Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

Spes Nostra, Salve!

1 December 2007

The Holy Father’s Encyclical Spe Salvi ends in a splendid prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Spes Nostra, Our Hope. One of the high points...

All Saints Day Homily

3 November 2007

I took this photo of the sacred relics of the saints exposed in the monastery chapel after Second Vespers of All Saints. At Holy Mass...

Mariam cogita, Mariam invoca

11 September 2007

12 September Feast of the Holy Name of Mary Think of Mary, call upon Mary. Collect Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that to all...

The Earlier Mysteries of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8 September 2007

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...

God Shows Us His Face and Opens to Us His Heart

8 September 2007

Rather than preach my own homily this morning, I read the homily given by the Holy Father today at Mariazell. When the Successor of Saint...

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