“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Today, on the feast of Candlemas, I am re-posting a poem in which the English Catholic writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) professed his love of, and need for, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The poem…
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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…
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The Rosary Meditations of Venerable Sheen
This week, S. Lynn introduced us to an (online) Rosary meditation booklet which was written by Venerable Fulton John Sheen (b. 1895- d. 1975). The name of the booklet is Fulton Sheen’s Meditations on the Fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary. These meditations are short and are an excellent accompaniment to the recitation of the Rosary; they may be read here.…
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Advice from Fr. Lasance
The following is a bit of advice from the Catholic priest-writer, Fr. Francis Xavier Lasance (b. 1860- d. 1946). This spiritual advice was written in 1908, but remains pertinent to our day. I can imagine you, or I, phoning him (if a phone existed whereby we might reach him in heaven) on a day where we are troubled by events…
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Antidote to the News
Does the world news have you distressed and fearful? It has the potential to, that is for certain. I just scanned a bit of the latest news, and it could send the most stouthearted into a panic. Why? First, the secular news does not have a Catholic framework, or worldview; hence, it lacks that one thing necessary: to know Christ Jesus.…
