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…
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Refuge of Sinners
The Roman Catholic Church traditionally honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Refuge of Sinners. St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787) wrote quite a bit about the manner in which Our Lady is a refuge for sinners in his book The Glories of Mary. I never tire of reading of this glory of Mary; the glory whereby she is…
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St. Luke the Evangelist
A happy feast of St. Luke the Evangelist to all of you. Last night, R. Anne reminded me that today was the splendid feast of the physician and artist, and writer!, St. Luke. Friend of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Paul, he often seems to be the quiet Gospel writer, receiving less fanfare than the venerable Sts. John, Mark, and…
