Rosa Mystica by Fr. Gerard Manley Hopkins 1. The rose in a mystery, where is it found? Is it anything true? Does it grow upon ground? — It was made of earth’s mould but it went from men’s eyes And its place is a secret and shut in the skies. Refrain — In the gardens of God, in the daylight…
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Honor Our Mother
“Honorons notre mere” ~ the Immaculate Heart of Mary depicted on a replica of an old French holy card (above) In October by Gilbert K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936): Where are they gone that did delight in honour Abrupt and absolute as an epic ends, What light of the Last Things, like death at morning, Crowns the true lovers…
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Feast of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort
“It is an easy way (the way of true devotion to Mary, added by SF). It is the way which Jesus Christ Himself trod in coming to us, and in which there is no obstacle in reaching Him. It is true that we can attain divine union by other roads; but it is by many more crosses and strange deaths,…
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Catholic Tips on Prayer
For today, I am linking to the Dan and Stephanie Burke podcast at the Spiritual Direction website; particularly to one sample of this podcast which I think The Marian Room readers will find informative. This particular podcast is titled What is Prayer from the Heart? Q and A Show. Dan and Stephanie Burke are producing simple to understand material on prayer, imbued…
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Our Lady of Good Counsel
Today is the feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel. The most thorough article I have read on the story of Our Lady of Good Counsel (or Our Lady of Genazzano from the location where the icon now rests, see information, below), was written by Dr. Marian T. Horvat and is titled, The Valiant Woman, Petruccia, and the Image of…
