RELIGIOUS Stories and Legends The Holy Miracle of Santarem A 13th century miracle attests to the Real Presence in the Eucharist The Cock and the Wolf A cock who repents of his pride and is saved The Providential Three Windows The discovery of a picture of St. Barbara Bolivia’s Virgen del Socavón or Virgin of Candlemas A massive new statue for Oruro, Bolivia The Fox & the Young Turkeys How the fox outsmarts the over-wary birds Heretics Worked Miracles by the Aid of the Devil How the Bishop exposed the false preachers The History of the S.A.G. Abbreviation A pious custom to ensure safe mail delivery Our Lady, Consoler of Suffering Souls How the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady saved a soul from Hell The Conversion of the Duke of Gandia Francis de Borja The sight of Empress Isabella's corpse changed his life The Fox and the Crow The crafty fox uses flattery to trick the vain crow St. Francis Xavier Raises a Man to Life He works great miracles to convert the people of India Chant Royal on Lent A French lyrical poem calling for penance & contemplation St. Patrick Wins the Right to Judge Ireland He fasts & prays for 40 days on Ireland's 'holy mountain' St. Patrick Converts the King’s Daughters Ss. Eithna the Red and Fidelm the Fair If Your Eye Causes You to Sin... St. Francis discusses with Sultan Al-Kamil during the Fifth Crusade When a Pilgrim’s Request Is Refused A woman refuses bread to a pilgrim on route to Santiago de Compostela The Flowers of St. Patrick A mysterious blossoming each year in France at Christmas time A Forgotten Promise A deceased friend appears to Blessed Suso to ask for Masses Five Hundred Francs in a Closet A woman in Pugatory returns to ask for Masses St. Patrick Converts the King of Tara The challenge where the chief Druid priest was burned by fire St. Patrick Challenges the Druid Priests The Saint's victories on the Hill of Slane The Newlyweds, the Witch & the Mule The eucharistic miracle of Offida The First Victory of Bertrand du Guesclin How he borrowed a horse and won the prize of valor The King & the Rosary The good example of King Alphonsus wins Our Lady's intercession A Mother’s Counsel Dhuoda exhorts her son William to faithfully serve his Lord The Moors Could Not Destroy Our Lady’s Image A sign for King Alfonso X of the Virgin's protection The Alb of St. Bon, Bishop of Clermont Our Lady rewards her servant with a heavenly vestment Order in the Medieval Battle Obedience and discipline were essential in a cavalry charge The Lourdes’ Miracle of Gabriel Gargam Our Lady cures a paralyzed man both spiritually & physically How Ambrose Was Chosen Bishop of Milan The voice of a babe called out 'Ambrose bishop' Tuotilo, the Monk of St. Gall A heavenly assistant directs his sculpting of a statue in Metz The Devil and the Painter Monk Our Lady helps a monk who paints the ugliest Devil possible Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Patroness of Tobacco Growers A devotion springs up organically from the people of Cuba The Wakefield Shepherd's Play A light comedy introduces devotion to Our Lady Our Lady of Mantua in Prague A bullet fired at Our Lady returns to hit the shooter Dom Nuno, the Mirror of Portuguese Chivalry The great piety & justice of the founder of the House of Bragança Our Lady Rewards those Devoted to Her Sorrows Some examples of her unlimited gratitude The Nine Worthies The model ideals of chivalry - Old Testament, Antiquity & Middle Ages The Road to Hell - I St. John Bosco explains how human respect leads to all vices The Road to Hell - II How to avoid Hell: Obedience & frequenting the Sacraments The Road to Hell - III Entering the dwelling of the reprobrates The Road to Hell - IV How immodesty & theft lead to Hell The Road to Hell - V Touching the outer wall of Hell On the Eve of Corpus Christi, the Miracle at Metz A young woman is cured at the 40 Hours devotion In Milwaukee a Protestant Converted by the Eucharist After he promises to say a Hail Mary every Sunday The Resurrections Worked by St. Francis of Paola The great wonder worker raises up his nephew from the dead The Power of Our Lady's Picture St. Alphonsus de Liguori writes about two surprising changes of heart Apparition of the Holy Cross over Jerusalem on Pentecost St. Cyril reports the prodigy to the Emperor Constantius The Superb Memory of St. Thomas Aquinas A trained memory was his indispensable tool A Last Vision of St. Patrick The Apostle of Ireland sees the Church in ruins The Brave Boast of Pedro de Menezes "With this stick, I will defend Ceuta against all the Moors" The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus God works a miracle to confirm the doctrine of the resurrection of the body Br. Ruffino & the False Apparitions St. Francis exposes a ruse of the Devil Rain and Earth Make Mud Bl. Jordan of Saxony on the monk's relations with ladies God Accepted Their Via Crucis How the soul of Prince Charles Lowenstein left Purgatory The Alms of the Neapolitan Woman The Mass she asked for liberated a soul from Purgatory Charlemagne’s Envoy among the Greeks The Frank outsmarts the Greeks in their own land and comes home safe The Worldly Bishop & Charlemagne The Emperor orders a merchant to trick the mundane Prelate Charlemagne’s Love for Wisdom How he encouraged the learning on his empire Charlemagne’s Care for Singing How he made Church chant uniform throughout his empire Extraordinary Facts about the Carmelite Scapular Evidence of the great benefits of the brown scapular The Arms of Lorraine & Visconti Family pride in the Crusader origins of their ensigns The Blind Monk The monk who asked to see Our Lady Hard Labor for God How the medieval people built their cathedrals The Legend of the Ermine of Our Lady How King Arthur entered single combat with a pagan and won Brittany The Star of the Sea St. Bernard teaches: 'Look to the star, call upon Mary' The Water of Count Gerald of Aurillac How God honored this Saint with the gift of miracles ‘There is a Hell, and I Am in It’ Two Russian generals make a serious agreement Charles VII, King of France by Divine Delegation St. Joan of Arc asks the King for a gift Augustine and the Seashell The lesson he received from a boy playing on the beach The Power of One Hail Mary How two hardened sinners changed their lives Simon de Montfort’s Good Habit A difficult battle is won through recourse to Our Lord during Mass The Miracle of the Jewish Boy Our Lady protects a child from his father's wrath The Humility of King Canute To teach us a lesson, he commands the ocean waves to stop St. Clare and the Saracens The invaders flee before St. Clare and the Blessed Sacrament The Bread of the Strong The Blessed Sacrament gives us victory over ourselves and our enemies Serving the King of Kings First Two episodes on the Mass in England The Witness of St. Stanislaus The Saint raises a man from death to testify before the King The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste & the Baptism of Blood As one of them apostatizes, a Roman sentinel receives the missing crown The Three Bottles of Wine God punishes an innkeeper for profaning the Sacrament of Confession How to Correct One’s Peers with Charity An Abbot receives a fraternal correction for his worldly way of sitting The Old Woman, the Butcher & the Captain The weight of one Mass converts two skeptics The Rainbow Crossing Miracle Our Lady of Pompt Succor works a miracle for Archbishop Janssens The Scapular that Saved Two Lives Our Lady protects a German soldier in a time of danger The Baker’s Dog of Lisbon God gives us a lesson on our duty to the Blessed Sacrament The Conversion of the Moor of Pamplona A documented bi-location of Ven. Mary of Agreda in Spain How a Mule ‘Adored’ the Blessed Sacrament St. Anthony of Padua accepts a challenge of heretic Bovillus The Immaculate Conception in the Age of Discovery Spain's glory: The devotion of the Catholic Monarchs and Columbus The Omelet of Mère Poulard A marvelous dish we still find today at Mont Saint Michel The King and the Blessed Sacrament Charles II of Spain shows his great respect for the Sacred Host How to Dress in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament An impious act of affront to Our Lord is duly punished How St. Gregory the Great Was Elected Pope He fled the honor but the people returned him to Rome Thus Were the Bishops of Better Times... How St. Dunstan treated an erring King and adulterous Count The Final Words of the Salve Regina An invitation for us to come to Our Lady with all our needs The Siege of the Alcazar of Toledo Colonel Moscardó refuses to surrender - even at the cost of his son's life Fruits of Medieval Devotion to Our Lady Tenderness to the Virgin refined the early medieval man Courage and Obedience Even the enemies of the Crusaders admired their dedication From Paradise St. Dominic Savio Teaches Us He appears to Don Bosco in a dream to promote devotion to Our Lady The Eucharistic Miracle of Avignon The Blessed Sacrament is miraculously preserved in the flood of 1433 Queen Blanche of Castile and the Rosary Through a miracle she gave birth to St. Louis IX The Legend of the Dogwood The dogwoods blossom reminding man of Our Lord's crucifixion The Medievals Were Barbarians … In fact, modern man marvels at their gothic architecture The Divided Horsecloth The improvident merchant who gave all his property to his son The Knights of St. James of the Sword The four vows of the Order of Santiago The Paternity of St. Gregory VII His letter to a humble Milan priest maimed by simoniacs The Curé d'Ars and the Protestant An example of the Saint's charitable intolerance Sultan Saladin Describes the Crusaders In a letter to Arabian princes, Saladin praises the zeal of Catholics The Prayers of a Knight How the medieval knight took his religious obligations seriously St. Francis on Custody of the Eyes The story of the King and his two messengers St. Louis, Warrior and Saint Militancy harmonized with goodness in the greatest King of France The Harmonious Relations between Nobles and Monks The solicitude of the Duke of Aquitaine for the monks When Even Wolves Kept Their Word… St. Francis and the wolf of Gubbio The Moral Education of the Future Knight The good counsel of noble parents to their son A Renewed Interest in the Mary Gardens Flowers that remind us of Our Lady's qualities and virtues Ranulf of Chester A charming case of Heaven's intervention in medieval life Naivety or a Higher Understanding of Things? The symbolism medievals found in all of nature, especially flowers The Rooster of Barcelos The story and miracle behind this regional symbol of Portugal The Investiture of the Knight A night of prayer, a day of festivities and proof of prowess Chantecler and the Fox The cock outwits the fox in his proclamation of universal brotherhood Honor, a Counter-Revolutionary Virtue How honor was admired and understood in Medieval France Hernan Perez del Pulgar, 'The One of the Valiant Deeds' The panache of the Catholic knight during the seige of Granada against the Moors The Story of Two Students The clemency and compassion of Our Lady for those who have devotion to her The Tumbler of Our Lady She accepts any sincere homage even the most simple The Story of Lady Anne Grimston How a great tree came to grow from the grave of this unbelieving lady One Un-Confessed Mortal Sin A story form The Catechist The Moral Profile of an Inquisitor From the Manual of Dominican Bernard Gui Theophilus: The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil How Our Lady rescued him from his pact The Medieval Fish St. Anthony preaches on the banks at Rimini 'Thief! Thief!' The Bourgeois of Amiens returns a purse The Roses and the Rosary Hail-Mary's seen as roses The Twelve Days of Christmas Carol Catholic wisdom sprinkled in a song Exempla: Stories that Teach Catechism The runaway nun is stopped - A mother's useless tears The Monkey Under the Bed The Three Hail-Marys save a man Religious  |  Home  |  Books  |  CDs  |  Search  |  Contact Us  |  Donate ©2002-   Tradition in Action, Inc.    All Rights Reserved