Our Lady in Advent
The presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the liturgy of Advent is like the fragrance of roses in December. Mary is everywhere, drawing us...
Gaudens gaudebo in Domino
December 8 The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Genesis 3:9-15, 20 Psalm 97: 1, 2-3ab, 3cdd-4 Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 Luke 1:26-38 A Song...
Tota Pulchra Es, O Maria
Mary of Great Beauty Some weeks ago, I stopped to browse at Cutler’s on Broadway, New Haven’s best and biggest record shop. For me, a...
O Marie, Ma Reine et ma Mère
Today is the anniversary of the death of Monsieur le Chanoine Louis François CROSET. Born at Annecy-le-Vieux in 1914, he was ordained to the priesthood...
Mater Ecclesiae
Forty–two years ago today, on 21 November 1964, Pope Paul VI solemnly declared the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Church. Pope John Paul II...