Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today was easily one of the best days of my life.  Yesterday I finished my 33-day preparation for my second annual renewal of my consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  I also took some time to myself to pray the 33 meditations (short prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary) all over again, though I [...]

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Last spring I was exploring the inseparableness of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (which feastday was yesterday) and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (which feastday is today), and posted some entries on united novenas, Two Hearts United, etc. This year the unification of the Two Hearts is still on my own heart, along with how [...]

The Revelation of the Immaculate Heart

The second apparition of Our Lady of Fatima occurred on June 13, 1917 (the first was on May 13, 1917, on which we celebrate the Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima).
It was on the occasion of this second apparition that the Blessed Virgin revealed her Immaculate Heart to Lucia, Jacinta and Francisco. Lucia had asked [...]

Feastday of Our Lady of Fatima

[Excerpt from the homily preached by Pope John XXIII (then Patriarch of Venice) at Fatima on May 13, 1956, for the twenty-fifth aniversary of the consecration of Portugal to the Immaculate Heart of Mary]:
Salute means safety from the evils of this world, and Nicopeja means Queen of Victories (note: here he is referring to two [...]

Feastday of St. John Eudes

Today is the feastday of St. John Eudes (1601-1680), whose devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary I wrote about a few months ago, in this post.  You can learn more about St. John Eudes on the website of the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (the Eudists).
Here is another [...]

The August Month of Mary

“August” – definition:  Marked by majestic dignity or grandeur.
How very appropriate then, that the whole month of August is devoted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and that within this month we will also celebrate two great feastdays, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary as well as the Queenship of Mary.
A prayer dedicated to [...]

Mary and the Monastic Life

The whole monastic life is lived in and with Mary the Virgin Mother who has given us the Word Incarnate.  She is the model and the summary of all monastic spirituality, and the fathers could call her the “rule of monks” – Maria regula monachorum….In such a life, we are completely conformed to the Virgin [...]

Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Today is a very special day, as we celebrate here both the Visitation and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Although Marian feasts are broken down into Solemnities, Feastdays, Memorials, “other” feasts and “local” feasts according to the liturgical calendar, they will all be treated as Feastdays in my “Categories”, because that is what they are [...]

Dedicated to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary

Through the graciousness of Jesus and Mary, I have been led to what I believe will be the theme song for this site:

The song is entitled “Oh, Sacred”, by Jane Chifley.  You can read more about Jane at Catholic Planet, as well as find information about her CD entitled “Heartbeats”, which is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and [...]

Inseparable

I have two small booklets at home by Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D., one being Favorite Novenas to Jesus and the other being Favorite Novenas to Mary.
In the Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, one passage mentions the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
Grant me the grace for which I humbly implore You through the Immaculate [...]