I heard a story in Ireland years ago about how someone had met in the rocky wastes a beautiful peasant woman carrying a child. And on being asked for her name she answered simply: “I am the Mother of God, and this is Himself, and He is the boy you will all be wanting at the last.” I have…
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Keep Mary in Christmas
~The following is a post printed in 2018. We are re-publishing it today with a few modifications. “Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin…
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Restoring a Beloved Icon
If you are planning a trip to Rome, a visit to the Papal Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a must. This grand basilica, which is dedicated to Our Lady, will leave her mark on you: the gold ceiling which stretches far above one’s head, hearkens to a world beyond our reach where the Queen reigns in majesty beside her…
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Keep Mary in Christmas
“Those holy heads are too near together for the halos not to mingle and cross.” ~G.K. Chesterton As you think of the Christmas story this week, notice something very Catholic in it; specifically, the origins of our love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our devotion to Our Lady springs from the fact that the Son of God was conceived by…