St. Elizabeth of Hungary was a strong, generous, and virtuous young woman. In reading about her life, she comes across as someone who certainly would make good wife material. It’s so appropriate that the first reading chosen for her feast day is taken from Sirach 26, in which the quality of a good wife is …
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Our Lady of the Angels, Portiuncula
I always look forward to August 2: it is the Franciscan Feast Day of Our Lady of the Angels. The church of Our Lady of Angels, in Assisi Italy, was a favorite place of St. Francis to pray and to be in the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He found comfort and solace there …