
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tomorrow, in the Western Church, we will celebrate the feast of the Presentation of Our Lord, or otherwise known historically as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast originated in […]
Recently, after seeing a link for it shared by some friends on Facebook, I signed up through Catholic Action for Faith and Family website to Storm Heaven by praying the Rosary. How […]
When I look at my blog statistics each week, I notice that some of the search terms that are always present are usually something in regards to quotes from either the saints […]
As we begin 2016, I want to share with you the Top 5 “Mondays with Mary” from 2015. It was this series that got the attention of some of the editors at […]
Since this coming Friday is the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, I wanted share with you the seven blog posts that I have written over the past […]
Yesterday, in the Western lung of the Catholic Church, we heard the beautiful scripture verses many of you know to be the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Gospel reading […]
Historically, in the Latin calendar, December 18 was the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, however the feast is not in the current calendar. To learn more about the history of the […]
Since we are in the month of December, the month we joyfully celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, and since I have not touched upon the Immaculate Conception […]
Since today is the feast of Saint Ambrose, Patron of the Veneration of Mary, I thought it was a good day to share with you some of St. Ambrose’s writings when it […]