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  • Why Catholics Love the Immaculate Heart of Mary

    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…

  • Catholics Love the Blessed Virgin Mary

    “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” ~Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe And, teach your children to love her, too. This is the Roman Catholic way. Let us continue to love Our Lady as our Catholic ancestors did. Hail Mary! ~SCF ~Image: Virginia Catholic culture: a May crowning. By…

  • Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

    The following post contains the contents of a booklet which was first published in 1930 by the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland. It is titled Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and was written by an anonymous member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. In 1917, at Fatima, Our Lady told the three children-seers that, in the end, her…

  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: Queen

    Today, as we approach the end of May, I am sharing a teaching from Antonio Cardinal Bacci (b. 1885- d. 1971). In this teaching Cardinal Bacci reflects on Our Lady as Queen. This is fitting as May nears its end, for on the last day of May, the Church will commemorate the Queenship of Mary . I think you will…

  • Fr. Faber in May

    Mother of God, He broke thy heart That it might wider be, That in the vastness of its love There might be room for me. Fr. Frederick William Faber (b. 1814- d. 1863)   The month of May would not be complete without a post on Our Lady’s son, Fr. Frederick William Faber. I wrote of this English priest in…