Fr. Scott Haynes On the fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Christ, the promise of the Holy Ghost descended upon the Church in a scene unparalleled in majesty and power. While Sacred Scripture recounts this moment in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1-4), Venerable Mary of Agreda, a 17th-century Franciscan nun, was graced with detailed private revelations recorded in her monumental mystical work, The Mystical City of God. Her account not only magnifies the awe and wonder o

Join in the novena in honor of Mary and her Queenship.

Father Pavlicek made a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Mariazell Basilica and Mary inspired him to start a Rosary Crusade.

We honor Our Lady for her apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, and heed the message to repent and believe in the Gospel.

Fr. Scott Haynes This prayer, written be St. Bartolo Longo, approved and indulgenced by Pope Leo XIII, is to be prayed on May 8, and on the first Sunday of October. It may be prayed also at the conclusion of the 54 Day Rosary Novena. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. I. O august Queen of victories, Virgin who reignest in paradise, whose mighty name causes Heaven to rejoice and hell to tremble, O glorious Queen of the most holy Rosary, we

Fr. Scott Haynes On May 8, the Church honors Our Lady of Pompeii, also known as Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii. It is a feast born in a place of ashes, ruins, poverty, and spiritual renewal. Ancient Pompeii is famous for death, for the buried city, for the sudden silence left by Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Yet near those ruins there rose another Pompeii, a Christian Pompeii, where the Rosary became a sign of resurrection. The feast is closely tied to St. Bartolo Longo, the

Rev. Scott A. Haynes The Mother Through Whom Christ Gives His Gifts Among the most beautiful teachings in Catholic tradition is the conviction that the Blessed Virgin Mary exercises a maternal mediation for the people of God. The Church has long invoked her under titles such as Advocate, Helper, Auxiliatrix, and Mediatrix. These titles do not place Mary alongside Jesus Christ as though she were equal to Him. Rather, they reveal the astonishing generosity of Christ, who wills

Fr. Scott Haynes Feast of Our Lady of Montserrat April 27 There are moments in life when words fail us. When suffering presses too deeply, when confusion clouds the mind, when even prayer seems distant or difficult. In such moments, the Church places on our lips not a long formula, but a single word—ancient, universal, and full of power: Mother. This is how the Christian heart learns to pray when it can no longer rely on its own strength. It is the cry of the child who does n

Honor your mother by enrolling her in the novena for Mother's Day. May Our Blessed Mother intercede for our mothers, living and deceased.

As we contemplate the Annunciation, may we marvel at the mystery of God becoming man for our salvation.

In studying the liturgical art for the important feasts of the Church year, one of the most impressive is the Icon of the Annunciation.

Beginning on March 25, the feast of the Annunciation, we pray a novena to ask Mary's intercession.

Ave Regina by Stopford is a moving motet for Lent.

A man paralyzed in a train accident is miraculously cured at Lourdes by the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

The "Beautiful Lady" at Lourdes met Bernadette Soubirous, in a series of 18 events, and said: “Que soy era Immaculada Councepciou.”

Fr. Scott Haynes THE PRAYERS These prayers are offered on February 2 for the blessing of candles on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Let us pray. O Holy Lord, Father almighty, everlasting God, who hast created all things out of nothing, and by Thy command hast caused this liquid to become perfect wax by the labor of bees: and who, on this day didst fulfill the petition of the righteous man Simeon: we humbly entreat Thee, that by the invocation of Thy most holy Name

Honor Our Lady of Lourdes and intercede for the sick and suffering.

Celebrate the Espousal of Mary and Joseph on their feast on January 23.

Prepare for the feast of the Espousal of Mary and Joseph (January 23) by praying this novena January 14-22.

Learn the history of how Our Lady intervened to save New Orleans.