“Distribute Her Miraculous Medal, wherever possible. To children, so they always wear it around their necks, to elderly, and to young people in particular, so that under Her care they have enough strength to resist so many temptations and pitfalls lying in wait for them in our times. And to those who do not visit the church, are afraid to…
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Guzman on St. Maximilian Kolbe
The following is a four year old article written by the Catholic convert Sam Guzman of The Catholic Gentleman on the heroic Marian saint of the last century, St. Maximilian Kolbe (b. 1894- d. 1941). This article which, by the way, is titled, Fire of Love: Lessons from St. Maximilian Kolbe, explains who Fr. Maximilian Kolbe was; and what makes…
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Mary is Necessary
This was spotted on Instagram this morning by K. Anne: This humorous meme speaks the truth that Mary is necessary for salvation as St. Louis de Montfort wrote: “We must conclude that, being necessary to God by a necessity which is called “hypothetical”, (that is, because God so willed it), the Blessed Virgin is all the more necessary for…
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Chesterton’s Confession
Psalm 44:10-18 “The daughters of kings have delighted thee in thy glory. The queen stood on thy right hand, in gilded clothing; surrounded with variety. Hearken, O daughter, and see, and incline thy ear: and forget thy people and thy father’s house. And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him…
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Fr. Faber in May
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) The month of May would not be complete without a post on Our Lady’s son, Fr. Frederick William Faber. I wrote of this English priest in…