Little things we do every day can transform our lives. Over time, these little things become habits. Good habits change us for the better; bad habits, for the worse. In past articles, I’ve encouraged daily mental prayer, the Rosary, and …
Category: Mary
Fulfilling Our Lady’s Request: The Importance of First Saturdays
CC Image courtesy of Marcus Cyron on Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month and therefore it is fitting to provide a brief explanation of this devotion, which is of central importance to the life of the Church today. …
The Two Guadalupes – Mary and The Crescent Moon
Today is the feast day of our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas. She holds particular significance to the Catholic Church in America, as her appearance to St. Juan Diego on Tepeyac hill in Mexico was the first Marian apparition in the …
The Assumption: Celebrating the Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived
“And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.” – Apocalypse 12:1 “How do we know Mary ascended into heaven?” I asked. …
Cardinal Ratzinger: We Have Not Published the Whole Third Secret of Fatima
[UPDATE: The Vatican has responded to this story with a direct denial attributed to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI himself. You may read their statement and our response to it here.] Today, on the Feast of Pentecost, I called Fr. Ingo …
Alice Von Hildebrand Sheds New Light on Fatima
Introductory commentary by Fr. Brian W. Harrison, O.S. Owing to a lack of clarity and specificity in Chapter 8 of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation, Amoris Laetitia (AL), mutually contradictory views are circulating as to what it means for Catholics living …
Has Russia Been Consecrated to Mary?
Russia today is vengefully returning to international politics after temporarily receding after the collapse of the Soviet empire. Moscow is lashing out with tenacious diplomatic and military support for the brutal regime in Syria that has butchered more than one …
