Mary

  • Under Mary’s Protection

    Under Mary’s Protection

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    “Let not your heart be disturbed. Am I not here, who is your mother? Are you not under my protection? -Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego

  • Mary’s Umbilical Cord

    Mary’s Umbilical Cord

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    I love Advent. The call to slow down is always a welcome invitation this time of year, and I love how it helps build anticipation for Christmas, squeezing as much of God’s grace from it as possible. I also love that our attention is naturally drawn to Mary: Her yes to God, her relationship with…

  • Hail, Full of Grace

    Hail, Full of Grace

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    “I am the Immaculate Conception,” is famously spoken by the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Bernadette Soubirous during the apparitions at Lourdes in 1858. This phrase signifies that Mary was preserved from all sin from the first moment of her conception, a dogma defined by the Church just four years prior in 1854.

  • My Dear Mother

    My Dear Mother

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    “At the Cross her station keeping,stood the mournful Mother weeping,close to her Son to the last. Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,all His bitter anguish bearing,now at length the sword has passed. O how sad and sore distressedwas that Mother, highly blest,of the sole-begotten One. Christ above in torment hangs,she beneath beholds the pangsof her…

  • Hail, Holy Queen

    Hail, Holy Queen

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    Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy,our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry,poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up our sighs,mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate,thine eyes of mercy toward us,and after this our exileshow unto us the blessed fruit…

  • Your Refuge

    Your Refuge

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    “My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the way that will lead you to God.” -Our Lady to Lucia in Fatima

  • Love Mary

    Love Mary

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    “Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.” – St. Maximilian Kolbe

  • Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Time

    Nothing Ordinary About Ordinary Time

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    Easter is over. Lent is long gone. Here we are, back in Ordinary Time.  I’ve been thinking about ordinariness lately.* In this age of blockbusters and viral sensations, we don’t hold being ordinary in high esteem. Even in our spiritual lives, it’s easy to think that seasons like Lent and Advent are where we make…

  • Every Heavenly Blessing

    Every Heavenly Blessing

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    “May the Mother of Jesus and our Mother always smile on your spirit, obtaining for it, from her Most Holy Son, every heavenly blessing.” – St. Padre Pio

  • Into Her Arms

    Into Her Arms

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    “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” – St. Francis De Sales