Heart to Heart

Michael (Who is like God?) was the archangel who fought against Satan and all his evil angels, defending all the friends of God. He is the protector of all humanity from the snares of the devil. Gabriel (Strength of God) announced to Zachariah the forthcoming birth of John the Baptist, and to Mary, the birth of Jesus.

One of our world’s great witnesses to Jesus Christ died on 16 September 2002 at the age of 74. Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Vãn Thuân, President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, succumbed to cancer.

For a while there were two feasts in honor of the Sorrowful Mother: one going back to the 15th century, the other to the 17th century. For a while both were celebrated by the universal Church: one on the Friday before Palm Sunday, the other in September.

Endeared as one of the four great doctors of the Church, St. John Chrysostom was born in 347 in Antioch, Syria and was prepared for a career in law under the renowned Libanius, who marveled at his pupil's eloquence and foresaw a brilliant career for his pupil as statesman and lawgiver.

Wednesday 5th of September marks fifteen years since the death of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. To mark this occasion Veronica Scarisbrick brings you an interview with someone who personally knew her. He's Monsignor Leo Maasburg who recently wrote a book: 'Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a Personal Portrait: 50 inspiring stories never told before" and is published by Ignatius Press.

Cofoundress of the Order of Poor Ladies, or Clares, and first Abbess of San Damiano; born at Assisi, 16 July, 1194; died there 11 August, 1253.

In the year 1170, the same year in which Saint Thomas Becket was martyred in England, Dominic de Guzman was born in Calarogo, now Caleruega, Spain, about 20 miles from the Cathedral in Osma.

Sainte Anne fut honorée en Orient dès le Ve siècle; aujourd'hui encore les Grecs célèbrent annuellement trois fêtes en son honneur. En Occident, son culte semble dater des croisades.

James won the crown of martyrdom fourteen years after this prophecy, A.D. 44. Herod Agrippa I, son of Aristobulus and grandson of Herod the Great, reigned at that time as "king" over a wider dominion than that of his grandfather. His great object was to please the Jews in every way, and he showed great regard for the Mosaic Law and Jewish customs...

"In his writings and in his books, he has a term to which he always returns," he said, "and it appears also in the witnesses who arrive before the Court of Rome, and it is this: hope, not to lose hope in God. And he might well be the 'saint of hope.'"

Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday (28 June 2012) signed a decree recognizing the heroic virtue of the Servant of God, Archbishop Fulton John Sheen, allowing him to be styled as Venerable.

St. Anthony was born in Portugal in 1195; on 15th August according to Baroque tradition. He was the son of the nobleman, Martino de Buglioni and Donna Maria Taveira, who lived a few metres away from the cathedral. He was christened with the name Fernando.

Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833. His father Immanuel Nobel was an engineer and inventor who built Alfred Nobelbridges and buildings in Stockholm. In connection with his construction work Immanuel Nobel also experimented with different techniques for blasting rocks.

The Greek Matthias (or, in some manuscripts, Maththias), is a name derived from Mattathias, Hebrew Mattithiah, signifying "gift of Yahweh." Matthias was one of the seventy disciples of Jesus, and had been with Him from His baptism by John to the Ascension (Acts 1:21-22).

Each year, Earth Day - April 22 - marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

If you’re unfamiliar with Tony Melendez he’s a guitarist whose life is an inspirational story of overcoming adversity and disability, he was born without arms. He joined Greg and Jennifer this morning to discuss his experiences with Pope John Paul II.

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is the empowerment of rural women and the ending of hunger and poverty. In Asia, women occupy an increasingly vulnerable position, particularly among refugee communities... What's their wishes for the future?...

... exceeded all expectations. Germany and Austria... was one seething trembling sea of women. Meetings were organised everywhere... in the small towns and even in the villages, halls were packed so full that they had to ask (male) workers to give up their places for the women.

Join me as we study several Great Women of the Bible and learn how God used them and still uses us to advance His kingdom on earth. We will study the role of women in the Bible, virtuous women in the Bible, strong women in the Bible, women leaders, and significant Women in the Bible in these devotions for ladies. These Bible studies for women are written by a woman, for women, and about Women of the Bible.

This luminous messenger of God’s love was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, a city situated at the crossroads of Balkan history. The youngest of the children born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was baptised Gonxha Agnes, received her First Communion at the age of five and a half and was confirmed in November 1916. From the day of her First Holy Communion, a love for souls was within her.

...since I was 18, I had not seen getting any favor but grudged our life for always suffering losses or in inferior to those surrounding me. The God’s love told my foster parents became a spear piercing into my self–esteem and became a reason for me to oppose Him.