Today, the Church honors the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady, Mother of the Divine Shepherd. Our Lady, herself, has been known as the Divine Shepherdess, aka, La Divina Pastora, and La Divine Bergère. There have been numerous images of Our Lady which depict her shepherding the flock of Christ. This morning, I looked about for a good…
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Marian Lauds in May
The month of the Blessed Virgin Mary continues; and, today, I am posting a picture (above) which was sent to us from an Irish lass who dwells in the Ohio Valley. It is a picture of her May Mary altar: a tangible laud to Our Lady for the month of May. And, as another laud to the Blessed Virgin Mary, I…
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Catholic Tradition in Advent
“We are to regard existence as a raid or great adventure; it is to be judged, therefore, not by what calamities it encounters, but by what flag it follows and what high town it assaults. The most dangerous thing in the world is to be alive; one is always in danger of one’s life. But anyone who shrinks from that…
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St. John Henry Newman and the Rosary
St. John Henry Newman (b. 1801- d. 1890) was devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary and her Psalter, the Holy Rosary. I recently read an essay written by Fr. Thomas McGovern on St. Newman’s devotion to Our Lady which is titled, Newman and Devotion to Our Lady. I found the section in the essay on Newman’s love of the Rosary…
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Thanksgiving and the Uncongenial Family
Today is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States; and, for it, I am re-posting the following essay from last year with some edits. May you all have a beautiful Thanksgiving surrounded by your lovely uncongenial family. ~SCF “If we were tomorrow morning snowed up in the street in which we live, we should step suddenly into a much larger…
