Blessed Virgin Mary

by Fr. Edward Looney Each year Catholics dedicate the month of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, affectionately calling it the month of Mary. In fact, each month has a devotional designation: June to Jesus’ Sacred Heart and July to His…

There are two types of Christmas movies: the classics such as Miracle on 34th Street or It’s a Wonderful Life and then there are the contemporary Hallmark Channel or Netflix Originals. I’ve heard people lament, especially about the latter,…

O, Mary, my Mother, be my refuge and my shelter. Give me peace in the storm. I am tired on the journey. Let me rest in you. Shelter and protect me. — St. Bernadette Soubirous

Mary shares our human condition, but in complete openness to the grace of God. Not having known sin, she is able to have compassion on every kind of weakness. — St. John Paul II

Only after the last judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children. — St. John Vianney

by Jeff Young For centuries Catholics have fostered a special devotion to Mary during the month of May. What child in his or her Catholic school or parish hasn’t been mesmerized by the solemnity and sweetness of the annual May Crowning? I…

Do we really get Mary? We know God made her perfectly sinless. She needed to be perfect, because Jesus would take his human nature from her. That’s why she was humble, meek, and so, so good. And that’s where we get stuck. Everybody focuses…

by Elizabeth Lev Michelangelo’s first masterpiece, the Pietà, was concocted out of the most unlikely ingredients: a rookie sculptor known for pagan subjects, a worldly pope whose name was synonymous with corruption, and subject matter not…

It would be strange if the Queen of Mothers, whose glory consists precisely in giving and blessing, should refuse her aid to those whom she has brought forth spiritually. — St. Just de Bretenières

Mary, in bringing forth Jesus, our savior and our life, brought forth many unto salvation; and by giving birth to Life itself, she gave life to many. — St. William the Abbot