There is a distinctive Marian character to Advent. The stational church for the First Sunday of Advent is Rome’s (and Christendom’s) principal Marian shrine, Santa Maria Maggiore. In the Litany of Loreto, Our Lady is called the “Morning Star,” after … Continue reading
Category: Our Lady
Honoring The Saints, Our Lady, and Holy Images
[Questions Asked by Protestants Briefly Answered by Father M. Philipps, Rector of St. Joseph’s Church, Buffalo, NY. Cabinet of Catholic Information, 1903 Imprimatur: Archbishop John Farley] Praying to the Saints What do you mean by praying to the saints? Praying … Continue reading
A Man and His Rosary Sixty Years Every Day
Catholic San Francisco Online: Charles Lee is never far from a rosary. There are three or four on an end table next to his recliner. He keeps one on a kitchen cabinet and a few more next to his bed. … Continue reading
The Age of Mary
[Taken from The Communion of Saints: Sanctity Through the Centuries] A girl, or as we may call her, a woman, is in herself the most wonderful creature that God has ever made. The first man was made from the slime … Continue reading
Mater Dolorosa: Meditation on Mary’s Com-Passio Beneath the Cross
In his great work, The Glories of Mary, Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (1696-1787), devotes many pages to the Sorrowful Mother, especially as she “stood” beneath the Cross offering up her heart with the bloody sacrifice of her Son. The … Continue reading
Gypsies to Bring Revered Statue of Our Lady to Lourdes Tuesday
Zenit News: The pilgrimage of the statue of Our Lady of Gypsies to the shrine of Lourdes marks the 54th annual pilgrimage of gypsies and itinerant people to the French Marian shrine. Read more here.
Reflections on Devotion to Mary and the Rosary by Msgr. Charles Pope
This is a beautiful article and quite personal. I am sure it will touch the hearts of everyone who reads it. I was especially touched by the advice Monsignor’s grandmother gave him when he was a young man trying to … Continue reading
Two Million Costa Ricans Came to Cartago Yesterday to Honor Our Lady and Her Miraculous Statue
I was astonished reading this clip. Two million people — that’s half the population of Costa Rica — came to the Marian basilica in Cartago on August 2. I will have to do some more research on the miraculous statue … Continue reading
Is This the ‘Annihilation of Nations’?
When considering current events, the Fatima-minded among us like to keep in mind the fact that the Virgin’s revelations and requests to Francisco, Jacinta, and Lucia have not yet been fulfilled. She said that if Russia were not converted, that … Continue reading
The Joyful Heart of Mary
On the black habit our brothers wear, the capuche is signed with a blazon of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, surrounded by a chain. It is the emblem of holy slavery, and it comes from the seal of our Order. … Continue reading
The Leonine Prayers and the Conversion of Russia
In reading this morning about the street fighting going on in Kingston, Jamaica, where battles between the police and drug dealers has left twenty-six civilians dead, plus thirty more between the gang members and police (if I am reading the … Continue reading
The ‘Woman’ of Genesis
In changing the traditional Douay-Rheims rendering of Genesis 3:15 from “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” to … Continue reading
Annunciation Forum to be Held in Rome to Consider Defining Fifth Marian Doctrine
Zenit reports: During 2009, cardinals and bishops from every continent have petitioned Benedict XVI to consider promulgating the dogma of Mary’s spiritual Maternity under its three essential aspects as co-redemptrix, mediatrix of all graces, and advocate. This came after five … Continue reading