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  • Continuing with St. Alphonsus Liguori

    Today, in an effort to learn more about the Most Holy Blessed Virgin Mary, we are continuing to read small excerpts from The Blessed Virgin Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori; specifically, we continue to delve into the first chapter where St. Alphonsus states that: The Eternal Father made Jesus Christ the King of justice, and consequently universal Judge of the…

  • Mary is a Queen

    It is the tenth day of November. We will now commence a little reading on the Blessed Virgin Mary from St. Alphonsus Liguori (as I noted yesterday). Again, these readings/excerpts will be brief as we lead up to December the eighth, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception; however, despite their brevity, they are meaty, and quite informative.  ~Note, for those…

  • The Blessed Virgin Mary: A Merciful Advocate

    Today, I am posting a long excerpt from The Glories of Mary which was written by the Catholic bishop, saint, and Doctor of the Church, St. Alphonsus Liguouri (b. 1696- d. 1787). This book was well researched long (!) before the internet, and contains documentation from saints, priests, Church teaching and references from the Bible. As I have said before, let…

  • Blessed Virgin Mary, Hope of Sinners

    Today, I am re-posting a reader favorite excerpt from The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787). The subject of this excerpt is: Mary is the hope of sinners. So, sit back and either read this for the first time, or read it again, as the subject is a happy one (to read about the office, duties, and actions of our…

  • Mary, Queen of Mercy

    I looked back over The Marian Room archives and noticed that this is the third time we have published the following piece (though changed about in format) which is primarily sourced from St. Alphonsus Liguori. In this piece, Fr. Alphonsus instructs on the topic of Our Lady, the Queen of Mercy. The last time it was published was August of 2020; and…