Teach us How to Pray

What constitutes “praying” the Rosary? Is it the repetition of Our Father’s, Hail Mary’s, and Glory Be’s? Is it the fingering of the beads in the right sequence? Is it the praying of 5, 10, or the full 20 decades? A few months back this kind of worry was brought to my attention. What constitutes […]
Is Sorrow Always a Bad Thing?

Like a window in a room, sorrow opens new horizons to one’s soul. A windowless room is safe, secure, but also stuffy. Add a window to such a room and new horizons open up. A window mediates light, reveals beauty, and inspires wonder. Sorrow can do the same.
The Sweet and Holy Name of Mary

Pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe travel to see one image, and one image only, “La Morenita”, the miraculous image of Mary present on St. Juan Diego’s tilma. Nevertheless, in addition of this “mother” of all Guadalupe images, there are also many other images of our Lady to be seen at the foot of Tepeyac.