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  • November Traditions

    In November, Catholics around the world remember, and pray for, the poor souls who have died and are suffering in Purgatory. The Institute of Christ the King issued this brief directive last year: Visit a cemetery this week! From November 1-8, a plenary indulgence, applicable to the souls in Purgatory, may be obtained each day by visiting a cemetery (Coemeterii…

  • October 8: Our Lady of Good Remedy

    “My dear, dear brothers, our dear little, little mother, Immaculate Mary, can do anything for us. We are her children. Turn to her. She will overcome anything.”  ~St. Maximilian Kolbe Today is the feast of Our Lady of Good Remedy. Our Lady has been honored under this title since the founding of the Trinitarian Order by St. John of Matha in the…

  • Feast of St. John Eudes 2021

    Tomorrow, August the nineteenth, is the feast of our saint-ancestor, Fr. John Eudes (b. 1601- d. 1680); and for this day, we might allow him to speak to us about the Immaculate Heart of Mary through an excerpt from his book The Admirable Heart of Mary.  I think you will find him to be a helpful instructor on the mysteries…

  • On Praying the Rosary

    Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. “The salvation of the whole world began with the ‘Hail Mary.’ Hence, the salvation of each person is…

  • Candlemas Poem

    “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Today, on the feast of Candlemas, I am re-posting a poem in which the English Catholic writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) professed his love of, and need for, the Blessed Virgin Mary.  The poem…