Mater Mea, Fiducia Mea! My Mother, My Confidence! For generations, the Roman people have loved Our Lady in the beautiful image (above) of Our Lady of Confidence. They have invoked her aid by the simple prayer, “My Mother, My Confidence!” May this tradition of invoking Our Lady in our daily needs continue in us; in our homes, and in…
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Catholic Tradition in Advent
“We are to regard existence as a raid or great adventure; it is to be judged, therefore, not by what calamities it encounters, but by what flag it follows and what high town it assaults. The most dangerous thing in the world is to be alive; one is always in danger of one’s life. But anyone who shrinks from that…
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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…
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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.…
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Mary: The Immaculate Conception and Singular Lady
It is Monday, December the 2nd, and, as such, Catholics remain in the midst of the Great Novena of the Immaculate Conception (read here). For today, I am posting an essay (with some edits) that I wrote last year about the Immaculate Conception. ~SCF When Catholics cry out Hail Mary, we do so to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Immaculate Conception, the Holy Mother of…
