Today’s post is a 2018 article written by Patricia Enk from the blog, Illumina, Domine. This interesting article discusses a search by the Catholic writer Paul Badde for a long-hidden icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is tucked away in a cloistered convent in Rome. There is little known of this icon: there are no reprints of it for…
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Restoring a Beloved Icon
If you are planning a trip to Rome, a visit to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a must. This grand basilica, which is dedicated to Our Lady, will leave her mark on you: the gold ceiling which stretches far above one’s head, hearkens to a world beyond our reach where the Queen reigns in majesty beside her…
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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…
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The Kitchen Madonna
“‘In my home, Ukrainian home,’ said Marta, ‘We make a good place. In the corner, there’ and she showed an angle of the room. ‘A place on top of cupboard, perhaps, or perhaps on shelf. Little place but it holy because we keep there Our Lady and Holy Child.'” ~Rumer Godden, from The Kitchen Madonna I was looking at…
