The devil, the ancient serpent, hates material creation. He cannot stand the fact that God assumed to himself a material, human nature. According to a particular school of thought, God always planned to become man, even if the fall had not happened. Why? Because loves desires to be with the beloved. God so desired to …
Tag: Blessed Virgin Mary
She wants to be the Queen of your heart
Today, eight days after the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the Queenship of Mary. She is not a Queen in the cold sense of some kind of distant monarch who governs her subjects in a strictly authoritative sense. No, she is Queen Mother, one to whom you really want to …
Confidence in Mary in difficult times: the Intercession of the Immaculata and St. Maximilian during my mother’s stroke
Background: Last August, my mother had a minor stroke after having recovered from the coronavirus. Thanks be to God that she has been recovering well with no serious side effects other than physical weakness. It was truly a difficult experience but God got us through it through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and …