No one can live continually in sin and continue to say the Rosary. Either he will give up the sin or he will give up the Rosary. Bishop Patrick Boyle If families give Our Lady fifteen minutes a day by reciting the Rosary, I assure them that their homes will become, by [...]
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Seeing the Mysteries
May 19, 2012It’s never too late to start a collection of pictures with religious themes to make into Rosary books for your children or godchildren. I’ve done this in the past by simply using a three-ring binder and plastic sheet protectors. Back each picture with a sheet of solid paper to hide the distracting print on the [...]
May 18, 2012
“Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary’s which purifies the monotony of your sins!” –St. Josemaria Escriva
A tiny primer on Revelation
May 18, 2012(to go with this week’s lesson on Marian Apparitions) Revelation (reh-vuh-LAY-shun): VERB: God’s activity in making Himself and His purposes known to humankind through Christ, the prophet, and the Apostles. NOUN: The content of the Faith that is communicated and handed on. God reveals to human beings His intention to draw them into union with [...]
Learning from Art
May 17, 2012“Genuine sacred art draws man to adoration, to prayer, and to the love of God …” but it also teaches. We can learn a great deal about what the Church teaches on a variety of doctrines from this piece by Velazquez. First of all, the event pictured is the Coronation of Mary as Queen of [...]
While we’re on the subject …
May 16, 2012Here are a few more parent-tested ideas on praying the Rosary together as a family: Have reasonable expectations. If you have two toddlers, a squirrelly preschooler, and a 1st grader, perhaps a full Rosary is too much for their attention span. Try a decade instead (or just start with praying each of the prayers one [...]
Honoring Mary in May
May 15, 2012One of the natural activities to celebrate the Month of Mary is to simply pray the Rosary. I’m actually laughing a little as I use the word “simply,” because anyone who has tried to pray a Rosary with small children knows that it’s anything but simple! One mom in our program has found a way [...]
May is the month of Mary
May 14, 2012Few subjects have inspired more beautiful art over the centuries than the Blessed Virgin Mary! This work is one of many that can be found in the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. In the 15th century, Fra Angelico created one piece for each of the cells (dormitories) in the convent as its only [...]
The Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for May, 2012
May 1, 2012General Intention: The Family. That initiatives which defend and uphold the role of the family may be promoted within society. Missionary Intention: Mary, Guide of Missionaries. That Mary, Queen of the World and Star of Evangelization, may accompany all missionaries in proclaiming her Son Jesus. O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer [...]
Happy 7th Anniversary to Pope Benedict XVI!
April 19, 2012Do you remember where you were seven years ago when you heard he was named the new pope?
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