Sparks of Mercy

Many people today think of the saints as historical figures who have had legends told about them, but doubt such sanctity is possible, especially today. Kevin Wilson proves otherwise in his new book, putting the reader into imaginary encounters with real life, 20th century saints. In this interview, Wilson discusses why saints matter, his favorite of the saints he’s featured, and why every Catholic should be aiming for sainthood.

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The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary are beautiful — but what can they possibly have to do with our ordinary lives, or even our hardships on earth? Maria Gallagher offers answers, drawing on her own experience and the realities of her work in the pro-life cause.

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For many people, enduring the suffering and death of a loved one can challenge their faith or lead them away from God. For Fr. James Cervantes, MIC, the loss of his teenage brother to cancer led him instead to God, St. Faustina, and the Divine Mercy message and devotion. In this powerful interview, he shares what St. Faustina’s writings said to him, and how they can say the same thing to you.

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What do Catholics believe about the Eucharist? Why? What evidence is there for the truth of Catholic belief in the Eucharist? One of the official Eucharistic preachers assigned by the current national revival, Fr. Andy Davy, MIC, addresses many common questions, misconceptions, or misunderstanding about the Eucharist and the Real Presence of Jesus Christ under the appearances of bread and wine.

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Angels. In many people’s minds, they’re a New Age phenomenon, one that rational people ignore. But the true history of Christian history tells us a very different story, as Marge Steinhage Fenelon explains in her new book exploring a powerful devotion: the St. Michael Chaplet. In this wide-ranging conversation, Fenelon discusses the existence, roles, and importance of the angels for all of us as we live our Christian faith in these difficult times.

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Growing up near the Marian Fathers on Eden Hill, Vinny Flynn was influenced by their proclamation of Divine Mercy from an early age. His later service leading their Editorial Department, helping edit the English-language edition of the Diary of St. Faustina, and helping create some of the best-known Divine Mercy publications (such as the Divine Mercy Message and Devotion booklet) prepared him to craft Mercy’s Gaze, a powerful aid to prayer before Jesus in the Divine Mercy Image and in Eucharistic Adoration.

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The closer you get to Jesus Christ, the more you have to offer everyone, whether young or old, male or female, rich or poor. That’s why Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle, author of Diary of a Future Saint: Faustina’s Incredible Journey, wrote a book for everyone about the Secretary and Apostle of the Divine Mercy. In this interview, she discusses why this book and this saint is so important for us in these very dark times. 

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Many Catholics have heard the term “the Immaculate Conception.” Many also don’t know what it means, or why it matters to them. Father Thaddaeus Lancton, MIC, author of Shining in Spotless Splendor: Consecration to the Immaculate Conception, explains that, and discusses how the heart of the founding charism of the Marian Fathers is God’s work of sanctification, of making Our Lady (and, gradually, all her children) immaculate.

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It takes a special grace for an author to summarize and share the teachings of Catechism of the Catholic Church, let alone to make reading those teachings easy and enjoyable. And yet Dame of Malta and radio host Peggy Stanton has done it, in the recently released The Order of Malta Minutes with the Catechism: A Pocket Guide to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In this episode of Sparks of Mercy, she shares why she wrote it, how to use it, and what insights from the Catechism she thinks the world needs to hear.

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Graphic designer Sam Estrada came from a Catholic family, but it took encountering the lives of the saints to draw him deeply into his faith. That love of the saints helped inspire his work illustrating Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC’s graphic novel The Chaste Heart of St. Joseph. In this interview, Sam shares about his faith, his work with Fr. Calloway, and the importance of St. Joseph for all of us Catholics today.

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