As Catholics we are often asked what is the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and why do we hold it in such high esteem? Why do we love it? To grow in knowledge of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I am reprinting a post from this past August (with some modifications) which was published on the feast of the Immaculate Heart…
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The Immaculate Heart of Mary
“God inspired in the heart of the pure Virgin Mary His own intense love for humility, and abhorrence of pride. She possessed, even from her infancy, a far greater horror of pride and ambition, and a far deeper love for humility than all the saints together. It was the first virtue that she practices. She abased and humbled herself before…
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St. John Vianney Speaks on the Blessed Virgin Mary
“The Heart of Mary is so tender towards us, that those of all the mothers in the world put together are like a piece of ice in comparison to hers.” ~St. John Mary Vianney Today, I am posting a short instruction from our French Catholic ancestor, St. John Mary Vianney (b. 1786- d. 1859), on the topic of the Blessed…
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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…
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Grotto Developments and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. Luke 2:51 I have been relaying the ongoing developments in the building of a backyard grotto in New Jersey. The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which will be the centerpiece of the grotto, had to undergo…