Tag Archives: Our Lady

Sursum Corda Society

On Palm Sunday, Sister Marie Therese presided over a lovely little ceremony in the chapel of our new convent. Over a year ago, the Sisters started a prayer society for the young ladies in our community: the Sursum Corda Society. After a winnowing process, two young ladies renewed their promises, two more were re-instated, and [...]

Religious Professions

Please rejoice with us over the first vows of two of our Sisters: Sister Maria Rosaria and Sister Marie Gabrielle. They made their professions on March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), taking vows for three years as Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Semper Deo gratias et Mariae! (A special thank you to Carolyn [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Combating Concupiscence of the Eyes

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter V. – How the Christian Mother Should Combat the Concupiscence of the Eyes in Her Child. The second evil propensity, the concupiscence of the [...]

The Christian Training of Children – Combating Concupiscence of the Flesh

Little Book of Instructions for Christian Mothers [continued] (from Mother Love – A Manual for Christian Mothers – by Rev. Pius Franciscus, O.M.Cap., 1926) On the Christian Training of Children Chapter IV. – How the Christian Mother Should Combat in Her Child the Concupiscence of the Flesh. The first evil inclination, the concupiscence of the [...]

Rosa Mystica – Mystical Rose – A Medieval Mary-Song

Maria Walks Amid the Thorn reminds me of another poem from I Sing of a Maiden, this time a medieval Mary-song (author: Anonymous). Rosa Mystica There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare [bore] Jesu: Alleluia! For in that rose containèd was Heaven and earth in little space: Res Miranda! [...]

Feast of Our Lady of the Expectation

Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Expectation. This feast has an interesting history that Brother Andre reviewed for us this morning (one aspect being the deferred feast of the Incarnation — Annunciation — from the days when no feasts were kept in Lent). In Spain, this feast day is Nuestra Senora de [...]