The following article is taken from the University of Dayton’s All About Mary page. It contains a collection of 18th century prints which illustrate the titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Litany of Loreto, with accompanying explanations. It is quite informative, and sheds light on who Our Lady is as seen in the traditional Litany of Loreto. The…
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The Chartres Pilgrimage Today
“Look upon the rainbow: that is, consider the beauty, holiness and dignity of blessed Mary; and bless with heart and mouth and deed her Son, who made her thus. In the brightness of her holiness she is very beautiful, beyond all daughters of God. She has encompassed the heaven about (that is, she has enclosed the divinity) within the circle…
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Bringing Flowers of the Rarest
During the month of May, all across the world, images and statues of Our Lady have received, and are receiving, flowers of the rarest. Catholics refer to these actions as May crownings. There is a mysterious joy which fills the heart during a May crowning, and of that joy, we shall have our part. Speaking of such, I received a…
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The Month of May with Dom Prosper Gueranger
As May continues, I am posting a reflection by the French Benedictine priest, Dom Prosper Gueranger (b. 1805- d. 1875), which is titled, May, the Month of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. This excerpt is from Dom Prosper’s book, The Liturgical Year: Ever since our entrance upon the joys of the Paschal Season, scarcely a day has passed without…
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Notre-Dame and the Cross Amidst the Ruins
“The faith of the Middle Ages built the cathedrals, and here your ancestors came to praise God, to entrust to him their hopes and to express their love for him.” ~Pope Benedict XVI at Notre-Dame de Paris, 2008 Yesterday, on a Monday in Holy Week, the grand Roman Catholic cathedral of Paris, Notre-Dame de Paris, caught fire and was…
