In his letter marking the close of the Jubilee year, Pope John Paul II wrote, I have often stopped to look at the long queues of pilgrims waiting patiently to go through the Holy Door. In each of them I tried to imagine the story of a life, made up of joys, worries, sufferings; the story of someone whom Christ had met and who in dialogue with Him, was setting out again on a journey of hope.
The San Francisco socialite had it all 10 children, friends, wealth but she traded it in for life in a convent. Fifteen years later, Ann Miller remains steadfast in her vows of seclusion, poverty, chastity and obedience.
He once described his high-school years as a time in which he was "completely absorbed" by a passion for the theater. So it was fitting that Karol Jozef Wojtyla lived a very dramatic life.
The story of the life and death of Pope John Paul II is hard to tell without running into some mystical language along the way.
Fr. Vazhakala describes the place of the Holy Eucharist in the life of Bl. Teresa. He analyses the Mass into three parts, the purgative, illuminative, and unitive ways, and relates the communications she received from the Eucharistic Jesus, which led her to found the Missionaries of Charity.
Five days before he left Poland for the conclave that was to elect him pope, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla attended a party celebrating the 20th anniversary of his consecration as a bishop.
The ideal knight courageous and honest, courteous and modest, loyal and pure of heart isn't easy to find in any age.
During her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta was an inspiration to millions. In the years following her death, more information has been uncovered about the Catholic nun's personal life and spirituality. David Scott is the author of A Revolution of Love: The Meaning of Mother Teresa.
W. H. Auden was only a few years older than I am now when in my early 20s he seemed to me half as old as time.
If ever a tiny child began life with nothing in his favor it was Joseph of Cupertino; he had only one hopeful and saving quality that he knew it.