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Dear Friends,
I have always loved the month of September. As a kid, I enjoyed school, so to start a new school year and get new books was exciting. This September, in just a few days, Pope Leo will canonize two new saints, Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati. They have already begun to be great patrons for young people, and I pray that through their intercession many young people are drawn to that school of holiness that is the Church.
Be assured of my prayers for you and your families and all your intentions.
In Jesus and Mary, |
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Rev. Sebastian White, O.P. Editor-in-Chief |
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SAINT WHO?Saints Who Faced Persecution |
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This month’s saints are just a few of the countless who have been persecuted for their faith. |
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…and these great features |
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| Holy Places by Anthony Esolen
Saint Simeon Stylites lived atop a pillar for decades to keep some distance between himself and the crowds drawn by his sanctity. |
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| She Pondered These Things in Her Heart by Gina Loehr
God allows us some uncertainty about what is best for us or our children in order to foster our humility and dependence on him. |
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| Great Conversion Stories by John Janaro
Chief Paul Tjolzhitsay of the Salish People, evangelized by Christian Iroquois, was baptized by Jesuit missionaries shortly before he died. |
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| Our Life in Christ by Father Richard Veras
Parents must learn to entrust their children to God just as he has entrusted their children to them. |
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| Credible Witnesses by Heather King
Ida Friederike Görres wrote presciently of the challenges facing the Church in the modern era. |
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| The Exaltation of the Holy Cross by Jennifer Hubbard
The cross leads us gradually out of our sorrows and to the joys of the eternal life it gained for us. |
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| A Father’s Blessing by Scott Hefelfinger
The simple joys of children can remind us of God the Father’s joy over us, his children. |
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| Jubilee 2025: Pilgrims of Hope by Father Anthony Giambrone, O.P.
The ancient Greek poet Pindar offers an athletic image of the strength and endurance involved in supernatural hope. |
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LECTIO DIVINAA Prayerful Reading of Sacred Scripture |
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“If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.”
The Gospel for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Sunday, September 28, 2025) Luke 16:19-31 |
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| Cover Commentary
Saint Helena and the Discovery of the Holy Cross
Bourdichon depicts the finding of the True Cross as happening in his own day to bring the saints close to his contemporaries. |
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| | Saint Helena and the Discovery of the Holy Cross, Jean Bourdichon (1457–1521), Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. |
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Art Commentary
Study for the Colonna Pietà
This study finds Michelangelo learning to depict the warmth of the relationship between Jesus and his Mother. |
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Study for the Colonna Pietà (c. 1538), Michelangelo (1475–1564), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. |
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| Litany of the Virgin Mary
Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy. Christ hear us…. |
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