The following brief poem came to the author this morning…
Our hopes for early glory fail,
The causes that we fought for die;
Still avidly His Cross we hail,
In silhouette against the sky.
To Gary Potter
Brother Andre Marie71 years ago today, the MICM were founded: "The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary" https://t.co/S9CzMtjr0F via @SBC_Catholic1 day ago 9 35
Brother Andre MarieThe father of all monks (specifically, cenobites): Saint Anthony the Abbot (356) https://t.co/bXPljKu0B6 via @SBC_Catholic1 day ago 8 27
Brother Andre MarieWithin ten days of the apparition, the bloodshed of the Franco-Prussian War was over: Our Lady of Pontmain (1871) https://t.co/hoznH1ujRd via @SBC_Catholic1 day ago 7 27
Brother Andre MariePope #33 and martyr: Saint Marcellus (309) https://t.co/ho4G1YwIMq via @SBC_Catholic2 days ago 6 17
Brother Andre MarieTheir holy lives and brutal deaths moved St Anthony to become a Franciscan friar: The Five Protomartyrs of the Franciscan Order (1220) https://t.co/ux7PtD1RsZ via @SBC_Catholic2 days ago 10 40
