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  • Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners: January 16

    On January the 16th, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Refuge of Sinners. St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787) wrote quite a bit about the manner in which Our Lady is a refuge for sinners in his book The Glories of Mary.  I never tire of reading of this glory of Mary; the glory whereby…

  • 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…