Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ
[Excerpts from “Quas Primas” (On the Kingship of Christ) by Pope Pius xi, Dec,11,1925.] Let Us expain briefly the nature and meaning of this Lordship of Christ. It consists, We need scarcely say, in a threefold power which is essential to lordship. This is sufficiently clear from the Scriptural testimony already adduced concerning the universal…
Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Homily of Saint Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Father and Doctor of the Church) I see here a joyful company of Christian men met together in ready response to the call of Mary, the Holy and ever-Virgin Mother of God. The great grief that weighed upon me is changed into joy by your presence, venerable Fathers….
Feast of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
(Excerpts from the writings of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort) Ever since Saint Dominic established the devotion to the Holy Rosary (given to him by Our Lady in 1214) up until the time when Blessed Alan de la Roche re-established it in 1460, the Holy Rosary has always been called the Psalter of…