It would be easier to separate light from the sun than to separate Mary from Jesus.
~St. Louis Marie de Montfort
Holy Saturday in the Company of the Blessed Virgin
Our Lady Before the Tomb
Oh, my Son! My Son! Jesus, my Son!
“Why have you abandoned me?”
My soul is forlorn, once widowed, twice bereaved, alone among many.
The world is bereft of […]
The Birth of Hope
In September we celebrate Our Lady’s birthday. Don’t all good children remember their mother on her birthday? This special celebration in the Church’s calendar points out a fundamental element of Christianity: our hope for eternal […]
The Rosary is Our Lady’s Own Prayer
St. Dominic’s feast on August 8th is a yearly reminder of importance of the Holy Rosary to the spiritual lives of many Catholics. It is perhaps the Church’s greatest devotion and force of prayer after […]
Mary Untier of Knots, Our Recourse in Temptation
Temptations from the devil are instruments in God’s hands to strengthen the spiritual dimension of the human person, namely, the human mind and will. The sacred humanity of Jesus Christ had to submit to temptation […]
Our Lady’s Victory over Anxiety
The parents of Jesus must have felt some apprehension when they brought the Christ Child to present Him to the Lord in the Temple (a feast day we celebrate on February 2nd). Would He be […]
Safeguarding Human Dignity through Mary
The world does not share our belief in human dignity; it might proclaim it at times, but their actions speak otherwise. For Catholics, the essential value of the human person is intrinsic. It is not […]
A Guide for Our Advent Journey
Advent symbolizes the waiting and anticipation of a pregnancy, and Our Lady appears as a key figure in the season. There is a good reason for that: she prepares us for Christ’s birth by helping […]
Our Lady’s Love for Souls in Purgatory
If there is anyone who is interested in releasing souls from Purgatory, it is the Blessed Virgin Mary. When her Son went to “preach to the souls in prison” (1 Peter 3:19) immediately after His […]
How the Rosary Saved Christendom
Our Lady defended Christendom when a whole civilization humbled itself before God using the simple prayer of the Rosary.
The Assumption Releases Us from Worldliness
The Mother of Jesus, after assisting the Apostles at the birth of the Church, was released from her mortal life at the Assumption and given a greater ability to help her children from Heaven. Mary’s […]
The Guadalupe Reconciliation
In 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared a number of times to a simple Indian at the center of the New World and evangelized a continent. Her maternal love overcame the deep cultural divisions of two […]
Undoing the Final Knot of Death
As we enter the month of November, the Church reminds us of our duty to pray for souls who have departed this life, both those who are related to us and even those […]
Our Lady as Spiritual Vessel
For many years I struggled to understand the “vessel” images applied to the Virgin Mary in the Litany of Loreto. In the Litany she is described variously as a “spiritual vessel,” a “vessel of honor,” […]
Refuge of Sinners
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who had fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought they intercession, was left unaided. […]
Comforter of the Afflicted
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary; call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips; never suffer it to leave your heart…while she holds […]
Cause of Our Joy
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
Shout for joy, daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, daughter Jerusalem! The Lord has removed the judgment against you; he has […]
Mirror of Justice
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
For she is the reflection of eternal light, the spotless mirror of the power of God, the image of his goodness. (Wis 7: 25-26)
This next interesting Marian title can seem […]
Mother of the Church
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
We believe that the Holy Mother of God, the new Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven to exercise her maternal role on behalf of the members of […]
Mystical Rose
By Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
What was the color of that Blossom bright? / White to begin with, immaculate white. / But what a wild flush on the flakes of it stood, / When […]
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
Our Lady went into a strange country / And they crowned her for a queen, / For she needed never to be stayed or questioned / But only seen; /And they were broken down […]
Queen Conceived Without Original Sin
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
The Most Holy Virgin is that blessed woman who was to crush with her heel the head of the infernal serpent. God in creating Mary immaculate, scores His great victory over […]
Queen of Peace
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
Do not ever be troubled, do not ever be afraid, you have nothing to fear. Isn’t the Immaculate perhaps aware of everything? If this were not true, we would be in […]
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. – Blessed John Paul II, October 29, […]
Queen of Angels
Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
A thousand angels were equipped for her guard and custody that they might serve as most faithful vassals of their Queen and Lady.
~Venerable Mary of Agreda, Life of the […]
Queen of Families
Fr. Benedict J. Grosechel, CFR
Authentic devotion to Mary … constitutes a special instrument for nourishing loving communion in the family and for developing conjugal and family spirituality. For she who is the Mother of Christ […]
