by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Apr 22, 2017 | 2017, The Blessed Virgin Mary: Mystery and Revelation
While Christ is the sole Redeemer of mankind, we are called to be his “co-workers” by uniting our sacrifices to His supreme Sacrifice on Calvary for the life of the world. The Virgin Mary, Mother of Our Savior, was co-worker with Christ in an altogether unique way,...
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 fra Bernard, FI, and Fr. Louis Mamilian, FI | Feb 4, 2017 | 2016, Fatima: Countdown to the 100th Anniversary
If Blessed Jacinta Marto shows us the apostolic dimension of Fatima by pointing us to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Blessed Francisco shows us its contemplative dimension, namely, the goal of devotion to the Immaculate Heart, which is union with God. The message of...
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 fra Bernard M. Kellogg, FI | Feb 4, 2017 | 2016, Fatima: Countdown to the 100th Anniversary
Our Lady loves to use little children to lead the way because their hearts are pure and unaffected, totally unaware of the possible widespread impact of their innocent lives. Blessed Jacinta was one such holy child whose words and example unfurled in a most rare and...
by Debra L. Newbury, O.F.S. | Feb 4, 2017 | 2016, Mother of the Church
No matter how much has been said or written, no matter how exalted the words, Our Lady cannot be defined in earthly terms. Suffice for us to know with certainty that she is the Immaculate Conception and the Mother of God, the ramifications of which we will only come...
