Jan 18, 2021 | Our Lady, The Spiritual Life
I have noticed over the last few years something of a resurgence in the ‘True Devotion’ Consecration proposed by the great Saint Louis Marie de Montfort some three hundred years ago. In his ‘Treatise On The True Devotion’, he makes a number of...
Jan 1, 2021 | Church, Our Lady
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us”(John 1:14) This beautiful feast of the Divine Maternity, the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, reminds us of one of the four Catholic dogmas relating to the Blessed Virgin (the others being Her perpetual...
Dec 31, 2020 | Our Lady, The Spiritual Life
Words have great power. They are capable of building up another – and equally capable of tearing down. Words can build bridges – but more often than not, they can build walls. And once spoken, our words can never be taken back. The effect of our words can...
Dec 12, 2020 | Church, Our Lady
“I desire you to know who I am. I am the Ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of the true God who gives life and maintains its existence… All those who sincerely ask for My help in their work and in their sorrow will know My Mother’s Heart in this place. For I...
Dec 11, 2020 | Our Lady, The Spiritual Life
It is sometimes said – wrongly – that devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is not such a good thing, that our devotion should be for God alone. It is as though in being devoted to the Mother, we have taken the wrong path and lost sight of Her Son, as though the path...
Oct 19, 2020 | Church, Featured, Our Lady, Scripture
“And a great sign appeared in the Heavens, a Woman clothed with the Sun, with the Moon beneath Her feet and upon Her head, a crown of twelve stars..” – Revelation 12:1 A beautiful woman – a queen, no less – disobeys the King, who issues a decree...
Oct 18, 2020 | Church, Our Lady
‘We fly to Thy protection, O holy Mother of God..’ – Sub Tuum Praesidium Most Catholic children are very fortunate in that from their earliest days, they were introduced to and told about the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary. And so for us, She...
Oct 5, 2020 | Diary of St Faustina, Our Lady
“I have been living under the virginal cloak of the Mother of God. She has been instructing me and guarding me. I am quite at peace, close to Her Immaculate Heart.” – Saint Faustina Kowalska Saint Faustina Kowalska is the Polish mystic and Saint...
