(Jesus Christ, Eternal Wisdom) has so thoroughly made his dwelling in the cross, that, without it, you will not find him in this world, and he has so incorporated and united himself with the cross, that we can truly say that Wisdom is the Cross and the Cross is Wisdom. […]
St. Louis de Montfort composed what might be termed a series for Holy Week that features a hymn for each day of the week from Sunday through Saturday, with each hymn focusing on a different aspect of the Passion of the Lord. As part of my own Lenten discipline I […]
During the holy season of Lent it is fitting to take some time in prayerful reflection upon the sufferings that Our Lady endured at the foot of the Cross of her Son. Among Fr. de Montfort’s collected Cantiques is a beautiful hymn he composed to express the fruits of his […]
This is a detail from a much larger window in the Church of St. John the Baptist in Jersey City, NJ. It depicts a scene that was once commonly portrayed in Catholic art – a family visit in which the Child Jesus with the Blessed Virgin his Mother are together […]