Fountain of Elias

"One is my love, my perfect one...she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her."

A meditation for Our Lady's Nativity, which is today.

"The Magnificat" by Tissot Tomorrow is the feast of the Nativity of Mary.

My brothers and sisters in Christ, let us pray for all who suffer because of slavery and war.

September is dedicated to the Holy Angels.

Let us not forget the September Martyrs, including the murder of Madame de Lamballe.

One dawn at the Discalced Carmelite chapel in Florence, a lovely, fair-haired girl of seventeen, in white veil and bridal dress, walked slowly down the aisle, candle in her hand.

Slavery is still very much with us.

One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her.

From Nobility: John, in his fetters, was attended by some of his disciples, who kept him in touch with the events of the day.

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It is a feast for those of us who have been praying for decades for the conversion of certain people.

Today on the Carmelite calendar it is the feast of the Transverberation of the Heart of St.

Today on the Carmelite calendar it is the feast of Saint Mary of Jesus Crucified, Miriam Baouardy, known as the "Little Arab."

Saint Louis IX, King of France, whose feast we celebrate today, is the epitome of the Christian knight, king and crusader.

Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth.

The Pope of the Eucharist.

The Irish people suffered a great deal for their faith over the centuries.

To quote from the great Cistercian Saint and Doctor: If squalls of temptations arise, or thou fall upon the rocks of tribulation, look to the star, call upon Mary.

My patron saint.

From Art for the Liturgical Year: The radiance of the gilded dome of heaven draws attention upward to where Christ welcomes his mother, body and soul, into the splendor of Heaven, where she shares the glory of her Son’s resurrection.4 Four concentric circ…

The Church Life Journal: It is important to realize that this dogma was not invented in the 1950’s.

In meditating upon the mystery of the Assumption we remember that nothing is impossible with God.

And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars....

On the feast of the Franciscan martyr St.