In the picture on this post you will see a statue of Our Lady adorned with a homemade crown, set before roses and a lit candle. This picture was taken on Mother’s Day in the state of New Mexico. It is the picture of a home May altar set up for the month of May, the month that is dedicated…
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Our Lady on Holy Saturday: The Tower of Ivory
“There is never a crack in the ivory tower Or a hinge to groan in the house of gold Or a leaf of the rose in the wind to wither And she grows young as the world grows old. A Woman clothed with the sun returning to clothe the sun when the sun is cold.” ~G.K. Chesterton, excerpt from The…
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Remembering Her Sorrows in Passiontide, 2022
Today, on the Friday of Passion Week, the Church takes a day to remember the sufferings of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross, one of her Seven Sorrows. The following is an excerpt from Dom Prosper Gueranger’s The Liturgical Year which tells us about today’s commemoration. I think you will find it to be most informative. Gueranger’s…
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The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2022
Today is the feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or as it is known throughout the world: Lady Day (see here). This day rivals Christmas in the affections of Catholics, for on this day Our Lady said her fiat, her “yes” to God which has resounded throughout the ages, and will resound into eternity. The post cited…
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Carry On Redux
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring “All…
