From “The Lament of Mary”
by St. Simeon Metaphrastes “O uncovered corse, yet Word of the Living One! self-doomed to be uplifted on the cross for the drawing of all men unto Thee, – what member of Thine hath no wound? O my blessed brows, embraced by the thorn-wreath which is pricking at my heart! O beautiful and priestly One, who hadst […]
Rule of Life for those Consecrated to the Immaculate Virgin
by St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe 1. I must be a saint and a great saint. 2. For the glory of God, I must save myself and all souls, present and future, through the Immaculate. 3. Before anything else flee not only from mortal but also from deliberate venial sin. 4. Do not permit: a. that evil […]
The Secret of Mary
by St. Louis de Montfort INTRODUCTION 1. Here is a secret, chosen soul, which the most High God taught me and which I have not found in any book, ancient or modern. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, I am confiding it to you, with these conditions: (1) That you share it only with people who […]
Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
by St. Louis de Montfort I, a faithless sinner, renew and ratify today in thy hands, O Immaculate Mother, the vows of my Baptism. I renounce forever Satan, his pomps and works, and I give myself entirely to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom, to carry my cross after Him all the days of my life, […]
On the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Joseph of Cupertino Refuge of sinners, Mother of God, have pity on me. She is the Dispensatrix of the graces of Paradise; all the riches of the human race come from Her hands, for God created Her for this. God willed to be born of the Woman, the Virgin without sin; nor did He violate the virginal […]
Acknowledge Her as Mother of God
by St. John Damascene Nestorious should be ashamed, and should place his hand on his lips. This Child is God. How then can she who bore Him be anything but God’s Mother? If anyone does not acknowledge her as Mother of God, such a one is far removed from the Godhead. These words, though it […]
The Perpetual Virginity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
by St. Jerome INTRODUCTION 1. I was requested by certain of the brethren not long ago to reply to a pamphlet written by one Helvidius. I have deferred doing so, not because it is a difficult matter to maintain the truth and refute an ignorant boor who has scarce known the first glimmer of learning, […]
A Homily on the Dormition of our Supremely Pure Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
by St. Gregory Palamas Both love and duty today fashion my homily for your charity. It is not only that I wish, because of my love for you, and because I am obliged by the sacredcanons, to bring to your God-loving ears a saving word and thus to nourish your souls, but if there be […]
Formed in Her Both Divine and Human
by St. Gregory Nazianzen If anyone disbelieves that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is estranged from the Godhead. Were anyone to say that [Christ] passed through the Virgin as through a channel and was not formed in her both in divine and human fashion–‘divine’ because without a husband’s cooperation–‘human’ because […]
From “On the Immaculate Conception”
by St. Francis Anthony of Lucera How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O Daughter of the Prince! (Cant. 7:2) First Consideration O soul, ponder how, transparent and pure as She was from the very moment of Her Immaculate Conception, Mary came forth from the Most High God as the first-born Daughter of all creation, formed by His creative […]