“It is especially the devotion to Mary in her Immaculate Conception, which proves a powerful weapon in our strife against hell. If you are severely tempted, say one Ave every night and morning, in honor of the Immaculate Conception. Call on the Blessed Virgin in the hour of temptation, and you will be victorious. When confidence fills the warrior’s breast,…
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The White Stairway II
In February of this year, I posted a quote by St. Maximilian Kolbe about the white stairway to heaven, which is the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the consecration of oneself to her. St. Maximilian Kolbe said: An unlimited love for the Immaculate, what does that mean? The Immaculate is so united to God through love that she rises not only above…
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Mother of Divine Providence
A Little Litany “When God turned back eternity and was young, Ancient of Days, grown little for your mirth (As under the low arch the land is bright) Peered through you, gate of heaven–and saw the earth. Or shutting out his shining skies awhile Built you about him for a house of gold To see in pictured walls his storied…
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Living Under Her Mantle
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, or Ransom (information, here). It is a delightful feast which can be seen in the texts of today’s liturgy, here. It is a feast which honors the tangible work Our Lady does in freeing captives from all sorts of chains, and real prisons, as well as, virtual prisons; as in, the chains of the world,…
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August 14: St. Maximilian Kolbe
Today the Church remembers the martyred Polish Franciscan priest of Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe. Fr. Kolbe loved the Blessed Virgin Mary, and spent his entire life in her service as her knight. Militaristic from childhood, he developed a spiritual military of knights of both sexes, of all backgrounds and occupations, who give themselves in service to the Immaculata, Mary. This…
