If you have ever bought a home, the biggest thing you need to remember is location, location, location. I have been told that when it comes to making movies, the most thing […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Lourdes, Lourdes, Lourdes
Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of La Salette; Our Lady of Lourdes; Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (France)
This week happens to be much quicker “Mondays with Mary” since I have written on these three National Marian Shrines in the past. It is fascinating that three of the major Marian […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Lourdes: Prayers, Saints, Popes and Miracles
Yesterday, in the Latin lung of the Catholic Church, we celebrated the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, and although this Sunday takes precedence over any particular feast or memorial, it is also […]
“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 Nanteuil (France)
In light of the recent attacks in Paris, France, I felt that need to write about a Marian devotion that focused specifically on Our Lady in France. Although today’s “Mondays with Mary” […]
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” – Saint Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes
This coming Tuesday is the feast day for St. Bernadette. She is famous for receiving eighteen visions at the grotto of Massabiele, beside the River Gave in Lourdes, France. This Marian apparition […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Benedict XVI on the Blessed Virgin Mary
This coming Thursday is the final day of the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI, as many of you know. Over the past 9 months, I have written 45 “Mondays with Mary.” Nine […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Pope Benedict XVI on the Memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes
When I went to bed last Sunday night, I had scheduled my blog post – “Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Lourdes to publish at 5:00 a.m. as I always do. […]
“Mondays with Mary” – Our Lady of Lourdes
Thirteen years ago, when I was the youth coordinator at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Avondale, Arizona, one of my teenagers brought me back a small glass container of holy water […]
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