“The Unspotted Mirror of God’s Majesty”

What happens when you use a magnifying glass? You can see what you are looking at better. What do you see when you look in your mirror? You see yourself. Now what if there were someone who magnifies God, and someone who mirrored God, so that when you look at them, you would see God …

Claude Newman, death row convict converted by the Miraculous Medal

      Claude Newman, death row convict converted by the Miraculous Medal, dies a most holy and happy death! In 1943, twenty-year-old Claude Newman was awaiting execution in a Mississippi prison for shooting Sid Cook, his beloved grandmother’s abusive second husband. One day, Claude noticed a medal hanging around the neck of a fellow prisoner, and …

BEAUTIFUL THANKSGIVING PRAYERS AFTER HOLY COMMUNION

  Most people lose many graces after receiving Holy Communion because, no sooner is Mass over than they are out the door. The popes and saints have recommended staying awhile if possible and making a suitable thanksgiving. St. Alphonsus said, “Oh! What treasures of grace do they lose who pray to God a short time …