“Behold that Vineyard and learn of it”

“And every branch that bears fruit he prunes, that it may bring forth more fruit” (John 15:2). A child of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in …
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Saved by a Prayer and a Cloud

It was March 1945, I was 24 years old and a member of the US Army. We were making our way through dense woods in the German Rhineland. Our objective was to reach and take the town of Ossenburg where …
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Homeless Angel – A Guardian Angel Testimony

By: Barbara Romanowski Many years ago, I was standing outside of a retail dept. store waiting for it to open. I started people watching and saw an older woman walking down the street. Her clothes were very worn but clean, …
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A lesson in “heart”

A lesson in heart, is my little, 10 year old daughter, Sarah, who was born with a muscle missing in her foot and wears a brace all the time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she …
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The Tapestry Poem

My Life is but a weaving between my Lord and me; I cannot choose the colours He worketh steadily. Oft times He weaveth sorrow And I, in foolish pride, Forget He sees the upper, And I the under side. Not …
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Penalty Paid

Two men who had been friends in their youth met years later in the police court of a great city, one on the Judge’s bench, the other in the prisoner’s dock. Evidence was heard, the prisoner found guilty. In consideration …
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The Generosity of the Poor

One night a man came to our house and told me, “There is a family with eight children. They have not eaten for days,” I took some food and I went. When I finally came to the family, I saw …
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Meditation on the Passion of Christ – Based on Isaiah 53

1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We adore You O Christ and we praise You, Because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world. 2 He grew up …
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THE FIRST COMPANION OF ST FRANCIS: BROTHER BERNARD OF QUINTAVALLE,

The first companion of St Francis was Brother Bernard of Assisi, who was converted in the following way: St Francis had not yet taken the religious habit, though he had renounced the world, and had so given himself to penance …
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Homeless People Encountering Jesus

Homeless Man Encounters Christ Alejandro Diaz, a 67 year old man from Miami with cancer, had “lost his faith in God” when the doctors told him he had less than a month to live. One evening Diaz was searching through …
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