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  • The Blessed Virgin Mary on Holy Saturday: The Tower of Ivory

          “Let us transport ourselves in spirit to the holy mountain of Calvary, to the foot of the cross, beside Mary… She practices there an unalter- able patience. She stands up in the midst of the horrible tempest like a rock surrounded by waves, which beat against it without causing it to fall. Neither the abyss into which…

  • The Mother of the Church

    Today, it is Mother’s Day in the United States, and on such a day, I am sending you a link to a seven minute conference by the beloved Marian scholar, Fr. Peter Fehlner, who passed away this week (source) after a lifetime of service to the Church. Today, May the 13th, is also the anniversary of the first apparition of…

  • New Marian Celebration

    Mary, Mother of the Church is the title under which Our beloved Lady will now be celebrated annually, on the Monday following Pentecost Sunday, according to Vatican News. Vatican News reports: Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted into the Roman Calendar. The liturgical…