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  • Advice From St. Bernard of Clairvaux

    “All of you, who see yourselves amid the tides of the world, tossed by storms and tempests rather than walking on the land, do not turn your eyes away from this shining star, unless you want to be overwhelmed by the hurricane. If temptation storms, or you fall upon the rocks of tribulation, look to the star: Call upon Mary!…

  • Mary, Our Mother

    “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Christmas continues in the Catholic Church as we are in the midst of the Christmas octave, one long Christmas day. Let us keep the festivities going, the lights up; the carols in our hearts and on our…

  • Mary, Star of the Sea

    “There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the…