“There is never a crack in the ivory towerOr a hinge to groan in the house of goldOr a leaf of the rose in the wind to witherAnd she grows young as the world grows old.A Woman clothed with the sun returningto clothe the sun when the sun is cold.” ~G.K. Chesterton, excerpt from The Towers of Time* One of…
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The Firecracker
“Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.” G.K. Chesterton I heard her laughter before I saw her. It floated above the night air of the Ohio Valley with its unabashed happiness, and joy. The laughter blew in the wind, and met my ears, like a song from the gods, speaking…
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The Patience of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The following is a lesson on the subject of the patience of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is an excerpt from The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori (b. 1696- d. 1787): “This world being a place of merit, is rightly called a valley of tears; for we are all placed in it to suffer, that we may, by patience, gain…
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The Fifteen Tableaux
“Saint Dominic has divided up the lives of Our Lord and Our Lady into fifteen mysteries which stand for their virtues and their most important actions. These are the fifteen tableaux; or pictures whose every detail must rule and inspire our lives.” St. Louis de Montfort At Fatima, in the early part of the last century, Our Lady asked us…
