Today, on the First Friday of the month, I am linking to a documentary on the life of the Benedictine monks of the Le Barroux Abbey in France. The film is titled, Watchmen of the Night, and I think you will find it, as I did, to be quite beautiful. I particularly liked the portion of the film which documents…
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Restoration of Noble Motherhood
“The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral -a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body. . . The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share…
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Mary is Necessary
This was spotted on Instagram this morning by K. Anne: This humorous meme speaks the truth that Mary is necessary for salvation as St. Louis de Montfort wrote: “We must conclude that, being necessary to God by a necessity which is called “hypothetical”, (that is, because God so willed it), the Blessed Virgin is all the more necessary for…
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Farewell to Modern Chick Flicks
By Christen Marian “Purity prepares the soul for love, and love confirms the soul in purity.” –John Henry Cardinal Newman (b. 1801- d. 1890) Good morning, dear readers. I sit in quiet sadness as I finished watching Netflix’s popular chick flick, The Last Summer. It tells the story of high school graduates as they prepare for college, and is geared…
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help: June 27
“As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches. 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 the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue. Come…
