Maria Vincit! The name of a person expresses the “essence and identity and the meaning of [their] life.” That is why the Holy name of Mary so powerful. It is the name of the most perfect, all holy, pure and Immaculate mother of God. It is a most lovable name. It is the name of …
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The diabolical foundation for attacks on the generation of human life
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 …
The Mother of God births us into Christ
The very greatest theologian of the Incarnation, of God made flesh, was not St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, nor St. Anthony, nor was it even St. Athanasius, who wrote masterfully on the Incarnation. It was not St. Irenaeus, nor was it St. John the Apostle, who gave us the Gospel and Epistles of Love incarnate. …
St. Albert Magnus’ Encounter with Our Lady
St. Albert the Great, the patron of scientists, is known as the Universal Doctor because he studied the natural sciences and commented on a wide range of them. He was one of the most greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages. Being highly interested in the natural sciences, he studied everything that he could, everything observable …
A few words on the prayer of the Rosary
Happy feast day of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary! The rosary is a powerful and effective prayer. It is a perfect way to fulfill the Lord’s instruction to pray without ceasing, to constantly “ask, seek, and knock on the door,” in order to “receive, find, and have the door opened up to you.” Jesus …
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 …
St. Alphonsus, pray for us that we may love Jesus and Mary as you did!
I write the following because I wish to honor someone who had a great devotion to Mary. He recognized that to love the mother is to love the son, and vice versa. Far from being an obstacle toward salvation, Our Lady is a gift of mercy from the Lord who stops at nothing to help …
The Joy of the Visitation
Whenever I think on the Blessed Virgin Mary, I can’t help but be filled with joy. She brings joy with her, everywhere she goes, Because she brings with her the Holy Spirit and Jesus. She is a woman of praise and rejoicing, directing to the Father who has done great things for her. The mystery …
Thoughts from the Grotto
The Grotto. I woke up this morning with Lourdes on my mind. My thoughts went straight to the Grotto where the Blessed Virgin Mary transformed a poor cave into a place of heavenly sweetness. She came down into the life of St. Bernadette which was beset with all kinds of difficulties and trials. Mary is …
Recent trach change, and encouragement when faced with suffering.
It’s not very easy for me to get up early in the morning during the winter. I’m talking about 5:30 AM when it’s still dark as night outside. When it is summer it’s not so difficult to do. But I had no choice. I had a doctor’s appointment at 8 AM, at Georgetown University Hospital. …