Today, I am posting, for the third week in a row, an excerpt from The Glories of Mary, the book which flowed from the pen of the great Marian priest, St. Alphonsus Liguori. Today’s excerpt is a small essay on Our Lady’s role as our Mother, and it begins now: When Mary’s clients call her Mother, they are not using empty words, or…
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Mary, Destroyer of Heresies
In August of 2017, I posted a link to the video lecture titled, Mary, Destroyer of Heresies, by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. I had a chance to listen to it, again, over the weekend, and I found it, again, to be quite instructive, and an antidote to the misinformation on the Blessed Virgin Mary which floats about in the world today. I am re-posting…
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The Patience of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The following is a lesson on the subject of the patience of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is an excerpt from The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787): “This world being a place of merit, is rightly called a valley of tears; for we are all placed in it to suffer, that we may, by patience, gain…
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The Canticle of the Flower of Carmel
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, because He has regarded the lowliness of His handmaid; for behold henceforth all generations will call me blessed because He Who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His Name; and His Mercy is from generation to generation to those who fear Him.…
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Mother of Mercy
“So Mary is a Queen. And, for our consolation, we ought to remember that she is a most tender and kind Queen, eager to help us in our miseries. So much so that the Church wants us to call her in this prayer a Queen of Mercy. Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!”* *St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787)…
