Our Lady of Sorrows

Mothers often carry sorrow in their hearts; sorrow is an inescapable aspect of maternal love. Mary, who loves more, therefore also has more sorrow. With today’s feast, which goes naturally with yesterday’s celebration of the Exaltation of the Cross, we join our...

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Yesterday the rich man went away sad because he had many possessions. Why is it difficult for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God? Because if we attach much value to our possessions, then it is difficult to let them go. Along with wealth comes the worry of...

The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Today we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, an event we ponder frequently as the Fourth Glorious Mystery of the Rosary. On this Solemnity, we encounter a profound mystery that the Church has pondered for centuries. Mary, conceived without...

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

On Sunday, we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. Today we ponder an earlier event in which the Spirit was already active, not in public display overflowing from the Upper Room, but in secret, in the hidden world of the womb. We celebrate...