Many of you may know that we are a homeschooling family. I jokingly say that my wife Laura is the teacher and I’m simply the financial backer. Today I step aside and let the teacher tell you about an exciting new release from Tan Books. Here is Laura’s preview. It’s that time of year again for those of us who homeschool – looking ahead to the next school year’s curriculum!! The time of year for homeschool conventions and scanning through... Read more
God calls Mary home St. Alphonsus considers how Mary might have spent her time between her Son’s ascension and her assumption into heaven, longing to be reunited with him. According to some writers, the most holy virgin consoled her loving heart during the time of painful separation after Jesus ascended into heaven by visiting the holy places of Palestine, where her Son had been during his life. She frequently visited at one time the stable at Bethlehem, where her Son... Read more
Why I love you, Mary! These concluding lines of the last poem of St. Thérèse of Lisieux were writ- ten as she was dying of tuberculosis. Speaking to Mary, she suggests that Jesus himself will tell the saints in heaven the story of her life after his resur- rection. She hopes to be there soon to hear it. Henceforth your shelter in your woe was John’s most humble dwelling; the son of Zebedee replaced the Son whom heaven adored. Naught... Read more
Mary’s life after Jesus’ ascension into heaven How did Mary spend her time in the years after her Son’s departure to heaven? St. Alphonsus speculates. After the ascension of Jesus Christ, Mary remained on earth to give her attention to the spreading of the Faith. For this reason, the disciples of our Lord turned to her. She solved their doubts, comforted them in their persecutions, and encouraged them to labor for the glory of God and the salvation of redeemed... Read more
This week Angelico Press sponsors the CBB giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a copy of The Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich Vol. 1 (you can read the review here) . I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter below. The contest starts at midnight tonight EST and will end 12AM EST Friday 04/08 with a winner being announced later that day. Good Luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway Read more
Mary in the upper room at Pentecost Pope St. John Paul II explains how Mary’s role at Pentecost, and in the life of the Church ever since, is essential. Among those who devoted themselves to prayer in the upper room, preparing to go “into the whole world” after receiving the Spirit, some had been called by Jesus gradually from the beginning of his mission in Israel. Eleven of them had been made apostles, and to them Jesus had passed on... Read more
A decade ago Angelico Press embarked upon what can be best called a labor of love. The have recently released the fruits of that labor. The three volume set The Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich (First Journeys of Jesus (Volume 1), The Journeys of Jesus Continue Till Just Before the Passion(Volume 2), The Final Teachings, Passion, & What Follows (Volume 3)) is like no other previously released edition. The books are printed in double-column, large text format and total a... Read more
Queen of Heaven, rejoice! The composer of this traditional hymn is unknown, but one legend says that the sixth-century Pope St. Gregory the Great heard angels chant the first three lines one Easter morning in Rome while he walked barefoot in a great reli- gious procession. He then added the fourth line himself. O, Queen of Heaven, rejoice! Alleluia! For he whom you merited to bear, alleluia, has arisen as he said, alleluia! Pray for us to God, alleluia! Rejoice... Read more
Mary, this is your night These words of Pope St. John Paul II, prayed during an Easter vigil Mass, ask Mary to give us a share in the faith and hope in her Son that sustained her as she waited to see him alive once again. O Mary, this is truly your night! As the last lights of the Sabbath are extinguished, and the fruit of your womb rests in the earth, your heart too keeps watch! Your faith and... Read more
Mary watches as Jesus is buried St. Alphonsus imagines the scene as Jesus is laid in the tomb, and Mary looks on in unspeakable grief. Mary, with the body of her Son locked in her arms, was absorbed in grief. The holy disciples, fearful that the poor mother might die of grief, approached her to take the body from her arms, to bear it away for burial. This they did with gentle and respectful force, and having embalmed it, they... Read more
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