Articles in 'Mary & The Saints'
The Art of the Impossible - Part Two
The Art of the Impossible - Part Two
By David Torkington
I said in the first part of the lecture to launch my book, that the famous moral philosopher Professor Joad insisted that the teaching of the Gospels was absolutely impossible. In saying this, he wrongly believed that he was damning Christianity for good, when in fact he was describing it perfectly.
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Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa; Mystic, Victim Soul, and member of the Salesian Cooperators
Blessed Alexandrina Maria da Costa; Mystic, Victim Soul, and member of the Salesian Cooperators
By Larry Peterson
Alexandrina Maria da Costa was born in Balazar, Portugal, in 1904. Her father abandoned his family when she was very young leaving his wife, and two daughters, Deolinda and Alexandrina, destitute. Consequently, Alexandrina, who had only attended school for a mere eighteen months, was forced to go to work.
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My Life for Your Freedom---The Mercedarians Practice What They Preach: One of Them is St. Serapion of Algiers
My Life for Your Freedom---The Mercedarians Practice What They Preach: One of Them is St. Serapion of Algiers
By Larry Peterson
Four years ago a newly ordained Mercedarian priest was assigned to our parish. Father Scott Brentwood was 31 years old and showed up wearing the traditional habit of his order. The habit was all white and, as Father walked toward his new parish, watching him approach was like taking a peek into the middle ages. It was an awesome sight to behold!
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St. Alberto Hurtado, S.J. Honored by Pope Francis; He is the Patron St. of poor people, street children, and social workers.
St. Alberto Hurtado, S.J. Honored by Pope Francis; He is the Patron St. of poor people, street children, and social workers.
By Larry Peterson
St. Alberto Hurtado, Chile’s champion of the poor, especially children, was honored by Pope Francis when the Holy Father visited his shrine on January 16. Father Hurtado was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country’s second saint. (The first saint of Chile was the 20-year-old, St. Teresa of the Andes).
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The "Little Flower" and Our Lady of the Smile
The "Little Flower" and Our Lady of the Smile
By Larry Peterson
St. Therese was born January 2, 1873 and I want to share my favorite story about this Saint. It happened when she was ten years old, and the result was not just the “Little Flower’s” miraculous recovery from an unknown and life-threatening illness, but it also was the beginning of devotion to what became known as Our Lady of the Smile.
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What Constitutes a 'Perfect Prayer'?
What Constitutes a 'Perfect Prayer'?
By Charlie Johnston
What is the Perfect Prayer? Any time you speak to God from your heart, and remain in reverent silence to allow Him to speak to you, I'd say that's a pretty good start.
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Missed Carriage
Missed Carriage
By Greg Schlueter
I consider our family blessed beyond measure. But I can't help but wonder what it would be like if our little Thérèse was still with us.
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God Thinks Big – He Made Elephants, Didn't He?
God Thinks Big – He Made Elephants, Didn't He?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
There’s an oft-told anecdote about the great luminary of theological insight, Saint Augustine. One day, walking along the seashore, pondering the greatness of God and his boundless goodness and mercy, he came upon a tine child at the water’s edge, repeatedly dipping a spoon into the water and emptying it into a pail.
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Why do We Need to Embrace Suffering?
Why do We Need to Embrace Suffering?
By Tony Jesse
When Mother Teresa’s work in Calcutta, India was gaining fame in the 1970's, she drew the attention of national news reporters. A reporter was interviewing Mother Teresa in the slums of Calcutta. In the morning, Mother Teresa told the reporter all about the joy of God.
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How Can a Doctor Be an Atheist?
How Can a Doctor Be an Atheist?
By Bill Dunn
Recently I was waiting in the examination room at the doctor’s office. I don’t really like the fact that I now can utter the phrase, “My cardiologist told me…” I guess having a doctor who I can describe as “My cardiologist” is just another sign of getting old. At least I am yet unable to say, “My oncologist told me…”
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Faith: The Mystery, Gift, and New Thoughts of Reciprocity
Faith: The Mystery, Gift, and New Thoughts of Reciprocity
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
“After trying out several churches over the last few months, I realized that none of them could work for me because you need faith to go to church.”
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Why Did Jesus Use Harsh Language?
Why Did Jesus Use Harsh Language?
By Tony Jesse
The show Intervention on A&E illustrates how a drug addict gets to the sad point in which a therapist has to sit down with the addict and deliver him the hard, but necessary truth of their addiction. In the grand picture of salvation, Jesus is the interventionist, and we are the addict that suffers from the addiction to sin.
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Miracles and Secrets: Rediscovering Mary in Fatima and Lourdes
Miracles and Secrets: Rediscovering Mary in Fatima and Lourdes
By Mary Ashley Burton
My mother booked an Airbnb for the 100th anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun in Fatima, on October 13th, 2017, two years in advance. No matter where we would be, or what our circumstances might be like then, it was certain that we would be in Fatima to celebrate. When I say we, I mean that my mom called me to inform me that I’d be going with her.
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The Path of Reparation
The Path of Reparation
By Susan Skinner
A few weeks back I went to the mall for the first time in a long while, as the mall has never really been my thing. I was struck by the starkness of sin that has so overtaken the secular world, so much so, that I would venture to say most people don’t even recognize it.
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So What is Repentance?
So What is Repentance?
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Each of the defective forms of repentance entails one essential requisite for true repentance, although each is in itself incomplete – incapable of constituting the kind of repentance that “leads to salvation” (2 Corinthians 7:10), though taken together they do. Each one lacks a proper attitude.
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Learning to Love - The Meaning of Mystical Theology
Learning to Love - The Meaning of Mystical Theology
By David Torkington
Many years ago Bishop Casey of Brentwood, England, asked me to set up a Residential Retreat and Conference Centre in Chingford, London. He wanted to use it as a place where priests, religious and laity could come to learn about the Biblical Theology that had made the Second Vatican Council possible.
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St. Raymond Nonnatus: Healing Prayers for the Divorced
St. Raymond Nonnatus: Healing Prayers for the Divorced
By Dr. Anne DeSantis
St. Raymond Nonnatus is a saint from the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy or the Mercedarian Order and was born in 1204 in Barcelona, Spain. He is called Nonnatus or “not born” referring to his Caesarean section birth.
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