The great O Antiphons reflect the coming of Jesus Christ into this world.
Read MoreThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary crowns the octave of the Assumption, and all other marian feasts.
Read MoreA statue in the columbarium of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of the Rockies highlights one of Mary’s role as Queen of Heaven: namely, to get more souls into Paradise.
Read MoreMary’s intercession is needed always but in particular in the final moments of our earthly pilgrimage at the hour of our death.
Read MoreThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary offers insight into what is Mary’s role in heaven.
Read MoreThe crown jewel, Mary, above all, represents the splendor of not just the human race but all of creation.
Read MoreThe splendor of creation - the splendor of the natural world - is raised to new heights through the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Read MoreThe Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary emphasizes her role in the Incarnation.
Read MoreThe days between the Assumption and Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary provide moments for deeper devotion to the Mother of Christ.
Read MoreIf the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the expression of God's love for us, then the Heart of Mary is the expression of our love for God.
Read MoreGod, who is Love Himself, was made incarnate to love the human race with a human heart.
Read MoreThe real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is the source of the Church's life and the goal to which the Church's life is directed.
Read MoreSt. Paul teaches us that only by the Holy Spirit can we say "Jesus is the Lord"; it is the Holy Spirit who enables us to cry out, "Abba, Father."
Read MoreHistory seen through the Eyes of Faith will recognize three ages: age of the Father; age of the Son; and age of the Holy Spirit.
Read MorePentecost reveals the the primary purpose of the Spirit is to bring us into union with the Triune God.
Read MoreThe great drama of life, as St. John Paul II would say, is bridging the gap between who-I-am and who-I-ought-to-be.
Read MorePentecost, the start of the Church, was the occasion of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles; the same Holy Spirit familiar to Mary in the Annunciation.
Read MoreThe the Holy Spirit is the breath that comes from the exchange of love between the Father and the Son.
Read MoreThe preparation to Pentecost is a preparation to eternity; to live, grow, and abide in the Holy Spirit.
Read MoreThe greatest gift God has given us, not endowed to the rest of the material creation, is free will.
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