Blessed Virgin Mary

The Holy Rosary

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The popes and saints strongly encourage us to pray the Holy Rosary every day and with ever greater fervor. Consider the following: [1] The importance and power of the Rosary in general (and specifically, the even greater power given to the rosary by God in our times); [2] That the holy Rosary leads us into the Mysteries of God and of our redemption (for example, one of these mysteries is Mary as Coredemptrix and Mediatrix); and [3] How to pray the rosary well (according to ten points provided by St. Louis de Montfort in the Secret of the Rosary).

The Holy Rosarywpengine2023-10-05T16:59:54-04:00

God Desires Devotion to the Immaculate Heart

wpengine2024-11-26T15:56:40-05:00

Three brief daily sermons on the Immaculate Heart of Mary. - Over the last two centuries, God has shown - through many events – that He wants to save souls through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Among these events we can name the Miraculous Medal, the Confraternity of the IHM, and Pope Pius XII’s consecration to the IHM. - Our Lord revealed to St. Mechtilde how pleased He is with devotion to His Mother’s Immaculate Heart. Our Lady’s humility, purity, virtues, and love were so great that she drew the Eternal Son from the Father’s bosom, attracting Him so powerfully that [...]

God Desires Devotion to the Immaculate Heartwpengine2024-11-26T15:56:40-05:00

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddess

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God has established an irreconciable enmity between Our Lady and satan (cf. Gen 3:15). The can be no 'co-existence' between Christ the King and Baal. Where Christ reigns, there His Mother reigns. If the devil wishes to usurp Christ, he must first attempt to replace His Queen Mother. Consider the Amazonian idol recently enthroned in the Vatican. She is a queen goddess of 'mother earth' depicted as a dragon or a woman with serpents entertained who demands worship and blood sacrifice. In this image we see the woman and satan now reconciled, according to the 'spirit of the age' so favored [...]

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddesssvfonline2019-10-28T22:09:53-04:00

Great Power in the Rosary

svfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00

We are living in an age of apostasy: God's Law has been rejected, Christ and His Church have been rejected. What do we most need? - The Rosary! It is a most powerful means of dissipating heresy, extinguishing vice, spreading virtue, imploring the divine mercy, and obtaining Our Lady's protection. It is fitting to recall this on the 102nd Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, when Our Lady revealed herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." In praying the Rosary, we should specifically ask for the graces to be [1] confirmed in the faith, [2] protected aging the disease one error, [3] and increased in strength [...]

Great Power in the Rosarysvfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00

Have Recourse to Mary

svfonline2019-10-28T15:59:03-04:00

How to survive the widespread apostasy? In part two of his three-pronged plan, Pope Leo XIII encourages Catholics to follow the example of our holy fathers and all our tradition by turning in a special way to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Given the evil of our times, all the popes for nearly a century repeatedly insisted that Catholics have recourse to Our Lady and her intercession. God Himself confirmed this papal exhortation by sending Our Lady to Fatima and requesting devotion to her Immaculate Heart. This devotion entails a particularly intense turning to the Mother of God and should be practiced [...]

Have Recourse to Marysvfonline2019-10-28T15:59:03-04:00

Ark of the Covenant Revealer of Faults

svfonline2019-10-22T07:33:12-04:00

Holy Simeon prophesied "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed" (Lk 2:35). A study of the Ark of the Covenant shows that it does indeed reveal man's faults. This is true in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, when the Ark is given its perfect fulfillment in Blessed Virgin Mary Herself, and even in our own times. When man's faults are revealed, he can respond in one of four ways: [1] Try to change things to match the fault. [2] Blame others. [3] Run away. Or [4] Submit to the [...]

Ark of the Covenant Revealer of Faultssvfonline2019-10-22T07:33:12-04:00

The Infallible Promises of the Rosary

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If imitation of divinity leads to a virtuous character, then it is not attainable in paganism. This is because the gods (idols) of the pagans are demons. Vice reigns supreme in all pagan deities, who freely deceive men and break their promises. The true God is not so! He makes promises and infallibly keeps them. Likewise, His Mother and all His saints are trustworthy. We have received great promises in the devotions of Nine First Fridays, the Brown Scapular, and the Five First Saturdays. As it is the month of October, we do well to reflect up on the Fifteen Promises [...]

The Infallible Promises of the Rosarysvfonline2019-10-22T07:31:21-04:00

Reverence for God and Truth

svfonline2019-10-03T07:00:20-04:00

Central to the Message of Fatima is God's will to make the Blessed Virgin Mary known and loved through devotion to her Immaculate Heart. Two very important devotions to the IHM are the First Saturday Devotion and Consecration to the IHM. This consecration is diametrically opposed to the three great sins of our time: blasphemy, heresy, and impurity. It is a marvelous way of helping the soul recover reverence for God, the truth, and purity. The one who consecrates himself to the IHM strives to keep in his heart the five dominant spiritual dispositions so proper to the Heart of Mary.

Reverence for God and Truthsvfonline2019-10-03T07:00:20-04:00

Sorrow and Humility Restore Creation

svfonline2019-09-25T19:26:02-04:00

We have often heard that the Church Fathers call Mary the New Eve (Christ the New Adam), and how by her obedience at the Ave, she undid the disobedience of Eva. Let us reflect more profoundly on how this 'role reversal' is accomplished. God restores creation according to His plan from the foundation of the world! Yet weakness, humility, complete dependence on God, and profound sorrow all play indispensable roles in achieving this peak of glory. Note how sacrifice is necessary for the perfection of creation, [2] man's reparation can console Our Lady's sorrow, and (3) the simplest more direct way [...]

Sorrow and Humility Restore Creationsvfonline2019-09-25T19:26:02-04:00

What Our Lord Suffered Mary Suffered

svfonline2019-09-16T07:19:43-04:00

Three brief daily sermons. These days are dedicated to meditating upon the sorrows of Our Lady, which means mediating upon the passion of Jesus Christ. Recall that no activity is more efficacious for one's sanctification than frequent meditation upon Our Lord's sufferings. What Our Lord suffered, Mary suffered; and what Mary suffered, Our Lord suffered. Like two parallel mirrors, the sufferings of each one mutually intensified and increased those of the other to a near infinite degree. In every danger of forfeiting divine grace we should think of Mary and invoke her holy Name together with that of Jesus, for these [...]

What Our Lord Suffered Mary Sufferedsvfonline2019-09-16T07:19:43-04:00