The animals come two by two, the rain begins to fall, and the ark rocks gently on the water, warm and safe inside. A story for bedtime.

The rain has stopped and the world is quiet. Noah opens the little window of the ark and lets a white dove fly out over the water.

In the last years of his life, sick and nearly blind, Francis received on Mount La Verna the marks of Jesus and composed the most beautiful song of praise to creation. The peaceful farewell of the little poor man of Assisi.

A Polish boy saw Our Lady holding two crowns and chose them both. He became Father Maximilian Kolbe, who spread devotion to Mary around the world through magazines and radio, up to the dark days of the war.

Prometheus, the Titan who thought before he acted, shaped the first humans and loved them like children. So they would not live in cold and darkness, he defied Zeus himself — and paid a terrible price for his compassion.

When wickedness grew in the world, God chose Noah, a righteous man, to build a great ark and keep his family and the animals safe from the flood that was coming.

The waters of the flood cover all the earth, but God keeps Noah and his family safe inside the ark. When it is all over, a sign of many colors appears in the sky, carrying a promise.

On the way to her grandmother's house, a little girl in a red hood meets a smooth-talking wolf. This is Perrault's original version, a cautionary tale with a dark ending.

The youngest of seven brothers is no bigger than a thumb, yet he notices everything. When the boys find themselves lost in the dark forest, it is his quiet cleverness that shows the way home.