How to Offer Each Decade of the Rosary
Saint Louis de Montfort was one of the greatest champions of Marian devotion of all time. One of his most famous works, The Secret of
Saint Louis de Montfort was one of the greatest champions of Marian devotion of all time. One of his most famous works, The Secret of
The Glories of Mary by St. Alphonsus Liguori is the culmination of over eighteen centuries of Marian devotion and teaching, expressed with the utmost care
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 said, “Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God; and, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and shalt call His name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.” Her cousin Elizabeth was the next to greet her with her appropriate title. Though she was filled with the Holy Spirit at the time she spoke, yet, far from thinking herself by such a gift to be equal to Mary, she was thereby moved to use the lowlier and more reverent language. “She spoke out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And how is it that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” … Then she repeated, “Blessed is she that believed; for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
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, both for herself and for every man in particular. The patriarchs and prophets and all the Saints of
“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
Men usually celebrate the birth of their children with great feasts and rejoicings; but they should rather pity them, and show signs of mourning and grief on reflecting that they are born, not only deprived of grace and reason, but worse than this—they are infected with sin and children of wrath, and therefore condemned to misery and death.
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 eternity, she held in the divine counsels. Although the Divine Intelligence, one, indivisible and very simple, conceives and decides on an act in an infinitely simple manner, without relation to time, either past or future, nevertheless, according to our manner of understanding, we distinguish different moments.
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
Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774–1824) was an Augustinian nun who for many years is said to have experienced mystic visions from heaven, while leading a quiet and yet extraordinary life. She had little education, and due to ill health, was confined to her bed for much of her life.
“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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