by Clara and Jonathan Fleischmann | Feb 4, 2017 | 2017, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
The vocation of St. Thérèse of Lisieux is but the epitome of the “reaction” man is called to give to God’s loving initiative. Her ecstatic exclamation, “I shall be love!” is but the reverberation of, “God is love.” It is only natural, then, that the Little Flower was...
by Clara and Jonathan Fleischmann | Feb 4, 2017 | 2016, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
St. Thérèse of Lisieux has sometimes been cited by Marian minimalists who imagine that she is to be numbered among a “chorus” of voices which caution us against “exaggerations” (according to these minimalists) in the practice of Marian devotion. A careful study of her...
by Clara and Jonathan Fleischmann | Feb 3, 2017 | 2016, Mary and the Saints
Jesus, in revealing the abyss of His merciful love to the world through His apostle, St. Faustina, invites many a repentant sinner to grasp God’s greatest attribute which he continues to lavish upon humanity. However, very little has been made known of the visions she...
by Clara and Jonathan Fleischmann | Jan 15, 2017 | 2013, Mary and the Saints
The Marian spirituality of the beloved St. Birgitta (Bridget), one of the Patron Saints of Europe, is at once enchanting and instructive. Beckoned by the very Mother of God, she did not hesitate to place herself at the feet of this same Virgin Mother and her Divine...
