Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

In the Garden

27 March 2013

In the garden, His Face was unseen, for the eyes of His friends had grown heavy with sleep, and there was none to meet the...

It is not good for man to be alone

23 January 2013

Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today’s feast of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph compels me to reflect on...

Mary is the Mother of Our Peace

2 January 2013

In reading and meditating the Holy Father’s homily for January 1st, I was moved to discover that he spoke so eloquently and so simply of...

Beyond Compare More Glorious than the Seraphim

8 December 2012

At the end of Holy Mass today, we renewed the devotional election of the Immaculate Virgin Mary as Abbess and Queen of our monastery, a...

So intimate an alliance

19 August 2012

Priestly Union with the Blessed Virgin Mary Today, 19 August, is the feast of Saint John Eudes, priest and ardent mystic of the Hearts of...

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