September 17
“Good works should be nothing but an overflow from the inner life. Active works must begin and end in the interior life, and in it, find their means. The active and interior lives are completely interdependent.”
-Dom Chautard
Our Lady of Las Lajas: Miracles in the Rocks
by Theresa Cavicchio
Mary, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ, has merited numerous titles down through the centuries, many very familiar. Sometimes, though, a new title comes our way – a hidden gem revealing to the faithful another jewel in the crown of devotion to Our Lady.
Serve
September 16
“If you wish to learn how to serve men for their own sake, and for the sake of Christ, draw near to our Blessed Mother.”
-Emil Neubert
Love for purity
September 15
“…If you live in intimacy with your heavenly Mother, your love for purity will increase and temptations will become weaker and less frequent.”
-Emil Neubert
Who Was Maria Montessori?
Rumors have abounded for many years that Maria Montessor, the founder of the Montessori method of education, was a theosophist. In truth, she did have an association with theosophists while interned in India during World War II, but this was at the end of her life and after her teaching methods and schools were already well established.
Courageous Mother Chooses Baby’s Life Over Her Own
A 30-year-old Michigan mother with inoperable cancer made the courageous decision to keep the child doctors wanted her to abort and is now facing a battle for her life.
State of grace
September 14
“…To be a true militant of Christ, you must be in the state of grace.”
-Emil Neubert
As a Christian
September 13
“As a Christian, you are another Christ. As a militant, you continue the work of Christ. Imitate Christ, therefore, and let our Blessed Mother form you as she formed Christ.
-Emil Neubert
Christian vs. New Age “Thought Control”
Did you ever notice how many New Age self-help books and seminars are based on changing the way we think? They accomplish this through all kinds of mind control techniques such as guided imagery, visualization, blanking the mind, etc.
Time is short
September 12
“Mary must be terrible to the devil and his crew, as an army ranged in battle, principally in these latter times, because the devil, knowing that he has but little time, and now less than ever, to destroy souls, will every day redouble his efforts and his combats. He will presently raise up cruel persecutions and will put terrible snares before the faithful servants and true children of Mary, whom it give him more trouble to conquer than it does to conquer others.”
-St. Louis De Montfort, True Devotion to Mary
