Catholic Faith - Saints articles by Bob and Penny Lord http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=75467 Saint Rita of Cascia immediately began to bleed profusely, and the wound that kept bleeding has been accepted by all as the gift of the Stigmata of our Lord http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=989133 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=989133 That Sunday, March 17th, Feast of St Patrick, Father Duquay told the parishioners that there would be a High Mass for the feast of St Joseph on March 19th, petitioning Jesus foster father to ask his Son to form a bridge of ice http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=987795 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=987795 They came; they prayed; they left changed But Brother Andr#233; knew his work was not over And so, although now past sixty, he forged ahead with his dream to build a towering, magnificent Shrine, paying homage and loving respect to the man who car http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=983072 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=983072 The Angel brought Frances to the lowest level of Purgatory, to a a cavern filled with a roaring fire, its red-hot flames cutting through the black smoke that darkened the cave But as horrible as it was, Frances said it was not as hot as in Hell http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=979416 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=979416 Mary had been consecrated to the Temple, as a child Her ongoing prayer was that the Messiah would come in her lifetime and free the people she loved so much She spent much of her time in the Temple; but since her fathers death, she spent a great d http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=978508 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=978508 Before she died, Saint Clare of Montefalco had declared, "I have the Crucified Jesus in my heart" To their amazement, Clares words came alive; there before them were the marks of Jesus Passion Cradled inside the softness of her grand heart, was th http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960547 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=960547 El Escorial was originally a grand monastery, the Royal Monastery of Spain in honor of the Spanish Martyr, San Lorenzo, or St Lawrence The concept of this masterpiece of Spanish architecture came to King Philip II, as he fought a fierce battle agai http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=956250 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=956250 Its easy in retrospect to understand the need for divine intervention in 1858 In 1854, in the face of massive opposition, one of Marys staunchest supporters, Pope Pius IX proclaimed to the world what had been believed down through the centuries, b http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=955762 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=955762 Mont St Michel, was once a Shrine to Belen, the Celtic god of Light It later became a Shrine to the Roman Mercury It did not become a Christian place of worship until the 5th century, when it was occupied by hermits from the other side of the ch http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=953871 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=953871 Saint Agatha is the Patron of Catania Sicily Her short life ended cruelly in 251 She is one of the most well-documented Martyrs in the history of the Church http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=937337 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST http://www.ideamarketers.com/?articleid=937337