Today, the Roman Catholic Church enters the month dedicated to the Most Holy Blessed Virgin Mary: May. This year, May 1st marks not only the start of the month dedicated to Our Lady, but is also the First Friday of the month, and the feast of St. Joseph the Worker. I read on a blog the other day, that May…
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The Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Passion Week
“Happy the Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who without dying earned the palm of martyrdom beneath the cross of our Lord.” ~Today’s Communion antiphon Today, on the Friday of Passion week, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 2018, I wrote a small piece on why we remember the sorrows of Our…
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A Song for Bernadette
A Song for Bernadette by Sister Maris Stella “An image of Our Lady stands in a shady corner of the room. I break the gloom with a potted violet tended and set most surely for a sign: this is a shrine. And even more this is a door through which I see things dear to me: the niche upon the…
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Mary, Health of the Sick, Remember Us
~The following is a revised post from October of 2018. It remains pertinent to today. ~SCF “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales One of the titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Health of the Sick. Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P. (b. 1877-…
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Retaining a Catholic Worldview While Reading the News
Today’s entry is a revised post from December of 2019. It remains pertinent to this day. ~SCF “Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.” ~G.K. Chesterton Does the world news have you distressed and fearful? It has the potential to, that is for certain. I just scanned a bit of…
