St. Alphonsus on the Fifth Dolor of Mary
St. Alphonsus on the 5th Dolor of Mary.
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 New World. She is dearly beloved by Mexican Catholics, and wherever there is a Mexican…
A Guadalupano Wins the Palm of Victory
“Viva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe!” - final words before his martyrdom.
“Most Holy Theotokos, Save Us!” – on the New Vatican Document about Marian Titles
The new document contains no definitive language intending to definitively bind the faithful.
Why Heretics Hate Mary but We Should Love Her More & More
Editor’s note: in light of today’s news, we must remember this important spiritual reality about Marian devotion. However, this text is not meant to imply that anyone is guilty of the crime of heresy, but merely to assert forcefully the spiritual reality behind this doctrinal question, written by a former Protestant. -TSF Marian devotion is…
The Symbolic Structure of the Hail Mary
This polarity completely encompasses reality.
Compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows
Be not satisfied with a mere sterile and unfruitful compassion for Mary, the Queen of Dolours.
How to do Holy Week: Mary is the Model
Let us embrace this gift given to us: “Behold your Mother.”
How to Pray the Rosary at Mass
Let us consider how our fathers felt when they saw the Muhammadan fleets on the horizon at Lepanto in 1571. As all of Christendom fearfully poured forth prayers to the Most Holy Virgin, Almighty God worked victory for our fathers over the Muhammadan hordes once again. Let us renew our trust in our Lady of…
Revisiting the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Above: The Visitation by Flemish painter Willem Vrelant (d. 1481). Today, July 2, is the usus antiquior feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast was instituted in 1389 by, in a way, two popes—Pope Urban VI as the one who intended to institute it, in hopes of obtaining the end of…
Yes, Mary Knew
Eternally at enmity with the evil serpent.