Mary Christmas...

A friend had this picture on Facebook. I stole it, and reproduced it here.  Love the message. 

There is also this wonderful history of male saints taking the name of "Mary":

• St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe
• St. Anthony Mary Claret
• St. Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort

There are probably others...

The Art of The Game...

Now realize that anyone who doesn't know how to set up the pieces for a game of chess won't know how to play well...

And oh, how permissible this kind of game will be for us; and how quickly, if we play it often, will we checkmate this divine King, who will not be able to escape, nor will he want to. . .

The queen is the piece that can carry on the best battle in this game, and all the other pieces help.  There's no queen like humility for making the King surrender.

Humility drew the King from heaven to the womb of the Virgin, and with it, by one hair, we will draw him to our souls.

-- St. Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection, Ch. 16

St. Raphael

 

A Carmelite friend recently gave me this holy card of St. Kalinowski.

(Looks to be foreign in origin).

Will need to read up on his life and writings...

 

Constant Prayer...

Get Up And Eat...

"Get up and eat, else the journey will be too long for you!"   (1 Kings, 19:7)

Forgotten And Way, Way Overdue...

Must have forgotten about this one (even though it's famous).
This one is way, way overdue.  Can't possibly do without it.   Sorry I missed you, Lord!

Llena Eres de Gracia...

 

 

Dios te salve, Maria. Llena eres de gracia: El Señor es contigo.