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  • Happy Birthday, Blessed Virgin Mary!

    Today the Catholic Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Dom Prosper Gueranger’s The Liturgical Year, Dom Gueranger treats of the Nativity of Mary in the following (excerpt): “Let us celebrate the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Let us adore her Son, Christ our Lord.” Such is the invitation addressed to us today by the Church. Let us hearken…

  • Birthday Greetings to the Blessed Virgin Mary

    ~Reprint of an article from September 7, 2018 with an additional excerpt (at the end) by Dom Prosper Gueranger: Tomorrow is the celebration of the Nativity of Mary. It is a happy day in the Roman Catholic Church. If we tried to imagine a creature given to us as the Mother of Our Savior, I do not expect that we…

  • The Nativity of Mary: September 8

    “She (Mary) was born into this world without original sin*, because she is the Immaculate Conception.” Fr. Bonaventure McGuire, homily on the Nativity of Mary, link (below) Tomorrow is the celebration of the Nativity of Mary. It is a happy day in the Roman Catholic Church. If we tried to imagine a creature given to us as the Mother of…