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  • St. Francis de Sales and the Immaculate Conception

    “His (referring to Christ Jesus) most blessed Mother is the Queen of all Queens, for she is not only crowned with charity, but with the perfection of charity, and to use an expression of the Holy Spirit, Who says that the Son is the crown of the Father; her crown is in truth her Son; that is to say, the…

  • St. Anthony and the Perpetual Virginity of Our Lady

    The Franciscan priest and saint, St. Anthony of Padua, preached and wrote about many of the characteristics of Our Lady, but one that he spoke of that is often questioned, and/or misunderstood, is that of her perpetual virginity. The Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate say regarding St. Anthony’s teachings on this topic: The holy doctor (St. Anthony, added by SCF)…