Today, I am posting a longer excerpt from the book we have been reading, The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguouri. If you wish to read the other excerpts, simply search the blog for the book title. Again, this is a long excerpt which you may wish to read over your morning coffee, or study in parts, but it…
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Children of the Magi
“O Mary, keep us from forgetting that we are the children of the Magi, and that Bethlehem is ever open to receive us.” Dom Prosper Gueranger Since we remain in the octave of the Epiphany, I am posting another meditation by Dom Prosper Gueranger (b. 1805- d. 1875) on the topic of this blessed season. The last paragraph of the…
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Reflection on the Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary
I received a new article from a writer at the Rosary to the Interior: For the Purification of the Church, which is a group that is promoting an international rosary crusade which is scheduled for February 2, 2019. This new article is a reflection on the Fifth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary which is the Crowning of Mary as Queen of…
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What is Total Consecration?
“Her entire life is a sacrifice. She gives all for that baby Jesus. She gives all for that Crucified Jesus; and she gives her all for the Church. So, her life is one gigantic sacrifice, a living sacrifice.” – Dr. Taylor Marshall, from Episode 15, podcast (link, below) Consecrating oneself to Jesus through Mary, or completing what is called the Total…
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August 14: St. Maximilian Kolbe
Today the Church remembers the martyred Polish Franciscan priest of Auschwitz, St. Maximilian Kolbe. Fr. Kolbe loved the Blessed Virgin Mary, and spent his entire life in her service as her knight. Militaristic from childhood, he developed a spiritual military of knights of both sexes, of all backgrounds and occupations, who give themselves in service to the Immaculata, Mary. This…