During the month of May, all across the world, images and statues of Our Lady have received, and are receiving, flowers of the rarest. Catholics refer to these actions as May crownings. There is a mysterious joy which fills the heart during a May crowning, and of that joy, we shall have our part. Speaking of such, I received a…
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St. Alphonsus Liguori in May
We are beginning to move through the mid-point of May, the month of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Realizing that the days of May are numbered; and the fact that I have yet to share a bit from one of our favorite traditional Marian books, I will do so today. That book is The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori…
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Kolbe in May
It is the thirteenth day of May, and the month of Our Lady is progressing: peonies are on the verge of blossoming, while rhododendron are in full bloom. In the O.V., the skies have been predominantly blue with an occasional rainy outburst from some rogue clouds. There have been graduations, weddings, wedding anniversaries, May crownings, Mother’s Day events, and First…
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Caryll Houselander in May
The month of May continues, and, today, I am posting a short excerpt from The Reed of God which was written by the English Catholic writer, Caryll Houselander (b. 1901- d. 1954). The topic of The Reed of God is the Blessed Virgin Mary, as is, the topic of this excerpt: “She is not wearied with our littleness; her smile comes down…
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Our Lady on Holy Saturday
“Saint Paul tells us that our religion is vain unless we have faith in the mystery of our Saviour’s Resurrection — where was this faith on the day after our Lord’s death? In one heart only, and that was Mary’s. As it was her chaste womb that had held within it Him whom heaven and earth cannot contain, so on…
