The Angel began the salutation; he said, “Hail, thou that art highly favored; the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.” Again, he
It was only through Mary that God the Father gave His Only-begotten to the world. Whatever sighs the patriarchs may have sent forth, whatever prayers
The idea of “consecrating” oneself to Mary, meaning to entrust one’s life and success as a disciple of Christ to Mary’s love and intercession, may
Mary Alone Has Found Grace with God Mary alone has found grace with God, both for herself and for every man in particular. The patriarchs
“In me is all grace of the way, and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.” -Eccles. 24:25 In
“Mary was born a saint, and a great saint; for the grace with which God enriched her from the beginning was great, and the fidelity
Before we begin to write the admirable life of the Mother of God, it is necessary to make known the sublime rank which, from all
How old was Mary when she conceived Our Lord according to St. Albert the Great? The accounts of the nativity of Christ, found in the
In the Book of Proverbs Mary herself tells us that she possesses all the riches of God, that is to say, His mercies, that she
OUR HOPE Modern heretics cannot endure that we should salute and call Mary our Hope: ‘Hail, our Hope!’ They say that God alone is our
THE STORY OF FATIMA On a cool spring day in 1916, Lucy dos Santos, age 9, and her cousins, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, ages 8
The Ark of the Covenant was a wood box about four-feet long and two and a half-feet wide. The word “ark” comes from the Hebrew
In 1871, on the same night as the Great Chicago Fire, America’s most destructive wildfire swept through Wisconsin. People searched for safety in wells and
“In the moment when the newborn child [Mary] lay in the arms of her holy mother Anna, I saw that at the same time the
“Mary’s greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.” -Benedict XVI Not much is known about the life of Mary,
While working for the Little Sisters of the Poor at one of their nursing homes, I encountered many devout Catholics, whose joy, perseverance, and piety
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