The Church celebrates St. John Eudes as the first bard of the Most Pure Heart of Mary and the author of its liturgical cult. Below are some meditations on the fire of love in the Heart of Mary. “While the Seraphim were burning in Heaven, the Heart of the VirginRead More →

On the octave of the feast of the Assumption, the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This liturgical cult was associated with that of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by St. John Eudes in the 17th century. Two centuries later, Popes Pius VII and Pius IX established a feastRead More →

God gives us all the graces of conversion and sanctification through Mary. We respond to this gift of God by receiving these graces more and more, letting them come alive and bear fruit in us. And since God has His graces ready through Mary for every moment, for every situation,Read More →

Our life is often adrift; we lack the clear sense of direction that ought to permeate our whole routine and direct all our thoughts, words and deeds toward this overarching goal, like iron filings to a magnet. After all, the final cause in philosophy, the purpose and destination of aRead More →

St. Louis-Marie de Montfort gives to those who consecrate themselves completely and utterly to the Mother of God in the end times a special name, “Apostles of the end times”, and he describes the manner of their response, their qualities and the disposition of their hearts. In doing so heRead More →

Our Lady of the Snows is an old name for St Mary Major, a Church that is a Major Papal Basilica in Rome and the biggest Marian Shrine of ancient Christianity, being originally constructed by Pope Liberius around the year 360. It was embellished with beautiful mosaics of Mary andRead More →

Man refused to love God when he was tempted by the devil and allowed himself to be deceived by him. Since man fell into sin out of weakness, God decreed in His eternal Providence not to allow the work of His hands to suffer eternal ruin. He who had “established”Read More →