BG writes: “If there’s no such thing as reincarnation, why do so many children remember past lives with details they couldn’t possibly have known about?”
Monthly Archives: May 2024
A most loving mother
May 7
“When at the annunciation the Most Blessed Virgin gave the consent which was expected by the Eternal Word before becoming her Son, she from that moment asked our salvation of God with intense ardor, and took it to heart in such a way that from that moment, as a most loving mother, she bore us in her womb.”
-St. Bernardine of Siena
Children of Mary
May 6
“God the Father wishes to have children by Mary till the consummation of the world…”
-St. Louis Grignion de Montfort
The most pure womb of Mary
May 5
“Although in the most pure womb of Mary there was but one grain of corn, which was Jesus Christ, yet it is called a heap of wheat because all the elect were virtually contained in it.”
-St. Ambrose
Born in Mary
May 4
“If Jesus Christ, the Head of men, is born in [Mary], then the predestinate, who are the members of that Head, ought also to be born in her by a necessary consequence. One and the same mother does not bring forth into the world the head without the members… So in like manner in the order of grace, the head and the members are born of one and the same mother.”
-St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, True Devotion, 32
Testimonial: Benedicta immersive was filled with sisterhood, laughter and prayer
“I was so excited when I heard that the Benedicta Institute was coming back. I signed up and then ordered my books. As I began to read in preparation for the Institute, I started to question my decision. Phenomenology and Metaphysics!!! I had no idea but I went anyway.
Dr. Donald Wallenfang, the professor, was amazing. By the end of the first session, I was fine. He is an amazing teacher. Bishop William Waltersheid from Pittsburgh was with us the entire week. What a blessing he is to the Church and to us.
The week was filled with sisterhood, laughter and prayer. If you want to know if I would go again, the answer is YES!!”
-Rose
The motherhood of Mary
May 3
“This motherhood of Mary in the order of grace continues uninterruptedly from the consent which she gave in faith at the Annunciation and which she sustained without wavering beneath the Cross, until the fulfillment of all the elect.”
-Documents of Vatican II
Lumen Gentium, 62
Testimonial: Nancy found opportunities for spiritual growth and freedom from her burdens
Nancy found opportunities for spiritual growth and freedom from her burdens through Women of Grace. We want YOU to experience sisterhood with like-minded Catholic women while healing and drawing closer to Our Lord! Join us by attending an event, participating in our foundational study, and joining our weekly rosary crusade!
Vatican Pauses Review of Luisa Piccarreta’s Writings
SG asks: “Is Luisa Piccarreta and the “In the Divine Will” movement New Age? Orthodox? Approved?”
Mother of Divine Grace
May 2
“Tradition ascribes to Mary the titles Mother of Divine Grace, Mother most amiable, Mother most admirable, Mother of Mercy… God has chosen her to be treasurer and dispensatrix of all His graces.. . . Since Mary has formed the Head of the predestined, Jesus Christ, it pertains to her to form also the members of the Head, who are the true Christians . . . She has received from God a special power to nourish souls and to make them grow in Him. St. Augustine goes so far as to say that the predestined in this world are enclosed in Mary;s womb and that they come to the light only when their good Mother brings them forth to eternal life. It is to her that the Holy Ghost has said; ‘Take root in my elect’ (Eccl. xxiv, 13) —- roots of profound humility, of ardent charity and of all the virtues.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.
