Christmas
 | Christmas: The Little Drummer Boy: A Magnificent Vocation How Our Lord touches each soul in a special way
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 | Christmas: Feast of Glory and of Peace A meditation on how to avoid false glory and good will
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 | Christmas: He Will Be Called the Prince of Peace And His reign shall have no end…
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 | Christmas: The Admiration & Tenderness of Our Lady for Her Newborn Son A humility turned not toward self, but God
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 | Christmas: Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ The thoughts of Our Lady upon seeing the Divine Infant for the first time
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 | Christmas: The Shepherds of Bethlehem The angels appear with great tidings of joy
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 | Christmas: How Silent Night Reflects the German Mentality A perspective where the sacral must be silent and calm
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 | Christmas: The Two Advents of Our Lord Jesus Christ The reasons for the Nativity & the circumstances of the Last Judgment
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 | Christmas: Three Advents for Three Kinds of Men Where do you fit in the three kinds of men?
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 | Christmas: Preparing Soul and Body for Christmas The ideal Christmas celebration requires a different way of understanding it
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 | Christmas: The Glorification of Christmas through History Important events in History that God desired to take place on Christmas
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 | Christmas: Ara Coeli: Altar of the Heavens for the Santo Bambino An early Roman Church is a symbol of the triumph of Christianity over Paganism
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 | Christmas: The Prayer of the Shepherd A simple shepherd before the Creche can achieve an elevated prayer
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 | Christmas: Victory over the Three Egoisms How to conquer the desires for wealth, pleasures and honors
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 | Christmas: The Symbolism of Purity in the Christmas Scene The purity and nobility of the ermine represent the qualities of the Divine Infant
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Enthronement to the Sacred Heart History & promises for those who enthrone
Him in their homes
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A Statue of the Sacred Heart Emitting Certainty Analysis of the supernatural traits of a pious statue
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 | Devotion to the Sacred Blood of Jesus Christ Shed in the Passion Promise of Our Lord to St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Matilda & St. Bridget
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 | Why Is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus So Important? It stimulates the noblest human sentiments & the noblest affections of Divintiy
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 | Honoring Pictures of the Sacred Heart Words of St. Margaret Mary on this pious practice
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 | Promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque In a 1675 revelation Our Lord promised 12 privileges for the faithful
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 | The Counter-Revolutionary Role of the Sacred Heart Devotion How this devotion should properly be understood
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 | The Sacred Heart of Jesus: Symbol of Combativity An aristocratic devotion to form warriors and restore Christendom
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 | Sacred Heart: The Sky of Lorraine and the Kingdom of Our Lord How Christ reigns over each individual, province and people
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 | The Five First Saturdays & Nine First Fridays The conditions requested by Heaven to make them
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 | Devotion & Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus Promises made to a Carmelite nun in the 19th century
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 | The Heart of the Son Is Contained in the Heart of the Mother St. John Eudes, precursor to the Sacred Heart devotion
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 | The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ The Blood of Christ is the fountain of salvation
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 | The Devotions to Our Lady & Our Lord Are Inseparable A man is not a true Catholic without devotion to the Mother of God
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 | The Origin of the Feast of Corpus Christi The mission of St. Juliana of Liege & role of the Miracle of Orvieto
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The Holy Eucharist - Corpus Christi The marvelous means Our Lord chose to remain with men on earth
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 | Series on the Eucharist
Part 1 - The Magnitude of the Gift of the Holy Eucharist Comments on a meditation of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Part 2 - Our Debt of Gratitude to the Holy Eucharist "How can you resist a God Who gives Himself to you?"
Part 3 - ‘Be Confounded by Your Ingratitude’ We should receive Our Lord abounding in confidence
Part 4 - Our Lord’s Affection in Giving Us the Eucharist The time & way Christ instituted it & the difficulties He experienced
Part 5 - The Value and Efficacy of the Holy Eucharist "After receiving this gift, how can I refuse You anything?"
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 | The Christ Child Crucified on Mount Pichincha "You must be heroes in the terrible times to come"
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 | Page on the Holy Week: Click here to follow the ceremonies Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday, sequence & musics
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 | Holy Week: The Heroism of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane A model of Catholic heroism that perseveres to the end
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 | Holy Week: 'Who Will Stand Up for Me against Evildoers?' The isolation of Our Lord in His Passion and a call to our total dedication
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 | Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 1 The suffering of being rejected by one's own milieu
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 | Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 2 Expiatory suffering to spread the graces of Redemption
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 | Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 3 Everything sublime is born from sacrifice
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 | Holy Week: How Should We Follow the Passion of the Catholic Church? A more enthusiastic love, a unconditional dedication, and a keener combativity
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 | Holy Week: The Love of the Cross in Today’s Life True compassion for the Church is to share in her sufferings
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 | Holy Week: The Three Falls and the Three Degrees of Exhaustion The meaning behind each of the three falls of Our Lord on the Way of the Cross
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 | Holy Week: Preparation for Good Friday Three scenes to contemplate and special graces to request
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 | Holy Week: God’s Justice and Judas - Part 1 Commentary on ‘Judas, will you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?’
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 | Holy Week: God’s Justice and Judas - Part 2 Finding the balance between justice and mercy
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 | Holy Week: Our Lord Taken Prisoner ‘You come to imprison me with swords and staffs...’
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 | Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 1 The Church laments the ingratitude of the Jews toward their Messiah
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 | Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 2 How God freed the Jews from Egypt; their bitter retribution in the Passion
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 | Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 3 How God gave to the Jews in the Holy Land, and how they treated Jesus Christ
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 | Holy Week: The Seven Last Words of Our Lord Reactions of the Devil to each of these words, according to Ven. Mary of Agreda
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| Devotions to Our Lady
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Slavery to Mary - 4: The Devil's Hatred of True Devotion to Mary A mysterious hand hides the manuscript & destroys part of it
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Slavery to Mary - 3: The Rewards of Practicing Slavery to Mary 'The Holy Ghost will come in abundance to produce wonders of grace'
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Slavery to Mary - 2: Our Lady Will be Queen of Hearts We must 'breathe Mary as the body breathes air'
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Slavery to Mary - 1: The Wonderful Effects Our Lady Works in Souls What comes from Her lasts forever
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The Wise & Immaculate Heart of Mary How Our Lady practiced the virtue of wisdom
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Our Lady Help of Christians: A Second Victory with Napoleon Our Lady frees Pope Pius VII from captivity & converts the tyrant
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Pray the Impossible Requests Novena Beginning on the Annuncation and ending on Christmas
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The Purification - Its Mystery A prophecy fulfilled as Our Lord entered the Temple
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 | A Visit to Our Lady of Belén Testimony of two pilgrims to Carmel Mission
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 | Our Lady of Knock
Part 1 - The Silence Veils a Secret Report of the apparition
Part 2 - Our Lady of Knock & the Apparition at La Salette - 2 A comparison of two important 19th century Marian apparitions
Part 3 - Our Lady Appears at Knock during Her Crowning at La Salette Knock must be seen in light of La Salette's dire message
Part 4 - Our Lady of Knock & Our Lady of Lourdes Both confirm papal declarations
Part 5 - An Approaching Storm The Fatima warning prefigured by Our Lady of Knock
Part 6 - Knock, Mediatrix of All Graces & Immaculate Heart of Mary Knock foresees these two Marian devotions
Part 7 - St. John in the Apparition of Knock Why is the Apostle wearing a miter & carrying the Apocalypse?
Part 8 - The Living Bishop, St. John Is Knock telling us that the Apostle has a role to play in end times?
Part 9 - St. John Is Alive, According to Saints The faithful Bishop who confirms the Apostolic Succession
Part 10 - Popes & Hierarchy Oppose Our Lady’s Messages Common points in La Salette, Lourdes, Knock & Fatima
Part 11 - A Message Hidden & Defiled by Vatican II Hierarchy All is joy, peace and ecumenism at the Shrine...
Part 12 - The Lamb & Altar in the Knock Apparition The progressivists use Knock to promote the New Mass
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 | The Heart of the Son Is Contained in the Heart of the Mother St. John Eudes, precursor to the Sacred Heart devotion
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 | Devotion to Maria Bambina How this devotion was born in Milan & the miracles it worked
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 | A Proposal to Sing the Salve Regina A brief history of the prayer that has enchanted the Catholic world
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 | The Devotions to Our Lady & Our Lord Are Inseparable A man is not a true Catholic without devotion to the Mother of God
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 | Mary, the Finder of Grace - Inventrix Gratiae Why the Church calls Mary 'our life, our sweetness and our hope'
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 | Pius IX and the Immaculate Conception Her beauty, power and protection for sinners
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 | Canon Bacci & Our Lady of Genezzano In gratitude for a great grace, he spreads her devotion
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 | Our Lady of Prompt Succor, a Patroness for Americans Her miraculous protection at the Battle of New Orleans
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 | The Virgin of the Dew - La Virgen del Rocio A million people honor Our Lady in a traditional Spanish procession - Slide show
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 | Our Lady of Good Success Testimonies, articles, prayers and questions about Our Lady of Good Success
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 | Our Lady of Fatima The Third Secret refers to the corruption of the Hierarchy
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 | Fatima Issues A page dedicated to the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima
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 | The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady Her intransigence and combativeness are counterparts to her purity
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 | The Nativity of Our Lady When the victory of the Devil was complete, she was born, sealing his destruction
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 | The Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple In her life in the Temple, she began her preparation to be the Mother of Our Lord
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 | The Annunciation and the Incarnation of the Word Jesus living in Mary's womb is a mystery that contains all the others
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 | The Visitation of Our Lady The Magnificat refutes a sentimental piety that prevails in many Catholic circles
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 | The Divine Maternity of Our Lady Since she is the Mother of God, she is also the Mother of all men - and our Mother
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 | The Assumption of Our Lady The different joys Our Lady experienced in her Assumption and Coronation
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 | The Queenship of Our Lady To follow the will of Our Lady on earth is to defend the Church in today's crisis
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 | Our Lady Queen of the Angels Asking her to send her Angels to smash the demonic influence of the Revolution
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 | Our Lady of the Rosary Rosary: a means of salvation & a powerful weapon against evil
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 | Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom The greatest means to attain wisdom is through the devotion to the Our Lady
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 | Our Lady of the Miracle The conversion of Ratisbonnne was a strong blow to the Revolution
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 | Our Lady of Lourdes The great lesson of Lourdes is the acceptance of our sufferings
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 | Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano First impressions on standing before this picture of Mother and Son
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 | Our Lady of Good Counsel and Pettrucia The unwavering hope of one woman is rewarded with a great miracle
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 | La Macarena – Our Hope A photo-history of one of the most popular devotions of Holy Week in Seville
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 | Our Lady Help of Christians Just as at Lepanto, Our Lady has a victory prepared for us today
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 | Our Lady of Mount Carmel The Carmel Order and its link with the mystery of Fatima
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 | Our Lady of Confidence Our Lady promised those who venerate this image special protection in crisis
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 | Our Lady of the Abandoned Ones A majestic statue in Valencia who protects her abandoned children
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 | Our Lady of Guadalupe The courtesy of Juan Diego in his dealings with Our Lady
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 | Our Lady of Nazareth An important devotion that traveled from the Old world to the New
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 | Our Lady of Las Lajas No scientist can explain how the marvelous picture is imprinted in the rock
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 | Our Lady of Almudena, Patroness of Madrid The confidence of the Crusaders is rewarded by the discovery of her statue
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 | Our Lady of Perpetual Help The rich symbolism of each part of the Byzantine painting
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 | Mater Admirabilis - Mother Most Admirable A model ideal for young women and ladies in the world
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 | La Conquistadora, Our Country's Oldest Devotion to Our Lady An important reminder of Our Lady's place in American history
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 | Our Lady of Kazan and its Relation to the Fatima Message Russia has not converted and the Icon should not return to the Schismatics
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 | The Rosary and the Scapular: Weapons against Pride and Sensuality Gifts from Out Lady to help us combat our revolutionary tendencies
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| Devotions to St. Joseph
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Going to St. Joseph in a Time of Chaos Increasing our devotion to the Patron of the Catholic Church
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 | St. Joseph, an Undervalued Saint Our Lady advises us to have more recourse to this Great Saint
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 | The Feast Day of St. Joseph His role taking care of Our Lord and Our Lady
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 | With St. Joseph at Christmas: In a Sea of Peace A journey inside the soul of the great Patriarch a little before his Son was born
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 | The Importance of Devotion to St. Joseph St. Teresa of Avila and St. Alphonsus Liguori pay homage to the great Saint
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 | Prayer to St. Joseph To make our family a family of saints
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 | The Great St. Joseph A book rich in data about the Patron of the Church
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| Devotions to Special Saints
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 | Ven. Antonio Margil: Apostle of New Spain and Texas The epic story of the Franciscan miracle worker of the Americas
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 | St. Philippine Duchesne: Failures Became Her Success Her life was a series of failures; her perseverance & prayer earned her Heaven
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 | St. Therese of the Child Jesus: Master of Her Temperament A visage that reveals grandeur, suffering and serenity
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 | A Tribute to St. Philomena In thanksgiving for continual favors received
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