With Wednesday being the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, I found it fitting today to write about the importance of the Brown Scapular or as I like to call it […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Synthesis of Marian Spirituality in the Brown Scapular
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Life of the Priest
Yesterday, for the first time, I witnessed the Ordination Mass for Priests in the Diocese of Phoenix. This Holy Mass was at 10:00 a.m. at the Cathedral of Ss. Simon and Jude. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Bringing Jesus To Others’
Considering that yesterday was the Solemnity of Corpus Christi – the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, I give you a blog post that focuses on Mary and her relationship with Jesus Christ […]
The Top 5 “Mondays with Mary” over the Past Month
For this week’s “Mondays with Mary”, I provide for you the Top 5 blog posts over the past month in the hopes that you will read them again, if you did not […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Mary and Pentecost’ with Romano Guardini and Hans Urs Von Balthasar
Throughout the Gospels and the life of Jesus Christ, in those very significant events, we witness the Blessed Virgin Mary playing an integral role. From the Annunciation of Our Lord to the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Esheth Yahil (Woman of Valor)
Besides Mary as the New Ark of the Covenant, which I have written about in a previous post, the image of her from Proverbs 31 as the Esheth Yahil or Woman of […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘Mary Greets Elizabeth’
This coming Saturday, in the Latin Church, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Because I believe this to be an important feast of the Church, I […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady Help of Christians
This coming Saturday, May 24, is the Marian feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians. This has always been an interesting feast to me since I developed a devotion to St. John […]
“Mondays with Mary” – John the Apostle: Mother, I Beseech You
In honor of Mother’s Day, I turn our attention to the relationship of the Blessed Virgin Mary and John the Apostle. If you are a weekly reader of “Mondays with Mary”, you […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Second Anniversary and the Five Most Popular Posts
Today is the second anniversary of my series focusing on the Blessed Virgin Mary titled – “Mondays with Mary.” It’s hard to believe that I have been writing on the Blessed Virgin […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 5 Quotes from Pope St. John Paul II on the Mother of Mercy
Last night as my friends and I watched the Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, we were talking about if and when John Paul II would be made a […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope John Paul II on Mary’s Witness to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Although the Sacred Scriptures never speak of the Blessed Virgin Mary interacting with Jesus Christ after his Crucifixion on Calvary, it is highly doubtful that He would have never appeared to her […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Six Words of Pope John Paul II on Mary at the Cross
In the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I believe there are three important biblical events that define her mission and role in Salvation History – the Annunciation, the Wedding Feast at […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘The Beetles of Our Lady’
We are one month away from celebrating the two year anniversary of my “Mondays with Mary” – a series that is on the cusp of its 100th post. Although the majority of […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘The Handmaid of the Lord’
Over the past three weeks, I have focused on variety of teachings underlining the Solemnity of the Annunciation. The first week we looked at what the Catechism of the Catholic Church states […]
“Mondays with Mary” – ‘May it be done to me according to your word’
Tomorrow, we celebrate one of the great solemnities in honor of the Blessed Mother, The Annunciation. The Annunciation is the announcement from God through the Angel Gabriel to Mary that she will […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary’s Faith at the Annunciation
Continuing with the theme of the Annunciation for the month of March, which is one week from tomorrow, I want to focus today’s “Mondays with Mary” on two Early Church Fathers and […]
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