Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati knew suffering intimately. He endured spiritual trials and deep anguish over the injustices of the world. In a letter to a friend, he wrote, "Imagine now, when my soul is going through this crisis, I had the misfor...

What drew Pier Giorgio to becoming a Third Order Dominican? Certainly the great saints like Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena. But also one who is lesser-known and controversial: Girolamo Savonarola, a Dominican friar of fiery zeal who chal...

So many Catholics today have lost their rhythm. We might think we need a dramatic conversion moment or an emotional breakthrough. But regular confession — once a month, or more often if needed — is just part of a healthy Catholic life. That's w...

Like Blessed Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio seemed to know how to pray instinctively. It wasn't something he learned in a class or even deeply from his family. It was a grace. It was friendship. He often carried a little pocket-sized prayer book, a...

The mountains weren't an escape for Pier Giorgio. They were a sacred space. In a letter to his friend Marco, he once wrote, "With each day that passes, I fall more and more in love with the mountains. If it weren't for my studies, I would spend...

Pier Giorgio had a profound devotion to Our Lady. Remarkably, he was born on a Saturday — a day traditionally dedicated to the Virgin Mary — and he died on a Saturday as well, passing from this life under her loving mantle. On his nightstand at...

If daily Mass isn’t part of your rhythm yet, don’t be discouraged. Start small. Try once a week — maybe Wednesday or Friday. That’s how I started. Over time, the hunger grows. The desire deepens. And like Pier Giorgio, your interior life will t...

Pier Giorgio wasn’t reckless. He wasn’t aggressive. But he was unafraid. Even when offered personal protection or a way out — thanks to his father’s political connections — he refused to abandon his friends or distance himself from their cause....

For Pier Giorgio, peace wasn’t passive. It was something to cultivate, to extend, to protect. And he knew its source: Christ. The one who stood in the upper room and spoke those first words of resurrection: “Peace be with you.”🙏 Reflect...

Daily Communion wasn’t just a pious habit for Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati — it was his source of strength. He drew everything from it. The fight for purity, the strength to love, the courage to serve — it all flowed from his communion with Je...

The heart of mercy is seeing Christ in the poor, in the sick, in those who are hard to love. And Pier Giorgio saw it clearly. He once said, “Around the sick, the poor, the unfortunate, I see a particular light — a light that we do not have.” So...

As we celebrate our country’s freedom today, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati reminds us that the true task of freedom is love. The highest aim of any just society is not merely order but mercy. And the source of mercy is God. Do we hunger and thi...

Meekness is not weakness. Blessed Pier Giorgio was anything but weak. He was active in the political scene of early 20th-century Italy. He was bold in his Catholic identity, even wearing a small emblem of the Catholic political party on his coa...

For Pier Giorgio, even romantic sorrow could be offered as a sacrifice — transformed into love for God. This is what it means to live the Beatitude. Blessed are those who mourn, not because mourning feels good, but because our sorrows, offered ...

I couldn't be more excited to kick off this month's devotional series dedicated to Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, whose canonization is coming up on September 7 in Rome alongside Blessed Carlo Acutis. As we journey toward this special occasion,...

As we conclude our month meditating on the Sacred Heart, let us carry its fire into the rest of the year. Let the love of Christ embolden you. Let it be your strength in trial, your peace in uncertainty, your courage in witness. The martyrs sho...

Though their missions were different — Peter to the Jews, Paul to the Gentiles — they were united in love for Christ and his Church. Their feast day today is a sign of the unity in diversity that marks the Catholic Church, a unity that flows on...

Mary's heart beat in rhythm with Christ's as she carried him, fed him, raised him. Her maternal love nurtured the Redeemer. And as today's Gospel reminds us, she "kept all these things in her heart." Her heart was a treasury of the mysteries of...

Pope Benedict XVI once wrote that "adoring contemplation of the side pierced by the spear makes us sensitive to God's salvific will." In other words, contemplating Christ's Sacred Heart — his love made visible — transforms us. It helps us entru...

The Sacred Heart is not a sentimental image. It’s the very power of salvation. It is the living fire of divine love — offered, broken and glorified for us. That Heart, pierced on the cross, is the bridge between the Old and New Covenants. It’s ...

When you feel discouraged by the state of the Church or the world, remember: the Sacred Heart of Jesus is not only the center of all hearts — it is the unshakable source of our communion. He holds us together.🙏 Reflect and pray with us ...

The birth of St. John the Baptist being the longest day of the year is no accident. He comes as the forerunner, the one who points not to himself but to the true light, Jesus Christ. He is the child of long hope born of a woman thought barren, ...

The Sacred Heart is the guarantee that God’s covenant love has a human face and a human heartbeat. When fear or discouragement tempts us to doubt, we need only remember: his Heart holds every grace we need, and his fidelity never fails....

Only the Eucharist can satisfy the human heart. Cardinal Manning put this beautifully: “He takes our heart into his Heart and places his Heart in ours.” That mystical exchange happens in Holy Communion. As we receive the Lord’s Body and Blood, ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the great visionary of the Sacred Heart, shows us how to bring our fractured hearts back to their true Master. Kneeling before the Blessed Sacrament, she "surrendered (her) heart to the power of his love" and was dra...