A prayer for final perseverance We have no guarantee that if we set out on the journey to heaven, we will arrive in the end. St. Alphonsus fears that he might stumble and fall, so he begs Our Lady to help him to persevere. Behold at your feet, O Mary, my hope, a poor sinner, who has so many times been by his own fault the slave of hell. I know that by neglecting to turn to you, my refuge,... Read more
He is a two-time Masters World Champion Tandem surfer and cofounder and ambassador of the International Tandem Surfing Association for serious competitors, as well as the founder of The BearsWave.com Tandem Expression Teams for those who simply want to enjoy the beauty and art of tandem. He is a cast member on Fuel TV’sClean Break series is the subject of the film project The Bear — Going Deep, and host weekly 90 minute entertaining podcast on BearsWave.com. Bear has surfed on... Read more
The growing science of Mary Fr. Frederick Faber compares the grand truth about Mary to the great truths of science: In both cases, a truth so grand and complex has endless applica- tions and lessons to teach us. Mary is like one of those great scientific truths whose full import we never master except by long meditation, and by studying its bearings on a sys- tem. Then at last the fertility and grandeur of the truth seem endless. So it... Read more
Fr. Dailey joined the faculty of DeSales University in 1988 and is a tenured Professor of Theology. Appointed in 2008 as the first Fr. Louis Brisson Chair in Salesian Spirituality, he is the senior ranking faculty member at the university. In 2000, he founded the Salesian Center for Faith and Culture, which he continues to direct. During his sabbatical in 2013-2014, he served as the inaugural John Cardinal Foley Chair in Homiletics & Social Communications at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. He holds... Read more
The Holy Spirit is revealing more of Mary St. Louis explains why so little was said of Mary in the Gospels, and why the Holy Spirit has increased our understanding of her over the centuries in a way that will culminate when her Son returns in glory. It is by Mary that the salvation of the world has begun, and it is by Mary that it must be consummated. Mary has hardly appeared at all in the first coming of... Read more
Place yourself entirely in Mary’s hands St. Alphonsus advises us that Mary knows how to grant us an even greater grace than we could possibly ask. Blessed Raymond Jordano affirms: “Whoever finds Mary finds every good.” He adds: “Her kindness is so great that no one need fear to approach her. And her mercy is so great, that no one is turned away.” Thomas à Kempis has her say: “I invite everyone to turn to me; I expect everyone, I... Read more
Perseverance in devotion to Mary Devotion to Mary can lose its reward, St. Alphonsus warns, if it proves to be short-lived. We must have perseverance in devotion to Mary. “Perseverance alone,” says St. Bernard, “will merit a crown.” When Thomas à Kempis was a young man, he used to turn to the Blessed Virgin every day with certain prayers. But one day he left them off. Then he left them off for several weeks, and in the end he gave... Read more
This week we have two titles to give away! One lucky winner will receive a copy of Live Today Well by Father Thomas Daily and sponsored by publisher Sophia Institute Press (you can read the review here) and will receive one copy of Deep Adventure: The Way of Heroic Virtue by Bear Woznick and sponsored by Servant Books (you can read the review here). I use Rafflecopter to run my giveaways which makes it simple for you and me! Enter... Read more
Prayer to Mary, Mother of Divine Love In this prayer, Venerable Pope Pius XII widens the focus of our prayers to Mary beyond purely private matters to the concerns of nations, the poor, the oppressed, and the persecuted. To you, O Mary, are known all the needs of your people and of the whole Church. Mother of Truth and Seat of Wisdom, dissipate the clouds of error that darken our minds. Correct the strayings of our hearts, and inspire in... Read more
It is likely that at some point in our lives we learned about the seven virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, fortitude, faith, hope and love. We may know of them but how well do we really KNOW them? There is a huge difference between simply knowing about something and living what we know. In his new book Deep Adventure: The Way of Heroic Virtue, World Champion surfer, certified ninja black belt and EWTN radio host Bear Woznick explores these virtues and... Read more
The Catholic Book Blogger
Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In