Since this Thursday is the optional memorial for the Deacon and Doctor of the Church, St. Ephraem, I found it fitting to share with you some of his Marian writings. As an Early […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Writings of St. Ephraem the Deacon
“Mondays with Mary” – The Suffering of Mother Mary
We live in a world and in a culture that seems to want to live forever, and never ever talk about suffering or death. But for the Christian, these are two ideas […]
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Most people today will be celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, but the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist will be celebrating their primary feast day – Our […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Veneration of Mary
Before we dive into the veneration of Mary, let’s get this out there in the open right now in order to combat the non-Catholic claim that Catholics worship Mary. Catholics do not […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Importance of Marian Devotion (and the 4th Anniversary)
As long as I can remember, I have had always had a devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, but never fully understood Mary’s role in Salvation History till I studied Mariology in […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Top Five “Mondays with Mary” Over the Past 365 Days
Being that next Monday is the fourth anniversary of “Mondays with Mary” and the 200th blog post of the series; I thought I would do something very simple and very short for […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Six Quotes on the Importance of Mary to the Catholic Priesthood
Since yesterday was the 53rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations and Good Shepherd Sunday, today’s “Mondays with Mary” comes from the 1992 Apostolic Exhortation written by Pope St. John Paul II […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 5 Quotes from Pope St. John Paul II on Mary as the Virgin of Virgins
In my book, Understanding Catholic Teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary (Emmaus Road Publishing), I open the chapter on the dogma of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity with this, “The second dogma of the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mother Angelica on Mary
Last Sunday, Easter Sunday, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, entered into eternal life. The outpouring of condolences reached across the globe. For numerous days on social media, Mother Angelica was “trending.” […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Easter Homily of Melito of Sardis
Melito of Sardis is considered an early church apologist. The word, apology, comes from the Greek term, apologia, which means, “to defend.” He gave a defense of Christianity sometime around the year […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Jesus, Mary, and the Cross
In his book written with Adrienne Von Speyr, To the Heart of the Mystery of Redemption, the great Swiss theologian, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, says the following in relation to Mary and […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady in THE WAY
In 1934, The Way, the great spiritual text written by St. Josemaria Escriva was first published under the title, Consideraciones Espritiuales. Five years later, when the second and longer text was published, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Consecration to the Blessed Virgin
Ever since I went on my first Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Retreat this past summer in San Diego with Miles Christi, I have been praying each morning different prayers as a Morning Prayer/Morning Offering. […]
Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary is Our Lady
Over the course of 2000 years, the Blessed Virgin Mary has been given a variety of titles and names to honor her dignity as the Mother of God. Many of her titles […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Health (Our Lady of San Juan)
After reading Kathy Schiffer’s article on National Catholic Register, which is titled, Who is the Lady in Blue that Pope Francis Venerated in Mexico?, I decided to do some research of my […]
Quick Lessons from the Catechism: Mary – Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church
Since it’s been nearly a week and a half since my last blog post, not intentional of course, I just moved and many of my resources are still in boxes; I thought […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Walsingham
The shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, also known as England’s Nazareth, began in the middle of the 11th century just before the Normandy Invasion of 1066. In the year 1061, the […]
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