Aug 31, 2026
Two secret followers of Jesus — afraid their whole lives — finally stepped into the light at the foot of the Cross.
Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus were powerful members of the Jewish council who believed in Jesus but kept it hidden out of fear. After Jesus died, something changed: Joseph boldly asked Pontius...
Aug 30, 2026
St. Jeanne Jugan carried a blind, forgotten old woman home in her own arms — and started a worldwide order.
On a cold winter night in France, Jeanne Jugan carried an elderly, blind woman named Anne into her own home and gave her, her own bed. More elderly poor kept arriving, and Jeanne kept making room — begging...
Aug 29, 2026
A slave girl's quiet faith led her wealthy Roman mistress all the way to martyrdom — and to heaven.
Serapia, a young Christian slave in ancient Rome, never preached to her mistress Sabina — she simply lived her faith so visibly that Sabina couldn't stop noticing, and eventually asked to be baptized herself. When...
Aug 28, 2026
St. Moses the Black led a gang of bandits through Egypt before becoming one of the desert's holiest monks.
Once the leader of a feared robber gang along the Nile, Moses found peace he'd never known when he took refuge in a monastery and stayed. His conversion wasn't easy — he wrestled with anger and pride for years...
Aug 27, 2026
St. Monica prayed and fasted for her wayward son for seventeen straight years — and never once gave up.
St. Monica wept for years over her brilliant but faithless son, Augustine, who ran from God and from her — even sailing away from Africa in the night without saying goodbye. She followed him all the way to Milan,...