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July 2016

July 19, 2016

A prayer for final perseverance, Mary: Day 364

A prayer for final perseverance We have no guarantee that if we set out on...

July 16, 2016

Place yourself entirely in Mary’s hands, Mary: Day 361

Place yourself entirely in Mary’s hands St. Alphonsus advises us that Mary knows how to...

July 15, 2016

Perseverance in devotion to Mary, Mary: Day 360

Perseverance in devotion to Mary Devotion to Mary can lose its reward, St. Alphonsus warns,...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Mary returns home to weep for Jesus, Mary: Day 343

Mary returns home to weep for Jesus St. Alphonsus imagines the first hours Mary spends...

June 27, 2016

Mary goes to Jesus’ tomb, Mary: Day 342

Mary goes to Jesus’ tomb St. Alphonsus recalls the speculations of several saints about what...

June 26, 2016

All sinners have crucified Mary’s son, Mary: Day 341

All sinners have crucified Mary’s son St. Alphonsus reflects on Mary’s grief as she holds...

June 25, 2016

Mary adores Jesus’ wounds, Mary: Day 340

Mary adores Jesus’ wounds St. Alphonsus imagines Mary’s grief as she holds her Son’s lifeless...

June 22, 2016

Mary suffered martyrdom without relief, Mary: Day 337

Mary suffered martyrdom without relief St. Alphonsus observes that Marys’ martyrdom was more severe than...

June 21, 2016

Mary’s martyrdom lasted a lifetime, Mary: Day 336

Mary’s martyrdom lasted a lifetime St. Alphonsus explains why the name “Mary,” one of whose...

June 20, 2016

The soldier’s lance pierced Mary’s heart, Mary: Day 335

The soldier’s lance pierced Mary’s heart The lance that opened Christ’s side passed through the...

June 19, 2016

Mary’s soul was crucified, Mary: Day 334

Mary’s soul was crucified In a sense, St. Alphonsus concludes, two crucifixions took place on...

June 18, 2016

Only a miracle spared Mary’s life at Calvary, Mary: Day 333

Only a miracle spared Mary’s life at Calvary St. Alphonsus insists that when Jesus sacrificed...

June 17, 2016

Our Lady’s sorrow at the Cross, Mary: Day 332

Our Lady’s sorrow at the Cross Can we even begin to imagine the depth of...

June 16, 2016

Mary suffered in her Son’s suffering, Mary: Day 331

Mary suffered in her Son’s suffering St. Alphonsus observes that, just as it would be...

June 15, 2016

Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary, Mary: Day 330

Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary St. Alphonsus imagines the scene when Jesus...

June 14, 2016

A thousand flames of love turned to grief, Mary: Day 329

A thousand flames of love turned to grief St. Alphonsus talks about the intensity of...

June 13, 2016

Mary cared for her Child with sorrow, Mary: Day 328

Mary cared for her Child with sorrow Like a mother whose child has been born...

June 12, 2016

Mary’s sufferings grew as Jesus grew, Mary: Day 327

Mary’s sufferings grew as Jesus grew When we speak of Mary’s sorrows, we typically focus...

June 11, 2016

The only sorrow in which Mary complained, Mary: Day 326

The only sorrow in which Mary complained When the Blessed Mother found her young Son...

June 10, 2016

The greatest of Mary’s sorrows, Mary: Day 325

The greatest of Mary’s sorrows Which of Mary’s sorrows was the greatest? Some have suggested,...

June 09, 2016

Mary’s sorrow when Jesus was lost, Mary: Day 324

Mary’s sorrow when Jesus was lost St. Alphonsus points out that when Mary couldn’t find...

June 08, 2016

Mary endured a sorrow more cruel than death, Mary: Day 323

Mary endured a sorrow more cruel than death St. Alphonsus reports how Our Lady told...

June 07, 2016

A sign that will be contradicted, Mary: Day 322

A sign that will be contradicted St. Alphonsus imagines, beyond the few words recorded in...

June 06, 2016

My sins are swords in Mary’s heart, Mary: Day 321

My sins are swords in Mary’s heart St. Alphonsus tells a story that reminds us...

June 05, 2016

We are the children of Mary’s sorrows, Mary: Day 320

We are the children of Mary’s sorrows St. Alphonsus reminds us that Our Lady’s cooperation...

June 04, 2016

Gratitude for Mary’s sufferings, Mary: Day 319

Gratitude for Mary’s sufferings St. Alphonsus reminds us that even though Jesus’ sufferings were “more...

June 02, 2016

The most lamentable event in world history: Mary, Day 317

The most lamentable event in world history Which of the greatest tragedies in recorded history...

June 01, 2016

A prayer for favor in the hour of death: Mary, Day 316

A prayer for favor in the hour of death St. Alphonsus offers a powerful, beautiful...

May 2016

May 31, 2016

Mercy in the hour of death, Mary: Day 315

Mercy in the hour of death St. Alphonsus relates the deathbed conversion of a notorious...

May 30, 2016

A monk calls on Mary at death, Mary: Day 314

A monk calls on Mary at death St. Alphonsus recalls how Mary helped a canon...

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