“Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our devotion to Our Lady springs from the fact that the Son of God was conceived by…
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Two Days Until the Immaculate Conception
Today, The Marian Room continues its countdown to the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a post containing an extensive text written for this feast from the book, The Liturgical Year: Advent, by the Very Reverend Dom Prosper Gueranger, Abbot of Solesmes, translated from the French by the Revered Dom Laurence Shepherd, Monk of the English-Benedictine Congregation, 2nd edition, 1870. Since there are just…
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Three Days to the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
“We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed…
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Mary, the Mother of Fair Love
The coming of the Blessed Virgin Mary was prophesied in the Old Testament in beautiful descriptive language. One such Old Testament phrase which describes Our Lady states that she is the Mother of Fair Love I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of…
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The Blessed Virgin Mary and The Church Suffering
Today is All Souls Day. On this day, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the souls suffering in purgatory who are known as the Church Suffering. Today, we pray for them: dedicating our prayers, and sacrifices, to the relief of their sufferings. The Blessed Virgin Mary has been known to be the relief of the souls who are suffering in purgatory, the relief of…
