“In union with the perfect confidence and hope that the Holy and Blessed Virgin placed in Thee, do I hope O Lord.” ~Pope St. Pius V Today is the feast of Pope St. Pius V (b. 1504- d. 1572). A few years ago, The Marian Room posted Pope St. Pius V’s circa 1569 request to Catholics that they pray the…
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Our Lady of Fatima and St. Maximilian Kolbe
“One of the examples that Father Stehlin gives – next to the importance of the Brown Scapular, the Rosary and the Five First Saturdays, for example – is the aspect of penance. The Blessed Mother taught the children of Fatima not to seek their own means of penance, but, rather, to accept and offer up those penances and sufferings that…
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The Catholic Approach to Death
I was reading a blog article by Msgr. Charles Pope this week wherein he discusses the Catholic approach to death via the teachings of the bishop St. Cyprian (b. 200-210- d. 258). Msgr. Pope and St. Cyprian state that Christians should be willing to greet death eagerly when it (naturally) approaches as it is the entry into Heaven; and the…
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The Mass and Hope in God
“The body may grow old and decrepit, but the soul is immortal and never ages. In a more exalted sense, youth, never-aging vigor and strength in the spiritual life are infused into the soul through grace.” -JP Sonnen Near the beginning of the Roman Rite of the Mass, otherwise known as the Latin Mass or the Tridentine Mass, the priest…