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Dear crotalus97,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, indeed the evil one has set, and contiunues to set, "traps" as well as "games" before us. As St. Peter tells us:

As Our Lady revealed to Sister...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The description of the "Catholic Apologetics and Literature Forum" states: "For Catholics who want to read and discuss apologetics, literature & films from a Catholic...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

St. Louis de Montfort continues in his treatise on True Devotion to explain motives for practicing this devotion to Mary:

St. Louis continually draws upon the Wisdom...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I just read an excellent article in "Crisis Magazine" which addresses problems not only in the USA but worldwide because the Church is Universal. The article can be...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In his treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, St. Louis de Montfort gives motives for undertaking this Devotion and today we are looking at motive #3:

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I thank You Lord for Your Infinite Mercy in all you have done for us, and have given to us, through this encyclical. May we live by Your Grace, in deeper Faith, Hope and above al Charity, for your...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Yesterday and today I posted excerpts from Pope Benedict's encyclical on "Christian Hope" in which he wrote some thoughts concerning "Purgatory". If you have never read...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We are coming to the end of this beautiful encyclical by Pope Benedict XVI, "On Christian Hope". Tomorrow, God willing, I'll be posting his last two paragraphs on...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

In his treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin, St. Louise De Montfort continues to explain how this devotion helps us to imitate Christ:

Jesus told His...

Dear HeartofMary,

Please forgive my long delay in responding to your post here. I read it and appreciated it very much. Just didn't have time to answer until this morning.

First - St....

Dear Petronius,

In each May Crowning, I look for children because especially in our day, it is so important for them to be taught about Mary, that they may grow in their love for her and thus come...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

What a beautiful concept of Purgatory, Pope Benedict continues to share with us from his encyclical, "On Christian Hope":

May the Holy Spirit enable us to keep and to...

Dear Heart of Mary,

Thanks for your reply. Thanks also for your reply in the Blessed Mother's Forum which God willing, I hope to answer soon :)

As a child - from about the age of ten or eleven...

Thanks Carol, for your reply. Preparing for Divine Mercy Sunday, I read this about "devotion" which was helpful:

St. Louis de Montfort goes to great pains in writing Total Consecration to Jesus...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Continuing the encyclical, "On Christian Hope", Pope Benedict discusses "Purgatory":


It is good for us to ponder during these 40 days after Easter, preparing for...

Dear Wyatt,

All of us are growing older each day, and by God's Grace, hopefully we are also growing closer to Him. It seems to me that as we age we can continue to grow in our "appreciation" for...

Peace to you, as well, dear brother Dicko,

Thanks for your reply. Seems to me, there is no "only by Mary thing" -- but, rather -- there is "only a God thing". God chose to love the world so...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today we continue in this section entitled: "III. Judgement as a setting for learning and practising hope", in Pope Benedict's encyclical "On Christian Hope":

This is...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

And so we continue with words from Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical "On Christian Hope":

Thank you, Lord, for the wisdom you have given to Pope Benedict XVI for the...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Ah, the Wisdom God gives to His Saints in every age! A friend of mine sent me these words of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, excerpted from a book entitled "Manual for...

Thanks, Michael.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

As I wrote previously, St. Louis de Montfort bases his writing not on his own "opinions" but he prayerfully seeks knowledge from the sources of Revelation in Scripture,...

Dear Dick,

Actually there is Biblical basis, but you must know that not everything is written exactly as you may want to "see" it in the Bible. For instance the words "Blessed Trinity" are not in...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Today we come to another "setting" for hope in Pope Benedict's encyclical "On Christian Hope":

I'm posting the next paragraph because although it is long, it seems...

Thanks so much, Bobs. Please pray that the "perfect buyer" comes soon to purchase their house. Financial burdens can be hard to bear alongside her loneliness at this time.