~September the eighth is the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our life, our sweetness, and our hope. The world was changed at the birth of Our Lady as described by Dom Prosper Gueranger in the following (refreshed for today) 2018 Marian Room post (for further reading, you might open the blue-linked items in the post): Today is the…
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Remembering Her Sorrows in Passiontide, 2022
Today, on the Friday of Passion Week, the Church takes a day to remember the sufferings of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross, one of her Seven Sorrows. The following is an excerpt from Dom Prosper Gueranger’s The Liturgical Year which tells us about today’s commemoration. I think you will find it to be most informative. Gueranger’s…
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The Sweetness of the Name of Mary
The following post contains an essay from the book The Glories of Mary by Saint Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787). This essay is quite interesting and, as usual, with all of the writings of this Doctor of the Church, very informative, shedding light on the mysteries that the Church holds in her treasure chest. For today, we’ll open that…
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Blessed Herman the Disabled
Today, on an Ember day* in September, the Roman Catholic Church commemorates the life of Blessed Herman the Disabled (b. 1013- d. 1054). Blessed Herman was a physically disabled Benedictine monk who was noted for intellectual work which demonstrated a rare genius coupled with religious devotion. Blessed Herman is the author of the beloved Marian prayer the Salve Regina (Hail…
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Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
Tomorrow is the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.* On this vigil day, Catholics stand in the remains of the night as the dawn makes its appearance. This resplendent dawn is that Singular Conception, the Immaculate Conception, who ushers in the Light of Christ. In 1953, on the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Pope…
