Today, I am posting a poem which was written by the English-French Catholic writer, Hilaire Belloc (b. 1870- d. 1953). It is a loving tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of Our Lady of Częstochowa. The name of this Marian ode is Ballade to Our Lady of Czestochowa. I Lady and Queen and Mystery manifoldAnd very Regent…
Do you want Search?
Random Post
Search
-
-
Thrift is Poetic Redux
Welcome to March where spring is just around the corner! Today’s post was first published in The Marian Room last June. Since we have a batch of new readers; and I continue to possess a high regard for thrift, and its poetic nature (GKC), I am re-posting it today. May you have a good weekend, especially delighting in the First…
-
Our Lady, Our Hope
Good Monday morning to you all from the rolling hills of the Ohio Valley. Today is another St. Alphonsus day where I will post an excerpt from The Glories of Mary. I continue to be amazed at the work this 18th century Doctor of the Church put into this book; and it, seems to me, that its richness can only…
-
Her Bridegroom Called
Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.–Matthew 22:36-39 There are some…
-
Beatitude
Beatitude She had not the heart to reach for the medal. She had not the skill to walk the race. She had not the grace to finish the sentence. Until the Mother looked, And in the mirror reflecting, She saw her face. (With God all things are possible) •SCF •”August 22 is the Feast of The Immaculate Heart…
