Our Spiritual Mother As the last page of the calendar flips from 2025 to 2026, and not yet knowing what the new year will bring, it is fitting we entrust our lives to our spiritual Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Every time we pray the “Hail Mary,” we invoke her care, “pray for us now, … Continue reading Mary Most Holy
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St. Joseph, the Carpenter
Feast day of St. Joseph Two Days after St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone is Irish, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Joseph, the foster father of Jesus and husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although St. Joseph is one of the critical human figures of salvation, little is written about him in historical texts. … Continue reading St. Joseph, the Carpenter
The Courage of St. Joseph
Jesus’ Foster Father is the Example Most Needed Today Today is the Feast of the Holy Innocents, a day set aside in the liturgical calendar to honor the baby boys two years of age and younger who died at the hands of King Herod. As you may recall, Herod was visited by the Magi from … Continue reading The Courage of St. Joseph
The Second Annunciation
St. Joseph betrothed to the Blessed Mother Mary and the foster father of Jesus is the focus on the last Sunday of Advent. We are told the birth of Jesus came about in a way which seemed to be scandalous. Before they lived to together as husband and wife, Mary was already pregnant.The moral expectation … Continue reading The Second Annunciation