In Conversation With God

"It is only through Christ that we will come to comprehend our inner self and everything that matters most to us..." - St. Josemaria Escriva

In honor of the Feast of the Annunciation, St. Josemaria helps us reflect on the impact of our Lady's "Fiat" that extends down through the centuries.

On October 7th we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Did you know, this feast day was instituted by Pope Pius V in thanksgiving for the Blessed Virgin Mary's assistance in the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571.

From today's meditation from In Conversation with God on Confession Our Sins: Sacramental Confession; a meeting with Christ. Be mindful of thy mercy, O Lord, and of thy steadfast love, we read in the Entrance Antiphon of today's Mass.

By Francis Fernandez

You will show me the path of life; the fulness of joy in your presence, O Lord. [1147]

Jesus uses different images to teach us that the path that leads to Life, to holiness, consists in the full development of the spiritual life. He speaks of the tiny mustard seed which grows into a great tree

By Francis Fernandez

Without humility and a spirit of service there can be no effectiveness and it is quite impossible to practise charity. Without humility there is no holiness, for Jesus does not want conceited self-centred friends in his service: the instruments of God are always humble.

By Francis Fernandez

The feast was first observed in the Eastern Church as “The Encounter”. In the sixth century, it began to be observed in the West: