Her Own

Excerpt from:  Hail Holy Queen!, by St. Alphonsus Liguori, pgs. 44-45: Mary is the Mother of sinners who wish to repent, and as a mother she cannot do otherwise than compassionate them; nay more, she seems to feel the miseries of her poor children as if they were her own.  When the Canaanitish woman begged [...]

Feastday of St. Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153) was a Cistercian and a Doctor of the Church.  He is known as the Marian Doctor, and in an excellent article found on the website Our Lady of Medjugorje, author Cristina Palici explains: Amongst the Doctors of the Church he is known as the Marian Doctor; not that [...]

Mary, Mediatrix of Contemplation

We have, moreover, considered the external conditions that favor contemplation and union with God.  They are:  a certain solitude, silence, sufficient time given to prayer, no overburdening, no useless reading, no preoccupations foreign to our vocation.  To these external conditions must be added natural aptitude and also enlightened direction.  If many of these exterior conditions [...]