“Keep up your hobbitry in heart, and think that all stories feel like that when you are in them. You are inside a very great story!” – a letter from JRR Tolkien to his son Christopher, Letters of JRR Tolkien We are living in a great story, indeed; and our lives have been preceded by those of our Catholic ancestors.…
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A Short Story
The following is a brief conversation between two saints, and makes for an interesting story*: Shortly after his death, St.Dominic Savio (b. 1842- d. 1857) appeared in glory to St. John Bosco (b. 1815- d. 1888) who asked him what gave him most consolation at the hour of his death. The young saint was asked if it was purity: “Not…
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Children of the Magi 2020
~Today’s post is a repeat (with some edits) from Epiphanytide 2019: “O Mary, keep us from forgetting that we are the children of the Magi, and that Bethlehem is ever open to receive us.” ~Dom Prosper Gueranger Since we remain in the octave of the Epiphany (day of Epiphany 2020, added by SF), I am posting another meditation by Dom Prosper Gueranger (b.…
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Mary, Mother of Divine Providence
“I love the image of Christ as a chubby little helpless babe in Mary’s arms–looking at His own reflection in her eyes. I love this entire image of Jesus and Mary! It reminds us that we should be like little children and trust Mary completely.” ~K. Anne, November 19, 2019. Today, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Blessed Virgin Mary…
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St. John Vianney Speaks on the Blessed Virgin Mary
“The Heart of Mary is so tender towards us, that those of all the mothers in the world put together are like a piece of ice in comparison to hers.” ~St. John Mary Vianney Today, I am posting a short instruction from our French Catholic ancestor, St. John Mary Vianney (b. 1786- d. 1859), on the topic of the Blessed…
