is for her bizzare and sometimes violent behaviour...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Saint Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

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Francesco Possenti was born on March 1, 1838 the eleventh of thirteen children. He led a relatively normal life, becoming popular for his w...
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