“Happy, indeed sublimely happy, is the person to whom the Holy Spirit reveals the secret of Mary, thus imparting to him true knowledge of her. Happy the person to whom the Holy Spirit opens this enclosed garden for him to enter, and to whom the Holy Spirit gives access to this sealed fountain where he can draw water and drink…
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Monday of Holy Week
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” Saint Francis de Sales
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Queen of the Home
One of the titles of Our Lady is Mary, Mother of Divine Providence. She was painted under this title in 1580 by the Italian painter, Scipione Pulzone (picture, above). There is a long and rich history of devotion to Our Lady under the title of Mother of Divine Providence beginning at the wedding feast of Cana, and continuing to the present…
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Confidence in Mary
“He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.” St. Ignatius of Antioch, (b. 35 AD- d. 105 AD),
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Perfect Confidence
“As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.” Saint Thomas Aquinas (b. 1225- d. 1274), Doctor of the Church So, “let us run to her, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” Saint Francis de Sales (b. 1567- d. 1622), Doctor of the…