Stabat Mater Dolorosa

April 16, 2011 By

At the cross, her station keeping + + + + + + Mary’s role in the life of the church, in the Christian experience did not end with the deliverance of her placenta and the taking of her ritual bath. Rather, Mary – The Mother – walked with and monitored every part of her son’s [...]

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Most Excellent Vid on Mariology

December 19, 2010 By

Sent along by reader Vicki, who is not Catholic, this video is one of the best brief expositions I’ve ever seen on the theological role Mary plays in this whole pageant of salvation in which we live, and for which we seek understanding. It may seem a little long at 11 minutes, but it moves [...]

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And now…Bernadette! And Adele!

December 8, 2010 By

Father James Martin graciously permits Patheos to excerpt a chapter of his wonderful book My Life With the Saints so that we can get to know St. Bernadette Soubirous, the unschooled French visionary who made the acquaintance of the Immaculate Conception: “In the Grotto of Massabieille” On a Friday evening during my first year as [...]

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"Hail, Full of Grace!" – UPDATED

December 8, 2010 By

The Annunciation by Waterhouse A little collection of links and videos appropriate to the Holy Day: Start with Deacon Greg, whose affection for Our Lady seems to have blossomed into one of his loveliest homilies: . . . one of the women said, “We’re Jewish, from up in Orange County, and we just don’t have [...]

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"Eve" by Madeleine L’Engle

December 6, 2010 By
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Eve and Mary* by Sr. Grace Remington, O.C.S.O “Eve” When we left the garden we knew that it would be forever. The new world we entered was dark and strange. Nights were cold. We lay together for warmth, and because we were afraid of the unnamed animals, and of the others; we had never known [...]

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A Few Hours Off – UPDATE

November 18, 2010 By

15th-century Madonna Della Strada at Gesu One of our first stops in Rome was to Gesu, which was around the corner from our lodgings. I fell in love with this Madonna and Child. Amid all of the beauty of that church, and it is very grand and gorgeous, this simple image stood out. Our Lady [...]

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Full of Grace; a Gorgeous & Glorious Book

October 14, 2010 By

A while back I received a review galley of Judith Dupre’s upcoming book, Full of Grace, Encountering Mary in Faith, Art and Life and although the proofs were in black and white, and there was no cover graphic, I could tell this book was going to be a substantive exposition on Mary in all of [...]

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