Bob Lord: 195 books

Visionaries Mystics and Stigmatists Part I Table of Contents: Saint Catherine of Bologna Visionary, Mystic, Role Model for Abesses, Incorrupt Body Saint Catherine of Genoa Wife, Humanitarian, Christian Model, Mystic Saint Rose of Lima Patroness of the Americas Saint Martin de Porres Apostle of Charity, Saint of the Slaves

In 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe came on Tepeyac Hill and identified Herself as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. Almost one hundred years later, we find that these Indians, too, had a devotion to Our Lady, with their hearts centered on a statue they referred to as Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception....

Small Pox struck and it accomplished what no conqueror was able to bring about. Nine out of every ten members of a family were struck down by this deadly plague. Everyone was helpless! Their trusted medicine men were not familiar with this sickness that threatened to annihilate 90% of the population,...

Table of Contents: Martyrs They Died for Christ Part I The Irish Martyrs The English Martyrs The American Martyrs The Mexican Martyrs

Table of Contents: Saints and Other Powerful Men in the Church Part III Biographies of these Catholic Saints: Saint John Vianney Saint John Bosco Blessed Miguel Pro Saint Peregrine

In southern France, close to the Spanish border, in the small village of Pouy, the family of a future Saint was expecting the birth of their third child. This day, a little bitter from the cold and dampness, would be brightened by the cry of a baby boy, as he takes his first peek at the world outside the safety of his loving mother’s womb.

Saint Joan of Arc was a peasant girl, daughter of a farmer. Her village of Domremy was sort of a border town. At any given time, it could be part of France, Burgundy, or the Holy Roman Empire, based on who was in charge. Her country was at war with England, the Hundred Years War, and had been since...

This is simply the story of a Priest! At a time in our Church where we are sometimes discouraged from going to confession and are told that a general confession once a year is sufficient, when children are made to receive First Holy Communion before receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, when...

We have often said that in times of crisis, God sends us Miracles of the Eucharist, Apparitions of Our Lady, Angelic intercessions and Saints and Other Powerful Men and Women in our Church. This account is about one of those powerful men, a true hero in our Church, Charles Cardinal Borromeo, Defender...

"Whereas the Catholic Church,instructed by the Holy Spirit, has, from the sacred writings, and the ancient tradition; of the Fathers, taught in sacred Councils;and very recently in this Ecumenical Synod, that there is a Purgatory and the souls retained there are helped by the suffrages of the...

God being God is love, never changing, and His Love, like Him is never changing, always there - even when we sin. God to remain God must love us, for He is Love. But we do not have to love Him to remain who we are. It makes you want to cry when you think of such a one-sided relationship. "If...

How does a just king, a loyal Defender of the Faith, turn on all that he vowed to protect, betraying Church and country? Was it the limitless power he had, the power to decide between life and death, that gave birth to him placing himself above his Pope and Church? Was it the example of other Henrys...

The day Bernard was born, his mother raised him up to Heaven and consecrated him to God. Although she was gentle and loving, she was also firm and resolute. She was attentive to all her children, giving of herself completely, but with this her third born son, she knew in her heart she had been given...

How does a man give up his life for someone he never met before? This man has been called by many titles: Saint of World War II, Holy Prisoner, Saint of Concentration Camps, Saint of the Press, Saint of Aviation, Saint of Progress, Saint of the Poor. But I think the one he would prefer is "Catholic...