Bound in Love

Man and Wife, Claimed by Christ, Bound in Love, Stumbling toward Heaven

  • Our Lady of Fatima

    On May 13, 1917, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to three shepherd children—Lúcia dos Santos, Francisco Marto, and Jacinta Marto—in the field of Cova da Iria, near Fátima, Portugal.  The children described her as a Lady more brilliant than the Sun, wearing a white mantle and holding a rosary.  She told them to return on the 13th of each month for six months, promising to… Continue reading

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  • Compline

    Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man… Continue reading

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  • Holy Week

    Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week, and it is the only Sunday in the church year when we read two Gospels. The first gospel we read at the very beginning of Mass, which covers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, and the second gospel was the very long reading of the passion, the suffering… Continue reading

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  • Even More Marian Apparitions

    Our Lady Help of Christians, Czech Republic 1866 Our Lady of Help of Christians appeared to Magdalena Kade, a 31-year-old woman bedridden with severe illnesses, in Filippsdorf (now Filipov), Czech Republic, on the morning of January 13, 1866.  She was reportedly near death, suffering from pneumonia, meningitis, and widespread ulcers, and had been given the Anointing of the Sick.… Continue reading

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  • Ego Eimi

    The story of the death of Lazarus is a wonderful opportunity to dwell on the reality that is at the heart of our faith. It is given to us on the Sunday that in the old calendar opened the two-week period called Passiontide. We are approaching the summit of Jesus’s earthly ministry of redemption and… Continue reading

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  • Yes More Marian Apparitions

    Here is the list of the approved apparitions Our Lady of the Good Event of the Purification Our Lady of the Good Event of the Purification is a Catholic Marian title referring to the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, celebrated on February 2 (Candlemas).  The title originates from a series of… Continue reading

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  • The Meaning of Lent

    From the Gospel today, we hear Jesus tell us what Lent is for: As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, “Do not tell the vision to anyone until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” From the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor, we get… Continue reading

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  • More Marian Apparitions

    Our Lady of Guadalupe  One of the most well-known apparitions among the faithful and the secular world, Our Lady of Guadalupe, occurred in the sixteenth century to a widower and now saint, St. Juan Diego. She met him on Mount Tepeyacac, instructing him to get the bishop to build a church upon that mountain. To do… Continue reading

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  • Marian Apparitions Introduction

    What is a Marian Apparition? A Marian apparition is a supernatural appearance of Mary to a person (or group of people) on earth.Since the early centuries of the Church, there have been thousands of reported Marian apparitions. “Reported” is a key word here; just because someone says that they saw Mary doesn’t mean that they… Continue reading

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  • Mary and Spiritual Maternity

    What do we mean by this term? It is the “particular and unique cooperation of Mary, as Mother of God the Savior, with the redemptive work of her Son, in restoring supernatural life to immortal souls.” The spiritual motherhood of Mary means that the ever-Virgin is my Mother in the spiritual order (the “order of… Continue reading

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