This week, we witnessed the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most recognizable, and beloved, Roman Catholic cathedrals in the world. There is now talk of its restoration; which is all lovely and quite good, as long as it is remembered what Notre-Dame is: it is a Roman Catholic church. It is not an inter-denominational history museum. It…
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Dedication of a Family to Mary
Today, I am sharing a prayer from the last portion of St. Alphonsus Liguori‘s Glories of Mary. St. Alphonsus (b. 1696- d. 1787) was the sort who did not shy away from recognizing the fact that while we are alive, we are in a battle: good vs. evil; and we need heavenly advocates to assist us to make it to heaven.…
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Pray the Rosary
“The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” ~G.K Chesterton If you own a Rosary, pick it up today, and pray it. Pick it up tomorrow, and pray it. Do not stop praying your daily Rosary until you breathe your last breath. That is the action of a Roman Catholic. Let us pledge to do…
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March 25: The Annunciation
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” ~Saint Francis de Sales Today, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates possibly the most beautiful moment in the history of the world, the Annunciation; or as it is also known, Lady Day. Dom Prosper Gueranger wrote a beautiful piece on this…
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Spring
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring – When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing; The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brush The descending blue; that blue is all in…
