The Feast of the Holy Innocents is celebrated on Dec. 28, within the Octave of Christmas, which lasts from Christmas Day to January 1. The liturgy that day reflects both sorrow for the deaths of the infant boys who were killed by King Herod, but also the joy they share in the glory of Christ's victory over evil. Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains.

In 1061, Richeldis, a widow in Little Walsingham in Norfolk, England, prayed to Our Lady asking how she could honor her in some special way. Mary led Richeldis in spirit to Nazareth and showed her the House of the Annunciation, and asked that she build one just like it in Walsingham. Father Chris Alar, MIC, explains how Walsingham became a major pilgrimage site. Then hear how a personal journey of loss led Kara Palladino to support other mothers experiencing a heartbreaking cross of their own.

What is true and what is not regarding St. Mother Teresa?  Did she have dryness in prayer? Did she feel God abandoned her? Did she lose her faith? Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, explains this and more, and summarizes her entire spirituality in an easy-to-understand way!