The Long and Eventful History of the Miraculous Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
(Fall-Winter, 2005)by Sr. Mary Agatha, CMRI The following is the fascinating story, dating back more than 500 years, of the miraculous icon which the Blessed Virgin herself commanded to be venerated between the churches of St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran in Rome. The icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help is one of […]
To Win Our Grateful Love: Reflections on the Sacred Heart Devotion
A Sermon Preached by Very Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI (Spring, 2016) My Dearly Beloved: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most beautiful, most rich, and most profound devotions that we have in the Catholic Church and it is absolutely theological and powerful in its meaning. Today as we celebrate […]
To Work for the Reign of the Sacred Heart, We Must First Fully Appreciate and Understand Holy Mass
Excerpts From a Conference Given by Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey, SS.CC, at a Benedictine Convent in April, 1944 The great Cardinal Mercier, a saintly man and a great theologian, used to say: “Give me a priest who fully appreciates the gift of his daily Mass, who relishes his Mass at the altar, never rushing, who lives […]
If God Truly Loved Me, Would He Allow Me to Suffer Horribly and Be Tempted to Sin?
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI (Fall, 2012) The allurements of the world and the lust of the flesh work to keep us from God and lead us to disobey His commandments by tempting us with an apparent good or poisoned pleasure. Our disordered passions and senses are lured by the bait of sinful pleasure […]
How to Develop the Spirit of Silence So That the Soul May Grow in the Virtues of Humility, Charity, and Piety
Servus Mariae “Servus Mariae Nunquam Peribit” “Servus Mariae” translates as “the servant of Mary” or “the slave of Mary.” This title reflects the spirituality of the Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen. That spirit is one of Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, as taught by St. Louis Marie de Montfort. The column title also reflects […]
How to Make the Greatest Evil in Our Lives Our Greatest Happiness
(Winter-Spring, 2006) by Fr. Paul O’Sullivan, O.P. (E.D.M.) Suffering is the great problem of human life. We all have to suffer. Sometimes small sorrows, sometimes greater ones fall to our share. We shall now tell our readers how to avoid much of this suffering, how to lessen all suffering and how to derive great benefits […]
Spirituality: How to avoid sins of the tongue
For Confraternity Readers: Servus Mariae “Servus Mariae Nunquam Peribit” by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI (Summer, 2017) In the book of Proverbs, we read: “In the multitude of words there shall not want sin” (Proverbs 10:19). Sins of speech are prevalent and many people simply talk too much. St. Francis de Sales advises us to […]
For Third Order Readers: Servus Mariae
(Fall, 1998)by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI Knowledge of Self Many people are fond of looking at themselves in a mirror to check their physical appearance. Few, however, are willing to look at themselves in the mirror of their conscience to check their spiritual condition. They fear to see themselves as they really are and […]
Advent: Docility to God’s Grace
A Sermon preached by Fr. Louis Kerfoot, CMRI on the Second Sunday of Advent (1998) My dear friends, today’s Gospel relates how St. John the Baptist, having been imprisoned for rebuking Herod for living with his brother’s wife, sent two of his disciples to ask Christ if He is the Messias: “Art Thou He Who […]
What is our relationship with the Persons of the Most Holy Trinity? (Sermon)
What is the Most Holy Trinity? What is our relationship with each Person?
