by Fr John Lawrence Polis, FI | Mar 8, 2021 | 2020, Missio Article, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
At Christmas, the Son of God was born of the Virgin Mary. This mystery has an intimate connection with the mystery of the Eucharist, one celebrated in the hymn that begins Ave verum Corpus natum de Maria Virgine: “Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary.” The hymn...
by Sr. M. Ancilla Matter, F.S.G.M. and Fr. Elias Mills, F.I | Jan 13, 2021 | 2020, Missio Article, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
For centuries, the ancient Gregorian chant Tota Pulchra has been the joyful hymn with which the Church, and in particular the Franciscan Order, greets Mary, calling to mind the Mystery of the Immaculate Conception. This hymn of veneration, from the Church’s lips,...
by Fr Josemaria Barbin, FI | Oct 1, 2020 | 2020, Missio Article, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
“The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like ‘religion’, to cults or practices,...
by Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins | Sep 8, 2020 | 2020, Missio Article, The Marian Issue
By God’s design, Mary is united with her Son Jesus in the work of our salvation, not in a passive way, but by her active cooperation. This is why Mary is said to “occupy center stage” in our redemption—not substituting for or replacing Jesus, but never separated from...
by Fr Donald Calloway, MIC | May 16, 2020 | 2020, St. Joseph
For nearly two millennia, the Church has found solace in the Virgin Mary’s motherly embrace. St. Joseph has historically assumed a much lower profile, but this situation has been changing, especially since Blessed Pius IX declared him Patron of the Universal Church in...
by Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins | Mar 9, 2020 | 2020, Mary and the Saints
“Piously meditating on [Mary] and contemplating her in the light of the Word made man,” the Second Vatican Council states, “the Church with reverence enters more intimately into the great mystery of the Incarnation.” The recently canonized Cardinal John Henry Newman,...
