Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

Ave — Consummatum est

25 March 2016

Good Friday falls this year on the feast of the The Annunciation of the Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The two mysteries intersect: the...

Ember Wednesday of Lent

17 February 2016

Santa Maria Maggiore One of the graces that comes with living in Rome is the opportunity to go often to the basilica of Saint Mary...

The Rosary of the Seven Dolours

17 February 2016

The Ember Wednesday of Lent, with its stational Mass at the basilica of Saint Mary Major, constitutes a Lenten homage to the Mother of God....

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

8 February 2016

Blessed Are the Pure in Heart In the Beatitudes, Jesus, the Son of Mary, gives us the key that unlocks for us the mystery of...

Love and Confidence in the Heart of Mary

8 February 2016

For today’s feast of the Most Pure Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I offer this translation of a text of Mother Mectilde de Bar....

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