“One is so at ease near one’s mother. With her, everything becomes easier; the weary, discouraged heart, disturbed by storms, finds new hope and strength, and continues the journey with fresh courage.” – Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
Do our thoughts linger over honors? Learn from Mary’s humility.
How is Mary our guide and our model?
Does celebrating all the saints in heaven (canonized and uncanonized), today, increase their honor? Does it do anything for us? Find out from this excerpt of a sermon by St Bernard the abbot, from the Liturgy of the Hours today.
The birth of new religious orders breathed new life into the Church. David Torkington continues his history of the Mystical Tradition.
On today’s Solemnity of the Sacred Heart, Liz Estler illustrates how the Sacred Heart is found in Scripture, briefly outlines the historical development of devotion to the Sacred Heart in Church history, and provides various formulas for consecration.
Fr. Grabriele Amorth reflects on the significance of Christ’s death and resurrection in this chapter from his book, “An Exorcist Explains the Demonic”.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux meditates on what the Blessed Virgin Mary would reply to the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunciation.
Will we know our loved ones in Heaven? Fr. Francois Rene Blot consults Scripture and the writings of the saints to answer this question.
Do our thoughts linger over honors? Learn from Mary’s humility as Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects in this excerpt from the Carmelite meditation classic “Divine Intimacy”.