Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

by | Dec 31, 2024 | Meditations

Today, as we begin a new year, we are especially aware of our existence as creatures who live in time. Another year has passed. For many of us, the years seem to go by ever more quickly. We know that we have a limited time on this earth, and moment by moment our time...

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by | Aug 14, 2024 | Meditations

The readings for today’s glorious feast, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, offer us an opportunity to look back into salvation history to an earlier event in Mary’s life, the Visitation, and to the “great sign” in the sky in the Book of Revelation, and to the...

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

by | Jun 7, 2024 | Meditations

Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and today we follow with the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Church has chosen to put these two special days back-to-back to impress on us that the essence of...

Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Meditations

We have just passed through the richest period of the liturgical year, following Jesus through Holy Week, focusing on his Passion and Death, and then rising with him on the third day and celebrating his Resurrection throughout the Easter Octave and Divine Mercy...