corporal works of mercy
-
February 25th – Saint of the Day: Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus, Physician
A saint who worked in the emperor’s inner circle and still refused to sell his soul. 👀🔥 Saint Caesarius of Nazianzus was a brilliant physician and high-ranking official in Constantinople, living where power, money, and pressure were constant. But when… Continue reading
-
February 23rd – Saint of the Day: Saint Giuseppina Vannini, Religious & Founder of the Daughters of Saint Camillus
Saint Giuseppina Vannini went from orphaned and dismissed for poor health to founding a whole army of mercy for the sick. 😮💨❤️🩹 She built the Daughters of Saint Camillus with one dangerous, beautiful conviction: the sick are not interruptions. They… Continue reading
-
February 20th – Saint of the Day: Saint Leo of Catania, Bishop
A bishop who fed the poor like it was non negotiable and stared down spiritual darkness without flinching. 🔥⛪️💪 Meet Saint Leo of Catania aka the “Wonderworker” of Sicily. On the outside, he was a pastor with a miter and… Continue reading
-
February 20, 2026 – The Fast God Wants in Today’s Mass Readings
Lent is not a vibe. It is a verdict on the heart. 🔥🕯️ The Church drops a truth bomb today: God is not impressed by hunger that does not become mercy. First Reading: Isaiah 58:1-9 📣 God calls out fake… Continue reading
-
February 8th – Saint of the Day: Saint Jerome Emiliani, Founder of the Somascans
Saint Jerome Emiliani went from prison chains to building homes for the forgotten. 🔥⛓️➡️🏠 A Venetian soldier chasing glory gets captured, chained up, and humbled. In the dark, he prays, calls on Our Lady, and comes out a different man.… Continue reading
-
February 8, 2026 – The Light of the World in Today’s Mass Readings
Stop hiding the lamp. Stop watering down the salt. Jesus did not call disciples to blend in. He called them to burn bright. 🔥🕯️🏙️ Today’s Mass Readings hit like a wake up call: mercy is not a vibe. Mercy is… Continue reading
-
February 7th – Saint of the Day: Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph (Egidio Maria di San Giuseppe), Franciscan Brother
Saint Giles Mary of Saint Joseph didn’t have a platform. He had a worn Franciscan habit, a bag for alms, and a heart that made Naples feel loved again. 🧡✝️ This was a lay brother, not a priest, who walked… Continue reading
-
February 4th – Saint of the Day: Saint Joseph of Leonessa, Capuchin Priest & Missionary
Chains could not silence him. Torture could not break him. 🔥⛓️✝️ Meet Saint Joseph of Leonessa, the Capuchin priest who walked straight into Constantinople to serve enslaved Christians, cared for the sick during plague, and even offered to trade places… Continue reading
-
February 1st – Saint of the Day: Saint Brigid of Ireland, Virgin & Abbess
🔥 Ireland’s “church of the oak” has a patroness, and she did not get famous by playing it safe. Meet Saint Brigid of Ireland ✨ the abbess who built a mercy machine at Kildare: feeding the poor, sheltering travelers, protecting… Continue reading
-
January 30th – Saint of the Day: Saint Hyacintha (Giacinta) Marescotti, Religious Sister & Noblewoman
Saint Hyacintha Marescotti went from “princess nun” to 🔥 saint real quick. She spent years in a monastery… but still living like nobility. Comfort. Vanity. Control. Then illness hit, grace broke through, and everything flipped. Her prayer still punches the… Continue reading
Holy Manna! 