Walking with Mary through Holy Week
When the father of a family dies, the entire family is shaken. When the Savior of the world dies, the entire universe is shaken. Walk with Mary through Holy Week.
When the father of a family dies, the entire family is shaken. When the Savior of the world dies, the entire universe is shaken. Walk with Mary through Holy Week.
Mary never refused the slightest of God’s requests and sought always to do his holy Will. Astonished as she was at Gabriel’s Annunciation message, it was a matter of course for her to respond with her simple, humble, yes.
At the Presentation, the Holy Family adhered to Jewish custom, not for their own sakes, but for ours so as to show us how to acknowledge the Authority that supercedes all human authority – God alone. Later in their lives, they would show us how to oppose wrongful authority even to the point of our Lord’s Passion and Crucifixion.
Baptism invites us to submit our hearts and wills to Christ, embarking on a journey of deepening love and faithfulness. What better time than now to renew our Baptismal vows? We need to recommit ourselves to living in imitation of Christ, walking in his Light and Wisdom, and rejecting Satan and his evil ways at all costs.
With so much on your to-do list, you can feel as though you’ll never be ready for Christmas. You might be closer to being ready than you think. Despite the things waiting to get done, there’s only one question you need to ask yourself to determine your readiness. It’s probably Read more…
This is the time to crown our Blessed Mother, not just on the feast of her Queenship (August 22), but every day, and even several times a day. Crowning her Queen of our heart, Queen of the world will make a statement about who we stand for and with and reclaim ourselves for Christ the King and his Queen Mother, Mary.
In the past several weeks, there have been 50 recorded incidents of churches, parishes, and religious statues being destroyed in the United States and Canada. That list continues to grow. This is a cause for great concern, but not for hopelessness. Buildings, parishes and statues are structures that can be defaced and destroyed, but our faith cannot – as long as we cling to Christ and his Mother.