Feast Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen
(Homily of Saint Bonaventure, Doctor of the Church) The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of the great King by reason of a noble kind of Conception, according to the message given her by the Angel. “Behold,” he said, “thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and thou shalt bring forth a Son”; and again, “The…
The Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel
(“The Liturgical Year”, by the Right Rev. Dom Prosper Gueranger) David foretold that the Emmanuel’s coming into this world would be greeted by the Angels, and that they would humbly adore him on his first appearing among us. We saw this prophecy fulfilled on the Night ever blessed, when Mary brought forth the Fruit of…