This coming Wednesday, May 24, is the optional memorial of Our Lady of the Way, also known as – Santa Maria della Strada. Often celebrated in Jesuit parishes, schools, and communities, this […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of the Way
“Mondays with Mary” – The Prayers of Fatima
As most of you know, this past Saturday, May 13, was the 100th Anniversary of the beginning of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. Over the next few months, we will […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary, the Gate of Heaven
Since tomorrow is the feast day of Our Lady of Loreto, and one of the titles for Mary in the Litany to Our Lady of Loreto is “Gate of Heaven,” I though […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Jasna Gora
On Wednesday, May 3, in the country of Poland, they will celebrate the Marian feast of Our Lady of Jasna Gora, commonly known as the Black Madonna and Our Lady of Czestochowa. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Good Counsel
Since this upcoming Wednesday, April 26, is the feast of Our Lady of Counsel, I thought I would share with you the story behind the image and how devotion has unfolded since […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Was the Blessed Virgin Mary the first to see the Resurrected Lord?
In a recent homily at our monthly Latin Mass, my boss and Pastor, made reference to something he once heard – the Blessed Virgin Mary was the first to see Jesus after […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Reflecting on the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Cross
Since we have now entered the holiest weeks of all weeks in the Church’s liturgical year, also known as the Great Week in the East, I want to focus as I have […]
“Mondays with Mary” – 5 Quotes from Pope St. John Paul II on Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom
Since yesterday was the 12th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s entrance into eternal glory, I thought I would combine his words on Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom with Mary in […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament: Among the “Poor of Yahweh” (Part 6)
After a couple of weeks focusing on other Marian topics, I want to turn my gaze back onto Mary in the Old Testament and focus on the Marian liturgical symbol – Among […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Asking for the Intercession of Saint Joseph
Last week I said I would return to the series, Mary in the Old Testament, but again I am going to suspend that series for one more week to focus on the […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Sorrowful Mother at the Cross through the words of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
For this week, I want to suspend my Mary in the Old Testament series I have been writing on over the past few weeks in order to provide you with two important […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament: The “Paradise of God” and “Closed Door,” “Gate of God,” “Gate of Heaven” (Part 5)
The term, “Paradise of God” in reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary derives from the homilies of the eighth century Bishop of Constantinople, St. Germain. Traditionally in the Church, the term “paradise” […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Mary in the Old Testament: The “Virgin Earth” (Part 4)
Picking up from where I left off last week in regards to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Old Testament, here is the next installment of a series that I wrote some […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Old Testament
It is in the Sacred Scriptures that we see the Blessed Virgin Mary come alive for us in salvation history. It is through the Old Testament writings that we see the birth […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes by Pope St. John Paul II
Since this Saturday was the optional memorial for the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, I thought I would share with you briefly the prayer of Pope St. John Paul II to […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of the Rose
Today, we celebrate one of the feasts, which is not listed in the official calendar and feast days of the Church, but is still attributed to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today’s title […]
“Mondays with Mary” – The Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph
Although today’s feast day is no longer in the liturgical calendar of the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, for many years, first beginning on October 22, 1517 and approved by Pope […]
