Blessed Virgin Mary

Nativity of Mary

svfonline2019-09-13T07:13:11-04:00

Holy Job, a grandson of Esau and a wealthy king of Edom, was blameless and upright for he feared God and shunned every sort of evil. We know of him through an ancient book authored by Moses. Job is best known for the suffering God allowed satan to inflict upon him, testing his faith and patience. He never spoke against God but did 'curse' the day he was born. In this vale of tears, many people can commiserate with him. Our Church in fact does not celebrate the natural birthdays of saints but their deaths, their birthdays into Heaven if you [...]

Nativity of Marysvfonline2019-09-13T07:13:11-04:00

Dependence Upon God is Freedom

svfonline2019-09-10T06:36:29-04:00

There are three basic 'rules' for satanists: [1] Do what you want; [2] No one has the right to command you; [3] You are your own god. These false maxims give the impression of freedom (independence), but lead to ruin and destruction. On the other hand, Catholics honor Our Lady because she is supremely successful in being completely dependent upon God. No part of our Our Lady is "free" of God. In fact, while virginity in man is complete dependence, virginity in God is complete autonomy! God in turn grants dominion upon His dependents. Protestants misunderstand Our Lady because they fail to value [...]

Dependence Upon God is Freedomsvfonline2019-09-10T06:36:29-04:00

Our Prayers as Marys Cargo

svfonline2019-08-23T17:15:02-04:00

The Vigil of the Assumption is meant to be a little 'one day Lent' to prepare for the great feast of Our Lady's Assumption, body and soul. Our Lady is able to take all our prayers, each and everyone of them, with her to Heaven. Nothing hinders her. An excellent example of this is seen in the Fatima Event. She does indeed care for us and has an open ear. Let us, then, add our petitions to her freight and have confidence in her great intercessory power.

Our Prayers as Marys Cargosvfonline2019-08-23T17:15:02-04:00

Always Turned to God

svfonline2019-08-23T07:30:33-04:00

Two brief daily sermons. St John Eudes, whom St. Pius X calls 'the Apostle and Doctor of the Immaculate Heart,' tells us that Our Lady's Heart is so kind and gentle that she helps all - those who call on her, careless souls who fail to invoke her, and even those who hate her. She spurns no one because her Heart has boundless charity. St. John Damascene extols the Heart of Mary for always and totally being turned towards God. No matter how devoted we are to the Immaculate Heart, we can never love and revere this Heart adequately. Ask God [...]

Always Turned to Godsvfonline2019-08-23T07:30:33-04:00

Chastity and Reverence

svfonline2019-08-23T06:23:33-04:00

Blessed Mary’s perfect and immaculate purity, of both body and soul, are contributing causes to today’s mystery of the Assumption. Nothing impure can enter into heaven says the Apocalypse! After all, no human being can be good or truly happy, in this life or the next, without chastity. Rob man of chastity and you take from him self-respect and his desire to pray. No wonder the devil likes to start with impure temptations! To remain truly chaste, it greatly helps to understand the connection between chastity and reverence. Yet we need the aid of the Blessed Virgin to deal properly with [...]

Chastity and Reverencesvfonline2019-08-23T06:23:33-04:00

Turn to Marys Heart

svfonline2019-08-11T09:04:54-04:00

In the wake of the mass murders in El Paso (and Dayton), many of us ask "Why does God allow such terrible evil to occur?" In response, I encourage you to always keep before you the perspective of eternity and the salvation of souls. Many bewail this great tragedy (rightfully so), but far more should we bewail the loss of so many souls falling into hell. What man should really dread is eternal damnation. Yet God has given us a tremendous grace to help us in any and every danger: the Immaculate Heart of His Mother! He wills that we turn [...]

Turn to Marys Heartsvfonline2019-08-11T09:04:54-04:00

Mary Be Thou Our Queen

svfonline2019-06-26T08:47:57-04:00

Two brief daily sermons. Using teaching from the saints and popes, we highlight the truth that as Queen, Mary is all powerful in her intercession. She dispenses the treasures of her Son’s grace to whom she wills, as she wills, when she wills, and as much as she wills. Hence we ought to always have recourse to her as our Queen and Mother.

Mary Be Thou Our Queensvfonline2019-06-26T08:47:57-04:00

Mother of Grace

svfonline2019-06-14T06:15:17-04:00

Two brief daily sermons. Our Lady is profoundly united to Jesus her Son; they are inseparable. She lived the very life of Christ. No one has ever known Him more profoundly or can be a more competent guide and teacher regarding knowledge of Christ. She is a most powerful means of uniting mankind to Christ - and she is our Mother! We are hence very much obliged to venerate her. Mary is fittingly called Mother of Divine Grace, for it is God's will that we obtain everything through her. All graces were merited by Christ. All graces then reach man through [...]

Mother of Gracesvfonline2019-06-14T06:15:17-04:00

Concerning Mary Never Enough

svfonline2019-06-01T10:28:08-04:00

De Maria numquam satis. Your can never praise, honor, love, exalt or serve Mary enough. You can never sing enough Marian hymns or recite enough of her chaplets, prayers, and litanies, or put enough flowers before her statues and icons. As De Montfort states: all the external glory which Heaven and earth vie with each other to give her is nothing compared to what she has received interiorly from her Creator. In other words, the Almighty has done great things for her; therefore, we should not be hesitant or ashamed to do anything and everything for her and for her honor.

Concerning Mary Never Enoughsvfonline2019-06-01T10:28:08-04:00

Virgin of Virgins

svfonline2019-05-29T13:20:29-04:00

Two brief daily sermons. The Blessed Trinity's wisdom, power and love is manifoldly seen in His most sacred sanctuary, the Virgin Mary. Our Lady's greatest title is "Mother of God." All her glories flow from the fact that she was chosen to be the Mother of God. When we say this of her, we say everything about her. To have a virginal soul means to love nothing on earth in comparison to God. Jesus alone! Our Lady is aptly called 'Virgin of virgins' because no one has ever lived for God as she did.

Virgin of Virginssvfonline2019-05-29T13:20:29-04:00