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4 days ago · St. Bernardine used to carry a wooden placard showing the Eucharist surrounded by rays with the monogram “IHS,” an abbreviation of the name of Jesus in Greek (Ἰησοῦς).
4 days ago · A young Mary is depicted on the steps of the Temple with her parents, Sts. Anne and Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus. The mosaic completed by Pietro Paolo Cristofari in 1728 is based on a painting by 17th-century artist Giovanni Francesco Romaneli, the original of which can be found in Rome’s Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri.
2 days ago · Among Catholic devotions, the Divine Mercy message is well-known: the iconic image of Christ, with rays of red and white pouring from his heart; St. Faustina, called the “Apostle of Divine Mercy;” and the Basilica of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland.
3 days ago · Our Lady is depicted in traditional style seated on a simple chair of state with the Child Jesus on her knee. She wears a Saxon crown in token of her ancient queen-ship and carries the lily of purity.
2 days ago · The name Jesus is used in prayers and worship as a way to express devotion, seek guidance, and demonstrate faith. It serves as a means of communicating with God, acknowledging Jesus’ role as the intermediary between humanity and the divine.
1 day ago · The English word Christmas is a shortened form of 'Christ's Mass'. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131. Crīst (genitive Crīstes) is from the Greek Χριστός (Khrīstos, 'Christ'), a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Māšîaḥ, 'Messiah'), meaning 'anointed'; and mæsse is from the Latin missa, the celebration of the Eucharist.
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1 day ago · Teresa of Ávila, OCD ( Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda Dávila y Ahumada; 28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), [a] also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer . Active during the Counter-Reformation, Teresa became the central figure of a movement of spiritual and monastic renewal ...
