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Welcome to The Road to Damascus. This a Catholic channel created by one man seeking to grow in holiness, share the stories of the saints, and bring others along for the journey back to Christ.This is where personal conversion meets Catholic tradition.Here’s what you’ll…
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Day 316: The Feast of the Most Holy Name of Mary (opens the original)
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Today, on Day 316 of Saints in a Year, we celebrate the Most Holy Name of Mary. Only four days after celebrating the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church turns our attention toward the name of the woman God chose to become the Mother of Jesus Christ. Devotion to Mary's Holy Name developed over centuries, with a local liturgical celebration permitted in Spain in 1513. The celebration later became connected with the dramatic Battle of Vienna in 1683, when King John III Sobieski and alli
Day 315: Saint John Gabriel Perboyre (opens the original)
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Today, on Day 315 of Saints in a Year, we honor Saint John Gabriel Perboyre, a French Vincentian priest who traveled halfway around the world to bring the Gospel to China. After years of secretly ministering to Catholic communities, John Gabriel was captured during a period of persecution in 1839. He endured months of imprisonment, interrogation, humiliation, and torture. During one interrogation, his captors placed a crucifix beneath his feet and ordered him to step on it. John Gabriel refused.
Day 314: Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (opens the original)
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Today, on Day 314 of Saints in a Year, we honor Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, an Augustinian priest remembered especially for his extraordinary devotion to the souls in Purgatory. According to Augustinian tradition, a deceased friar appeared to Nicholas asking him to offer Mass for souls undergoing purification. Nicholas prayed and offered Mass for seven days, after which the friar reportedly appeared again with news that the souls had been delivered. Nicholas became famous as a preacher, confess
Day 313: Saint Peter Claver (opens the original)
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Today, on Day 313 of Saints in a Year, we honor Saint Peter Claver, the Jesuit priest who spent roughly forty years ministering to enslaved Africans arriving in Cartagena. Peter entered slave ships carrying food, medicine, water, and clothing. He cared for the sick and dying, preached the Gospel, and insisted upon the God-given dignity of people whom society treated as property. He described himself as "Peter Claver, slave of the Africans forever." Catholic sources credit him with baptizing more
Day 312: Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (opens the original)
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Today, on Day 312 of Saints in a Year, we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the birthday of the Mother of Jesus. Sacred Scripture does not tell us when Mary was born or name her parents. Ancient Christian tradition, especially the second-century Protoevangelium of James, identifies her parents as Saints Joachim and Anne and preserves the beloved story of the couple praying for a child before Mary's birth. The feast developed in the ancient Church and became celebrat
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