Blessed Virgin Mary

Our Help in Mary and her Rosary

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A profound truth of our holy religion is the help that can only come from God. In particular, consider how this help comes through the Blessed Virgin Mary. No grace ever comes to us but through Mary’s mediation. No one goes to Christ except through His mother. In our present day, there is a signal necessity of special help from Heaven, particularly manifested in the many tribulations suffered by the Church. It is remarkable how great an emphasis Our Lady has placed on the Rosary in her approved apparitions. The Rosary helps us know the truth and live by it. Too many commit the grave error of living their life as they want and then adapting their “truth” accordingly. Instead, resolve [...]

Our Help in Mary and her Rosarywpengine2023-10-05T16:51:23-04:00

Heresy of Apollinarianism and the Tilma

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We have reason to rejoice in our Holy Mother: The Church and Our Lady. Mary is the perfect type of the Church. The miraculous tilma of Guadalupe points to numerous truths about the Church: She is divine, she is alive, Jesus lives in her, she is indestructible, she is sweet even as she corrects and reproves. We also recently celebrated Pope St. Damasus (+384), who battled an anti-pope, upheld the Sacred Scriptures, and condemned heresy. He defended the Person of Christ and His two natures. These truths dispel today's popular errors that animals may be resurrected, redeemed or have eternal souls.

Heresy of Apollinarianism and the Tilmawpengine2024-12-20T12:26:04-05:00

Say the word and Receive the Word

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The four advent candles represent four millennia and stand for the patriarchs, the prophets, the Precursor, and Our Lady. They also represent the 77 generations between Adam and Christ. At the Annunciation, Gabriel approaches Mary as her inferior subject. In this passage we see the truths of her sinlessness, her perpetual virginity, her divine motherhood, and her perfect mediation. The world alone was unworthy to receive the Savior directly. Yet Our Lady surpasses all the grace of the angels and saints together. Mary alone merited the Son of God becoming man by the power of her prayer and perfection of her [...]

Say the word and Receive the Wordwpengine2024-12-21T11:02:20-05:00

Octobri Mense, On the Rosarywpengine2023-10-06T13:47:20-04:00