Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

If the Hurricanes of Temptation Rise Against Thee

12 September 2008

The picture is a detail of Corrado Giaquinto’s Nascita della Vergine (1732). His Maria Bambina is one of the loveliest I have ever seen. Saint...

The Earlier Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8 September 2008

For some years now, especially around the Marian feasts of September 8th, September 12th, November 21st, and December 8th, I have prayed my rosary while...

All Things New and Better

19 July 2008

Mary Coredemptrix I thrilled to the passage from Saint Bernard that I read this morning at Matins of the Saturday Office of the Blessed Virgin...

After First Vespers of Midsummer Day

23 June 2008

Oh, the joy of First Vespers of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist: a glorious set of antiphons and (in the monastic Office) an...

Our Lady, Help of Christians and Hope of China

24 May 2008

A Day of Prayer for the Church in China On Pentecost 2007, Pope Benedict XVI, addressed a letter to the bishops, priests, religious, and lay...

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