Mother of God, He broke thy heart That it might wider be, That in the vastness of its love There might be room for me. Fr. Frederick William Faber (b. 1814- d. 1863) ~For today, I am revising, and re-posting, an April 2019 piece on Our Lady’s son, Fr. Frederick William Faber. I think it will give you a…
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Feast of St. Louis de Montfort, Author of True Devotion to Mary
“It is an easy way (the way of true devotion to Mary, added by SF). It is the way which Jesus Christ Himself trod in coming to us, and in which there is no obstacle in reaching Him. It is true that we can attain divine union by other roads; but it is by many more crosses and strange deaths,…
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Spending Time with Pope St. Pius X
“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.…
