On the last day of May, the Church commemorates the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary; and for this day, I am posting an article (in bold print with source cited at the end) by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski which was published in New Liturgical Movement. The article is titled, “Mighty, Conquering Warrior”: The Queenship of Mary. And, speaking of our Queen, and…
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Hail Glorious May: the Month of Mary
“The Child Christ lives on from generation to generation in the poets, very often the frailest of [mortals], but [mortals] whose frailty is redeemed by a child’s unworldliness, by a child’s delight in loveliness, by the spirit of wonder. Christ was a poet, and all through his life the Child remains perfect in him. It was the poet, the unworldly…
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Marian Lauds in May
The month of the Blessed Virgin Mary continues; and, today, I am posting a picture (above) which was sent to us from an Irish lass who dwells in the Ohio Valley. It is a picture of her May Mary altar: a tangible laud to Our Lady for the month of May. And, as another laud to the Blessed Virgin Mary, I…
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May: Mary’s Month
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…