Cardinal Dolan's Homily: May 20, 2025 - The Good Newsroom

Talking Saints- Bernardine of Siena

“In all your actions, seek in the first place the kingdom of God and his glory.”  In this episode of Talking Saints, Pete and Laurie dive into the inspiring life of St. Bernardine of Siena—a Franciscan preacher and fearless evangelist known as the “Apostle of Italy.” Discover how his love for the Holy Name of Jesus, deep humility, and boundless energy helped revive the Catholic faith across 15th-century Italy.   Listen to Talking Saints with Lau…

Saint Bernardino of Siena is one of the most well-known and beloved saints in the Church, and it is that the work done by this Franciscan was not a small thing. He preached all over Italy for more than 30 years as St. Vincent Ferrer had asked him to meet at Piedmont. Fra. Bernardino has been considered the greatest orator of his time, but, in addition, he founded or reformed some 400 convents and monasteries and, in the name of Jesus, he perform…

Cardinal Dolan's Homily: May 20, 2025 - The Good Newsroom

Cardinal Dolan’s Homily: May 20, 2025 Local, Faith | 05/20/2025 By: Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan You can watch Cardinal Dolan’s homily from this morning’s Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral here.On the feast of St. Bernardine of Siena, Cardinal Dolan speaks about the power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. When we say the name of Jesus, we make an act of faith. .jet-listi…

Saint Bernardine of Siena

In the year 1400, a young man came to the door of the largest hospital in Siena. A plague was raging through the city so horrible that as many as twenty people died each day just in the hospital alone. And many of the people who died were those who were needed to tend the ill. It was a desperate situation — more and more people were falling ill and fewer and fewer people were there to help them. The twenty-year-old man who stood there had not co…