Who Was St. Bernardine of Siena, and Why Does His Voice Matter? Born in 1380 near Siena, Bernardino degli Albizzeschi entered the Franciscan Order at twenty-two and became the most celebrated popular preacher of fifteenth-century Italy.

What St. Benedicta of the Cross teaches us about limitless loving devotion to God — and the supreme gift He makes of Himself to the soul that surrenders all.

St. Rose of Lima teaches that the conversion of souls — drawing men and women from darkness into the light of God — surpasses every other act of human service, including works of charity, penance, and intellectual achievement.

Why the most consequential act of any life — wealth, leadership, legacy — begins not with strategy, but with surrender. A meditation on the only offering God will never refuse.