The connection of the Lenten Season with Mary is not always the most obvious. The Stations of the Cross as do the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Holy Rosary give us some insight […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary, Our Guide Through Lent
The Top 10 Read “Mondays with Mary” to Date So Far
It’s been nearly three years of writing on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the series “Mondays with Mary” and although I have covered a lot of information, there is still plenty to […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary, Joseph, and the Spousal Gift of Self
This past Saturday at Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, we were honored with the presence of Steve and Becky Greene, co-hosts of the Immaculate Heart Radio Show 1310 AM – The Catholic […]
Our Lady of Lourdes
Today is the optional memorial for Our Lady of Lourdes. It was on this day that the Our Lady first appeared to the fourteen year-old, St. Bernadette Soubirous. Overall, there were eighteen […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Sacred Scriptures
In his document, Marialis Cultus (For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary), Blessed Pope Paul VI says this about devotion to Mary in the Biblical context, […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 7 Quotes on The Encounter of Our Lord with Simeon and Mary’s Purification
Today in both the Western and Eastern lungs of the Church, we celebrate the important feast where Our Lord Jesus Christ is presented in the Temple. A feast that originated in the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope St. John Paul II, the Virgin Mary, and the Lay Faithful
Over the weekend, specifically on Saturday morning, I kicked off our Saturday Morning Speaker Series at the parish I work at with the talk – “You Too Go Into My Vineyard: St. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Solitude
Over this past weekend, I spent three days in prayer, reflection, healing, and solitude at a Redemptorist retreat center north of Tucson, Arizona. After enduring some rather difficult weeks, it was advised […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Marian Thought of St. Hilary of Poitiers
Since tomorrow is the feast day of St. Hilary of Poitiers – The Athanasius of the West, I found it fitting to explain his Marian Thought as well as to provide you […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Benedict XVI on the Mother of God
Since we just celebrated the great Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God on January 1, for this week’s “Mondays with Mary” I want to share with you a major excerpt from […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Theotokos Brings Joy to the Whole World
Since this upcoming Thursday, January 1, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, I wanted, as I have done over the past couple of years on this Solemnity, to […]
“Mondays with Mary – ‘Mary’s Nine-Month Advent’
Last year in the blog post, “Mondays with Mary” – The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I wrote the following – “Trying to understand what the Blessed Virgin Mary was feeling […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Picturing Mary at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
As we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception today, I want to draw your attention to the capitol of the United States of America, Washington, D.C. Not only does this city […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Star of the Sea that Shines Through Advent
As we enter the Season of Advent, our attention is drawn to the coming of Emmanuel – Jesus Christ. We see his first coming in the Incarnation which in turn will prepare […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in Lumen Gentium, Part III
Today we pick up right we where left off in Part II and finish our discussion on the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chapter 8 of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in Lumen Gentium, Part II
Today we pick up right we where left off in Part I and continue to discuss the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chapter 8 of the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in Lumen Gentium, Part I
I have been waiting 2 ½ years to write these next three blog posts featured in the “Mondays with Mary” series. Why have I been waiting three years? Well it’s because the […]
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