The apostolic prayer consists in turning to God in order to save souls, one’s own first, then the souls of those entrusted to us, and finally all souls. Praying this prayer confirms the conviction that the conversion and sanctification of souls is a work of grace and thus that everythingRead More →

Prayer is lifting up the soul to God in order to adore Him, thank Him, present petitions to Him and ask His forgiveness. No one on earth accomplished this so perfectly as Mary did. As with everything else, so too Mary’s prayer becomes the “form”, the prototype and example forRead More →

God cannot suffer, let alone die. In order to acquire this right to death and to the pains that are like its announcement or prelude, He, who wanted to suffer and die for the glory of his Father and for our salvation, had to take a body similar to ours.Read More →

“A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.” (Sir 3:28) The perverse of heart are simply worldly people who are always more scandalized at the sins of the “good” than they are at the worst crimes of wicked men.Read More →

The virtue of hope causes us to yearn for the supernatural truth acknowledged in faith and to trust in God’s promises. It is the virtue that makes us aspire to God with boundless trust in His gracious help. Now every fiber of Mary’s being is yearning for God and boundlessRead More →

Our religious life is always in danger of becoming superficial, habitual, even external. But our Lord is a God of the heart, He wants our heart. Also in this regard, devotion to Mary’s Heart is a wonderful help to true interiority. St. Louis-Mary of Montfort calls Mary “Queen of Hearts”.Read 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 →