For the month of the rosary, a striking image from a shrine in India. Source. And read more here from the current issue of ONE magazine.
Our Lady of Sorrows
September 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
“The Holy Virgin in Old Age” by James Tissot Can the human heart refrain from partaking in her pain, in that Mother’s pain untold? – Stabat Mater Visit here and here for more on this feast day.
On Mary's nativity: "Today this created world is raised to the dignity of a holy place…"
September 7, 2011 By 4 Comments
“This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed a joyful prelude to introduce the great gift of salvation to us. The present festival, the birth of the Mother of God, is the prelude, while the final act is the fore-ordained union of the Word with flesh. Today the Virgin is born, [...]
Her glorious Assumption: "To look at Mary is to see God's original plan for humanity"
August 14, 2011 By 5 Comments
“Henri Nouwen, I think, felt a profound connection to Mary’s simplicity and humanity. In one of his journals, he describes meeting a priest who summed up Mary’s meaning to the world so beautifully. ‘To look at Mary,’ this priest said, ‘is to see God’s original plan for humanity.’ As Nouwen explained, ‘In her, we see [...]
Clowns make annual pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico
July 29, 2011 By
And now for something completely different. This is news to me, but apparently they do this every year. The copy accompanying the video says simply: Hundreds of clowns made their annual pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady Guadalupe in Mexico City to pay homage to the Virgin of Guadalupe. The artists are members of [...]
Wisconsin Marian shrine: "Turnout has been incredible"
July 6, 2011 By 6 Comments
Thousands have flocked to the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help since it became the first and only shrine in the United States to be officially recognized for an apparition of the Blessed Mother. And it will get even more attention next week, when it will be featured in a report by ABC News [...]
Madonna mural making waves
May 12, 2011 By 6 Comments
The image below has become something of a tourist attraction in southern California: But its days may be numbered: City-hired consultants indicated in a rough draft report Wednesday that they would like to test heat, chemical and mechanical methods of removing an unauthorized surfing Madonna mosaic. But the issue of what to do with the [...]
"Love our Lady…"
May 11, 2011 By 12 Comments
I’m working my way through St. Josemaria Escriva’s “The Way,” and this jumped out at me this morning — apt thoughts for a deacon, and for this month devoted to Mary: “Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle. And the enemy will gain nothing by [...]
"Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord…"
March 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A beautiful illustration of the Annunciation, celebrated every March 25th, as interpreted by one of my favorite biblical artists, James Tissot:
What hath God wrought? The talking rosary
March 24, 2011 By 5 Comments
A Florida newspaper has details, and a video: The so-called Freedom Rosary, developed by a Vero Beach couple, talks a devotee through the prayers with a tiny speaker in its cross. Like the Confession app, the device is meant to aid Catholic tradition rather than replace it. “People are confused about how to say [the [...]
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