Articles on the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Angel of Fatima
"Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most High! .. the Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications" - the Angel of Fatima, 1916The events of Fatima did not begin in May 1917, but in the Spring of 1916, more than a year before...
Our Friends in Purgatory
"All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven." - Catechism of the Catholic...
Our Friends The Saints
"The memory of the Saints leads us to raise our eyes to Heaven: not to forget the realities of the earth, but to face them with more courage and hope." - Pope Francis, Feast of All Saints - 1st November 2019It is probable that most Catholics have at least one...
New Marian Feast
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has today instituted a new Marian feast day - the optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Loreto, to be celebrated on 10th December each year. The text of the official promulgation of the new feast is given below and the official...
Those Two Moments
"If men only knew what eternity is, they would make all possible efforts to amend their lives" - Saint Jacinta MartoHuman life in the 21st century often tends to focus on the ephemeral, the transitory, and those things which we are entirely powerless to control in any...
The Daily Rosary
"But the most important reason for strongly encouraging the practice of the Rosary is that it represents a most effective means of fostering among the faithful that commitment to the contemplation of the Christian mystery .. it is more urgent than ever that our...
The Holy Rosary
The Spiritual Life
Marian Devotion and Sacramentals
The Angel of Fatima
"Offer prayers and sacrifices constantly to the Most High! .. the Hearts of Jesus and Mary are attentive to the voice of your supplications" - the Angel of Fatima, 1916The events of Fatima did not begin in May 1917, but in the Spring of 1916, more than a year before...
Our Friends in Purgatory
"All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven." - Catechism of the Catholic...
Our Friends The Saints
"The memory of the Saints leads us to raise our eyes to Heaven: not to forget the realities of the earth, but to face them with more courage and hope." - Pope Francis, Feast of All Saints - 1st November 2019It is probable that most Catholics have at least one...
The Holy Fathers
“I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to persevere in your devotion to Mary. The more we live and grow in our readiness to trust Her, the more Mary draws us closer to the ‘riches of Christ which are beyond understanding’.”
– Pope John Paul II, speaking at Fatima
The Saints
“Both Saint Bernard and Saint Bonaventure say that the Queen of Heaven is certainly no less grateful and conscientious than gracious and well-mannered people of this world. Just as she excels in all other perfections, she surpasses us all in the virtue of gratitude; so she would never let us honor her with love and respect without repaying us one hundred fold. Saint Bonaventure says that Mary will greet us with grace if we greet her with the Hail Mary.”
– St Louis Marie de Montfort (author of ‘True Devotion To The Blessed Virgin Mary’)