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St. Rose of Lima wore a crown of roses hiding metal spikes — a secret gift of love to Jesus. The first saint born in the Americas, Rose of Lima spent hours each day in prayer in a tiny hermitage in her family's garden in Peru. She offered up every small suffering to Jesus, and personally cared for the sick, poor, and enslaved people that colonial Lima pushed aside — washing their wounds and feedin...

St. André Bessette spent 40 years answering a college door in Montreal — and thousands came seeking a miracle. Orphaned and sickly as a child, André Bessette worked as the doorkeeper at Collège Notre-Dame for four decades, praying with the sick who came to him and pointing them to St. Joseph. So many were healed that the Church investigated — and the resulting devotion built the Oratory of St. Jos...

If you made your First Communion at age seven or eight, then you have St. Pius X to thank! Born into poverty in Italy, St. Pius X became Pope and used his position to do something extraordinary for children: lowering the age for First Communion to around seven years old. Moved by the story of a dying four-year-old named Little Nellie who longed for Jesus in the Eucharist, Pius opened the doors of...

At 22, St. Bernard of Clairvaux showed up at a monastery gate with thirty friends who all wanted to become monks. St. Bernard gave up wealth and comfort to found the monastery of Clairvaux, bringing thirty companions with him. He grew close to Jesus through Lectio Divina — slowly praying with Scripture until it opened like a door — and through a tender devotion to Our Lady, whom he called the aque...

Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk went from Lakota warrior to Catholic catechist who brought over 400 people to baptism. Nicholas Black Elk lived through the Battle of Little Bighorn and the tragedy of Wounded Knee before being baptized Catholic in 1904. From then on, he rode across the Lakota lands of South Dakota as a catechist, teaching his own people about Baptism, the Eucharist, and Our Lady...

At almost eighty years old, St. Helena crossed the ancient world on pilgrimage to find the actual Cross of Jesus. St. Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine, traveled thousands of miles to Jerusalem in her final years to walk where Jesus walked. Along the way she visited prisoners, cared for the sick, and gave alms to the poor — pilgrimage lived out through mercy. In Jerusalem, she ordered an excav...

Our Lady of Knock appeared to a rain-soaked Irish village in total silence — and said everything without a word. On a rainy August evening in 1879, fifteen villagers in Knock, Ireland watched Our Lady appear on their church's gable wall alongside St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, beside an altar with the Lamb of God. She never spoke — she simply pointed toward the Eucharist, showing the vill...

St. Stephen of Hungary knelt among the poor as a king long before Rome ever sent him a crown. Meet St. Stephen of Hungary, the young Magyar chieftain crowned the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II on Christmas Day, the year 1000. Stephen built churches and monasteries across his kingdom, and alongside his wife Gisela — a true sacramental partnership — helped plant the Catholic faith in a s...

DAY 200: Conclusion Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.     In this episode we are reading John 21:20-25 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here --> http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining us! Com...

DAY 199: Jesus and Peter Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 21:15-19 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining us!...

DAY 198: Appearance to the Seven Disciples Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 21:1-14 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here --> http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you...

DAY 197: Thomas Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 20:19-31 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining us! Come Lor...

DAY 196: The Appearance to Mary Magdala Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 20:1-18 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you f...

DAY 195: The Blood and Water Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 19:31-42 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining...

DAY 194: The Crucifixion of Jesus Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 19:17-30 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for jo...

DAY 193: Trial Before Pilate Continued Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 19:1-16 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you fo...

DAY 192: Trial Before Pilate Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 18:28-40 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining...

DAY 191: Inquiry Before Annas Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 18:19-27 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joinin...

DAY 190: Jesus is Arrested Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.     In this episode we are reading John 18:1-18 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining...

DAY 189: The Prayer of Jesus Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 17:1-26 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining...

DAY 188: Jesus's Departure, Coming of the Advocate Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 16:5-33 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here  --> http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast  ...

DAY 187: The World's Hatred Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast. In this episode we are reading John 15:18-16:4 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining...

DAY 186: The Vine and the Branches Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 15:1-17 To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for jo...

DAY 185: The Advocate Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 14:15-31   To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joining us!...

DAY 184: Last Supper Discourses Welcome to the Gospel in a Year on the Catholic Sprouts Podcast.   In this episode we are reading John 14:1-14   To get the most out of this journey through the Gospels, we suggest you PRINT THE GOSPEL IN A YEAR NOTEBOOK. It's free and ready for you right here -->  http://catholicsprouts.com/ the-gospels-in-a-year-on-the- catholic-sprouts-podcast   Thank you for joi...