Saint Leonard Murialdo
Before being a man of action, Saint Leonard Murialdo was a man of prayer, sure that “the man who prays is the most powerful in the world”.
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, as we are reminded in the admonition preceding the liturgy and introducing the procession: “Jesus enters Jerusalem to fulfill the mystery of death and Resurrection”.
Saint Stephen Harding
He was one of the co-founders of the Cistercian Order, became the third abbot of Citeaux and wrote the famous Charta Caritatis.
Saint Rupert of Salzburg
Founder of churches and monasteries, he carried out an important part of his apostolate in the lands inhabited by the ancestors of Austrians and Bavarians.
Saint Ludger
The meeting with Boniface and the news of his martyrdom made a great impression on Ludger.
Annunciation of the Lord
To manifest His omnipotence God chooses Nazareth, a secondary town in the peripheral region of Galilee. And above all he chooses the most humble Mary.
Saint Disma
The Good Thief is celebrated today, on the same day as the Annunciation. His example on the cross is extolled by the Church Fathers and in works such as the Mystical City of God.
Saint Catherine of Sweden
She shared the same attraction to the Christian virtues that inspired the whole of her mother’s life (Saint Bridget) and, like her, she received heavenly revelations.
Saint Turibius of Mogrovejo
Thanks to his solicitude, roads, schools, hospitals, convents and churches were built. He said: “The only one whom we must always make happy is Our Lord”.
Saint Lea of Rome
She was a Roman widow who left her wealth to follow the way of Christ becoming worthy of Paradise through prayer, penance and spiritual motherhood towards various virgins.
Saint Nicholas of Flüe
Farmer, soldier, hermit, mystic, saviour and patron of Switzerland. The Swiss call him Bruder Klaus, “Brother Nicholas”, and no one in the world knows better than they how much this saint has influenced the history of Switzerland.
Saint John Nepomucene
Martyr for the freedom of the Church and patron saint of confessors, he was a “grand figure” who “has examples and gifts for everyone” (John Paul II).