Category: Blessed Virgin Mary

La Madonna del Popolo, Mediatrix of All Graces

Federico Fiori Barocci’s Madonna del Populo (1575–1579) depicts the maternal intercession of Mary, the Mediatrix of All Graces. (Click on the image to enlarge it.)...

Our Lady of Good Help

Father Abbot sent me to offer Holy Mass this morning in our lovely little chapel of La Madonna di Bon Aiuto (Our Lady of Good...

Mary, Teacher and Mother of the Church

From the lineamenta for the forthcoming Synod on the Word of God: Mary, Every Believer’s Model of How to Welcome the Word 11. In penetrating...

The Secret of Mary

Tomorrow is the liturgical memorial of Saint Louis–Marie Grignion de Montfort. His writings have been a lamp unto my feet and a fire in my...

Never To Depart From Her Counsels

I just came up to my room from the basilica after having celebrated the 6:30 p.m. parish Mass. Today is the liturgical memorial of Our...