Vocation, Depression, Crisis, and Grace Through Mary
A Girl Grieved by Offenses against God In 1629 Catherine de Bar is going on fifteen years of age. With the Thirty Years War...
Thou hast set Thy tabernacle among us
Great comfort today in the passage from Leviticus 26 that is appointed to be read in our lectio continua. 2 It is for you to observe...
Far better that I should think on Him
As time permits, all during this Mectildian Jubilee Year (1614–2014), I shall be posting on the life and writings of Mother Catherine Mectilde de Bar....
The Effects of One’s First Holy Communion
Mother Mectilde on One’s First Holy Communion Catherine de Bar was nine years old when she received Holy Communion for the first time. She had...
Supplica to Saint Dymphna, Virgin and Martyr
I received this morning a heart–rending request for prayers to Saint Dymphna on behalf of a woman who has been suffering from mental illness for...