Fleurs de Marie-Jacqueline

Upcoming on Tuesday, July 22, is the feast of St. Mary Magdalene.  Here is St. Anselm's lovely prayer: St. Mary Magdalene, thou didst co...

                                                                                       O Divine Redeemer! Humbly prostrate at the foot of Th...

    On March 25, we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation, commemorating the event where Archangel Gabriel "declared unto Mary" ...

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy . Christ, have mercy. Christ have mercy. Holy Trinity, one God. Have mercy on us. Holy Mary, pray for ...

  Monday, October 7, will be the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. This is a republication of a piece I originally published on October 7, 20...

  In view of today's opinion of the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it se...

A hymn of thanksgiving: Te Deum (in Latin) Te Deum laudámus: te Dóminum confitémur. Te ætérnum Patrem, omnis terra venerátur. Tibi omnes...

Today is the Feast of St. Joseph.  Also, Holy Mother Church dedicates the month of March to St. Joseph. He is indeed a powerful intercesso...

(by Cardinal Merry del Val) O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, hear me. From the desire of being esteemed, Deliver me, Jesus. From the ...

My God, I believe in Thee; do Thou strengthen my faith. All my hopes are in Thee; do Thou secure them. I love Thee with my whole ...

In her marvelous novel The Scent of Water , Elizabeth Goudge describes an encounter between one of the book's main characters and a stra...

Part II of the review of the book by Georges Bernanos and the film by Robert Bresson, Diary of a Country Priest , will not be posted this w...

The Rosarian's Handbook (1942) describes a procession for Rosary Sunday to be sponsored by the Rosary Altar Society. Before the process...

Here is the favorite old picture of a guardian angel and the favorite old prayer to one's guardian angel, whose feast is today, October ...

Here is the conclusion to the Rosary Novena according to the Rose Paths as set forth in The Rosarian Handbook : “PART THREE: LAST THREE ...

Here is how The Rosarian Handbook explains the second set of three days of the Rosary Novena according to the Rose Paths: “PART TWO: SECON...

Here are the instructions from The Rosarian’s Handbook for first three days of the Rosary Novena according to the Rose Paths: “PART ONE: F...

The 1942 Rosarian’s Handbook describes a beautiful way to pray a Rosary novena that is very much in keeping with the word “Rosary”, which d...

Traditionally, August is the month dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary . Here is the Litany of the Immaculate Heart: Lord, have mercy ...

Today is the 79th anniversary of the death of Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta (1865-1930) who served as Secretary of State during t...