Blessed Mother, Blessed Children

Our Lady of Vladimir

27th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday (Year II)

Luke 11:27-28

“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it” (Luke 8:21).

While Jesus was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”Read the rest

Of Gates and Pearls

Gate of the Mary Garden at the Passionist Monastery in Jamaica, NY

12th Week in Ordinary Time, Tuesday (Year II)

Matthew 7:6, 12-14

Ever since the gates of Eden closed, the children of Adam have been searching for the tree of life from every corner of the earth.… Read the rest