What Is Truth?
“What is truth?” Pilate asked – but did not wait around for the answer. Why didn’t he? Looking at the Visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich, we can answer both questions with respect to Pilate himself, and by extension also with…
Category Spiritual Progress
Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows
Meditating on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady not only honors the Blessed Virgin as the Queen of Martyrs, but helps us in our battles with afflictions of any sort. Fr. Chad Ripperger asserts that, “It is important to a…
The Missed Opportunity of Judas Iscariot
In order to learn from other people’s experiences, it helps to analyze the different opportunities that present themselves, and how they are taken or missed. This principle holds true if we wish to learn from Scripture. Let us consider Judas…
Mary’s Heart
In the context of her Passion narrative, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich describes how Mary, Mother of God, was following her Son during His bitter Suffering every step of the way, venerating and weeping over the places where He had fallen,…
The Agony in the Garden: What Jesus endured
During the Agony in the Garden, Our Lord Jesus endured three sets of sorrows, so to speak: First he was shown all the sins of the world, from its beginning to its end, then it was made known to Him…
The Oldest Devotion
Quid ultra debui tibi facere, et non feci? What is there that I ought to do more for thee, that I have not done?Isa 5:4 We can safely say that the Holy Way (or Stations) of the Cross is the…
Lent is Coming: Penance Suggestions
Lent is coming. Are you still looking for penance suggestions? I have a few to offer. Lent is your 40-day window of opportunity! Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich, when recounting Jesus’ descent into Limbo, relates the following concerning how we must…
St. Mary Magdalen In Her Youth
The Scriptures are silent about Mary of Magdala's youth, but Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich saw her youth as part of the visions she was granted.
The First Three Demands
“In your love for God and the passion of His glory are included the first three demands of the “Our Father”: souls have their part therein.” from “The Doors of Silence” Sanctificetur Nomen Tuum – by my thoughts, words and…
St. Mary Magdalene, Model of Penitents
The quintessential biblical penitent is Mary of Magdalum, sister of Lazarus and Martha, of whom Jesus says: "Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much".