“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…
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The Virgin Mary: Tower of Ivory
“There is never a crack in the ivory towerOr a hinge to groan in the house of goldOr a leaf of the rose in the wind to witherAnd she grows young as the world grows old.A Woman clothed with the sun returningto clothe the sun when the sun is cold.” ~G.K. Chesterton, excerpt from The Towers of Time* One of…
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Fatima and the Holy Rosary
I have read a lot on Our Lady of Fatima over the years, as I am sure you have, as well; but, the other day, I read a piece by the Texan writer and scholar, Dr. Taylor Marshall, where he presented a new insight into one aspect of Fatima. He presented an insight into the meaning of the visions that…
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Blessed Virgin Mary: Queen of Mercy
St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787) wrote The Glories of Mary in the 18th century. It is one of the most comprehensive books written on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Long before Google search engines, St. Alphonsus compiled this book from many sources: from the writings of saints, theologians, philosophers, Church Fathers, Biblical writers, and Church teachings. For the next several weeks, I…
