Today is both the Feast of the Visitation in the Novus Ordo rite and the Queenship of Mary in the traditional rite. These two feasts are linked in a way and each lead us to an understanding of the other. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/39118/the-visitation-and-the-queenship.html

The only answer to the growing discord in the Church and the world today, which is like the confusion of Babel, is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit, a modern-day Pentecost upon society and members of the Church. — Read on http://www.catholic365.com/article/39022/we-need-the-holy-spirit.html

St. Simon Stock was a Carmelite friar who is credited with the reception of the brown scapular, which he was given by Our Lady in a vision. The brown scapular can be a source of great graces to those who wear it when accompanied by fervent efforts to live lives of deep faith and devotion. … Continue reading St. Simon Stock and the Brown Scapular →