Mary set out, proceeding in haste into the hill country, to visit her cousin, Elizabeth. Mary has just received the message of the angel, and the Word has become flesh in her womb. But she did not stay at home. She did not choose to quietly enjoy the mystery. She immediately set out to visit, […]
Our Lady, Terror of Demons
We are in a war, a spiritual war. The Christian life is a constant war against the world, the flesh, and the devil. But what does that mean? We are at war with “the world” in its fallen state, in which the world around us, fallen and prone-to-evil human society, attempts to lead us away […]
Mary, Queen of Heaven and Earth
Every year on August 22nd, the Catholic Church celebrates the Queenship of Mary, one week after we celebrate her Assumption, body and soul, into heaven. Why would we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary as our queen? In ancient Israel, the kings often had multiple wives, so who was the queen in the kingdom? It wasn’t […]
Significance of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Aztec Empire was one of the bloodiest and most diabolical societies of the ancient world. The two main Aztec “gods” were “Lord of the Dark” and “Hummingbird Wizard,” and both of them demanded human sacrifice — and on a massive scale. In one festival in the year 1487 (as recorded by Aztec historians), over […]