Lent is a special time to get into good practice. Too often from one Lent to the next we stop what we have started. Good habits disappear to make room for the same old bad habits, the same routine, the same neglect. Why? Because surely we do not include MaryRead More →

THE FIVE APPARITIONS OF FEBRUARY 1858 Lourdes, Thursday, February 11th 1858, first apparition It was about noon. The Angelus was ringing in every village bell tower in France. Bernadette, who was taking off her first stocking to cross the river, heard a gust of wind around her. Rising quickly, sheRead More →

To be said each day of the novena Act of Repentence  I believe in Thee, O my God. Strengthen, O Lord, my faith. I hope in Thee, O my God. Affirm, O Lord, my hope. I love Thee, O my God; increase, O Lord, my love. I repent of havingRead More →

The Feast of the Purification commemorates the moment when Our Lady carried Jesus Christ into the Temple to offer Him to the Lord according to the ancient prescriptions of the Law of Moses regarding the first-born son (Ex 13). Our Lord, “the first-born from among the dead” (Rom 8:29) goesRead More →

Our Lady gave us Jesus. Mary stands at the wellspring of grace. Jesus Christ, God’s gift to man, the source of our life, is Mary’s gift also. Over and over in the incidents of the Gospel we are made to understand this law of love of the spiritual life: thatRead More →

Ave Maria! Here is a new series for our ascent to the Holy Nativity. On December 17th we start the great O Antiphons which are sung in the Church from December 17th to 24th. As last year we had already done a series on this theme, today we want toRead More →

Text Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Structure of the prayer The “Hail Mary” wasRead More →