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 Sr. M. Ancilla Matter, F.S.G.M. and Fr. Elias Mills, F.I | Feb 4, 2020 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
In this second part of the article on the Stabat Mater we see the Golden Thread of the Franciscan Order includes this important meditation on the compassion of Our Lady Coredemptrix. With the help of the Franciscan mystics, Ven. Mary of Agreda and St. Veronica...
by Sr. M. Ancilla Matter, F.S.G.M. and Fr. Elias Mills, F.I | Oct 25, 2019 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
Saint Maximilian Kolbe believed the Immaculate Conception was the “Golden Thread” running throughout the history of the Franciscan Order. This article examines the claim that one could say this “Golden Thread” has shades of coredemption in it as well. We recount in...
by Gloria Falcão Dodd | Sep 13, 2019 | 2019, The Immaculate: Mystery and Revelation
The Church presently celebrates the Presentation of Mary (as distinct from that of Jesus) as a liturgical memorial on November 21. Our main source of knowledge of this event, apart from the liturgy, lies in aprocryphal writings which the Church has rejected as not...
