The Polish Marian Franciscan saint, St. Maximilian Kolbe (b.1894- d.1941), was a tireless devotee and servant-son of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This saint, if he could speak to us today, would impart to us the same advice which he gave in his lifetime via his magazine, radio, and newspaper apostolates: he would tell us to entrust ourselves, our families, our…
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Blessed Virgin Mary, Hope of Sinners
Today, I am re-posting a reader favorite excerpt from The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787). The subject of this excerpt is: Mary is the hope of sinners. So, sit back and either read this for the first time, or read it again, as the subject is a happy one (to read about the office, duties, and actions of our…
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Pope Pius XII on the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today is the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and, for this day, I am posting a 1954 encyclical by Pope Pius XII (b. 1876- d. 1958) which delves into the topic of the queenship of Mary. This papal document remains applicable to us, the living members of the Catholic Church. It is somewhat long, but it…
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The May Magnificat
“The Child Christ lives on from generation to generation in the poets, very often the frailest of [mortals], but [mortals] whose frailty is redeemed by a child’s unworldliness, by a child’s delight in loveliness, by the spirit of wonder. Christ was a poet, and all through his life the Child remains perfect in him. It was the poet, the unworldly…
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A Winter Rose: The Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception
“Lo, how a rose e’er blooming, From tender stem hath sprung. Of Jesse’s lineage coming, As men of old have sung; It came, a flow’ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half spent was the night Isaiah ’twas foretold it, The Rose I have in mind, With Mary we behold it, The virgin mother kind; To show God’s love aright, She bore to…
