~September the eighth is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. The world was changed at the birth of Our Lady as described by Dom Prosper Gueranger in the following (refreshed for today) 2018 Marian Room post (for further reading, you might open the linked items in the post): Today is the celebration…
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The Mirth of God Redux
A post in The Marian Room from January 18th, 2018 covered G.K. Chesterton‘s notion of the “youthfulness of God” as evidenced in creation. G.K. Chesterton also spoke of another aspect of God which is often overlooked: the idea of “God’s mirth.” This topic was broached this morning between myself and a friend, and I recalled the notion of God’s mirth…
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The Immaculate Conception 2022
The day breaks, and like my fellow Catholics throughout the world, I remember the Most Holy Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, on her grand feast day. For this delightful day, I am posting an article which was printed on Rorate Caeli, and was written by Fr. Serafino M. Lanzetta, titled: The Primacy of Mary as Immaculate Conception. The source…
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Saint Catherine Laboure, November 28
Today, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the French saint Catherine (Zoe) Laboure (b. 1806- d. 1876). Catherine was a farmer’s daughter who grew up in turbulent times; and, besides the cultural upheaval around her, the little Zoe, as she was known to her family, experienced personal turbulence when she lost her mother to death at the age of nine. At the time…
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The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary
~September the eighth is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. The world was changed at the birth of Our Lady as described by Dom Prosper Gueranger in the following (refreshed for today) 2018 Marian Room post (for further reading, you might open the blue-linked items in the post): Today is the…
