There is great value in making the Pentecost Novena which takes place during the nine days between the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and the great Sunday of Pentecost. In fact, the nine days of prayer spent by the disciples in union with Our Lady during this original […]
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Preparing the Solemn Novena in honor of Fr. de Montfort provided me with the opportunity to select nine different aspects of his life around which to focus the prayer and preaching. This in turn will hopefully give those who join us in making the Novena an opportunity to deepen their […]
To prepare for the upcoming 300th Anniversary of St. Louis de Montfort’s death and birth into glory I have prepared a Novena Booklet. The Novena is presently being prayed publicly at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island in Manorville, NY. The daily conferences are being recorded and will […]
In the present year (2016) the Annunciation of the Lord is not celebrated on March 25. Rather, as March 25 is the date of Good Friday this year, the celebration of the Annunciation of the Lord is deferred until the first day that it can possibly be celebrated which is […]
During the month of November the Church greatly blesses the prayers that we offer on behalf of our departed loved ones. In particular during the first several days of the month the Church makes available the grant of a plenary indulgence that can be gained for our loved ones in […]
The Media section of the website has just been given a thorough makeover and updating. The Audio Page has been updated to include a total of 14 allocutios (brief reflections) given at the weekly meetings of my Legion of Mary Praesidium. A new Video Page has been added and presently […]
At the request of our friends from Real Men Pray the Rosary who were planning on promoting a Montfortian themed program during this month of the Rosary, Fr. Pete D’Abele and I put together a series of six videos on St. Louis de Montfort’s wonderful little book The Admirable Secret […]
These two brief reflections based on St. Louis de Montfort’s book, The Admirable Secret of the Most Holy Rosary, were given originally at the weekly meeting of the Regina Cordium Praesidium of the Legion of Mary:
The Regina Coeli The Regina Coeli is an ancient hymn and one of the four Marian antiphons that are prescribed to be sung in the Liturgy of the Hours after vespers or Compline. This beautiful antiphon goes back at least to the 12th century, although there is a pious […]