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Missio ImmaculataeRoses for Our Lady
This edited address by the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delivered on February 11, 1951 to a national radio audience. His cause for canonization is presently underway.If there is a heart in the audience that ever sent roses to a friend in token of affection or ever...
The Early Mariology of Pope Leo XIV in Light of the Classic Mariology of Pope Leo XIII – Part 2
Noted Mariologist Dr. Mark Miravalle offers his reflections on what he sees as signs of promise and of hope in Pope Leo XIV's early pontificate in regards to his understanding of Our Lady. Dr. Miravalle offers reflections and parallels to the Pope's...
The Early Mariology of Pope Leo XIV in Light of the Classic Mariology of Pope Leo XIII – Pt 1
Noted Mariologist Dr. Mark Miravalle offers his reflections on what he sees as signs of promise and of hope in Pope Leo XIV's early pontificate in regards to his understanding of Our Lady. Dr. Miravalle offers reflections and parallels to the Pope's...
The Mission of the Immaculate in Japan
Our Lady is the Queen of the Missions and the first missionary to bring Christ to the world. Even now, she continues her work through souls consecrated to her to be her instruments of mediation of grace.And the master said to the servant, "Go out to the highways and...
A Gift of the Flower of Carmel: Understanding the Brown Scapular
“Just a piece of cloth? How could that save anyone?” Many question the devotion surrounding the Brown Scapular, dismissing it as superstitious or lacking a historical foundation. This article looks at the historical and doctrinal bases for this sacramental.From the...
Fatima and My Franciscan Third Order Vocation
Br. Francisco Mary of the Hidden Jesus (Paul Kachinski) reflects on his spiritual journey, speaking about Our Lady’s call to all of her children though the Fatima apparitions, the gift of total consecration to her, and the beauty of being a Franciscan Tertiary of the...
“If Marian consecration changes lives, then I want it to change my life too!”
The thirty-three days of preparation for my consecration to the Immaculate were days of intense spiritual warfare. At one point, I felt as if I was surrounded by some presence which did not want me to continue. All I could think to do was fight back and pray, so I...
“If good fruits come from good trees, Marian devotion had to be good!”
Either Brother Lawrence and St. Therese were seriously wrong and idolatrous, or they were examples of living the true faith; one doesn’t get prayer totally right and “accidentally” have a child-like devotion to the Mother of God. If I was to follow Brother Lawrence,...
Our Lady and the Second Coming
Advent reminds us not only of the first coming of Our Lord, but also of the second, final one, the Eschaton. The end of the world might still be far away—it is impossible to know when it will happen: we don’t know the day or the hour. But we know for sure that with...
Thank You God for Giving Me My Voice: I Will Become One of Your Priests
Our car went off the highway and spun 8 times. When we finally stopped spinning, a skinny lady in a small, super sky blue car — I mean as blue or more blue than an exceptional spring day sky blue — parked behind my mom. It was Our Lady who took care of the two of us...