St. Januarius’s Blood Liquifies Again!
Good news! St. Januarius’s blood liquified again this year. We can sorely use the example of courage this bishop showed at his martyrdom in 305 A.D.
Father Peter Mary Rookey and his Miracle Prayer
Every now and then I learn about something and wonder: Why didn’t I know about this before? Father Peter Mary Rookey falls into that category. I learned about him after coming across the “Miracle Prayer,” written and promoted by him while he was alive. Although we cannot assume anyone is in heaven unless they are canonized a saint,…
Two Supernatural Experiences Associated With Padre Pio’s Relics
Saint Padre Pio bore the stigmata—the wounds of Christ—on his hands and feet for fifty years. The twentieth-century Italian Franciscan Capuchin priest also had the gifts of reading souls in the confessional, visions, bilocation, healing, and prophecy. At the time of his death at the age 81 in 1968, thousands from…
The Prophecies and Miracles of Pope Paul VI
When Blessed Pope Paul VI wrote his encyclical Humanae Vitae on July 25, 1968, he neither claimed to be a prophet or saint. Time has proven him to be both. His predictions of what marriage and society would suffer if the use of contraception became widespread has come to pass. And now, a second miracle has cleared…
Rhoda Wise: Intercessor Behind Mother Angelica’s Healing
When Rhoda Wise died on July 7 in 1948, more than 14,000 people attended her funeral at St. Peter’s Church in Canton, Ohio. That’s equivalent to the population of an entire town! I first heard about her only a few years ago when I read in Raymond Arroyo’s biography on Mother Angelica that Mother was…
My Message from Heaven to Stay Awake and Pray the Rosary
I learned to pray the rosary in 1989 while in my early thirties. I vowed to say it daily. But a few weeks after the birth of a new baby, I decided to skip it in favor of getting to sleep. That’s when a Divine message let me know, it’s worth staying…
“Five Miracles in One Day” by Jody Murphy
This story was originally published in Amazing Grace for Families. It is an uplifting reminder of how amazing life and love can be. “I can’t do this anymore,” I told my husband Kevin. After three years of painful fertility treatments with no results, enough was enough. The strong medication and the extreme hormone…