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Missio ImmaculataeA “Mariform” Life
How can a soul benefit from a “Mariform” life? Because Mary is everything good and perfect, the Holy Spirit has made her our Mother so that we might draw from her virtues and imitate her in the love she bears her divine Son. A “Mariform” life is, in fact, a foretaste...
“Is That Clearly Understood, Theologians?”
The proclamation of Mary’s universal Coredemption as dogma will give unimaginable benefit to the Church and the world-at-large. God will be glorified for having created such a sublime creature to cooperate in his work of salvation; and the Sorrowful Mother, having...
Appreciating Saint Joseph
Chosen by God because of his unmatched virtue, St. Joseph was privileged to head the household of Jesus and Mary—the first domestic church. Solid devotion to St. Joseph unfolded only slowly in the course of centuries, until, in 1870, Bl. Pius IX proclaimed him Patron...
“After What I Have Seen, I Obey”: The Miraculous Conversion of Ratisbonne
This conversion account of a Jewish atheist and avowed detractor of the Catholic Church provides great hope to many who feel helpless in view of family members and friends who seem to have little or no faith at all. Even the most hardened of hearts can be converted...
She shall crush your head (Genesis 3:15)
What appears to be profoundly at odds between the gentleness and delicacy of Mary and her ability to deal a shattering blow of steel against the cunning and crushing strength of the serpent, confirms her singular role in the mission to trample his venomous head,...
Living the Eucharistic Mysteries: Learning from Our Blessed Mother
O sweetest mystery of life contained in the Eucharistic presence of Our Lord in the Most Blessed Sacrament! Behold every aspect of His existence as God and Man, contained in humble form. Every time the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered, Mary also is mysteriously...
Our Lady of Kibeho: A Message for the World
The history of the Church is replete with examples of Our Lady’s watchful and solicitous care for the welfare of her children. A striking recent example, confirmed by the local Bishop, is given us by the events surrounding the Blessed Virgin’s appearance to three...
Mary, Perfect Model of the Religious Life
Perhaps the first and most difficult step toward entering the religious life is leaving one’s family, especially one’s own mother. This enormous sacrifice can only be sweetened by the awaiting embrace of Mary, the sweetest of mothers, who will never be outdone in...
The Importance of Saint Anselm of Canterbury for Scotus’ Defense of the Immaculate Conception
Blessed John Duns Scotus, the “Doctor of the Immaculate Conception,” made the decisive theological contribution that prepared the way for the eventual definition of this dogma of the Faith. But as we discover in this magistral study, he drew many of his insights from...
Mother and Mediatrix
Far from obscuring or diminishing the one mediation of Christ (cf. 1 Tim 2:5), the maternal mediation of the Blessed Virgin Mary rather “shows its efficacy,” as the Second Vatican Council teaches. Indeed, it is the seal, the hallmark of a redemption more perfect than...