Mary

If God has commanded us to honour our father and mother, I don’t believe Mary ought to be an exception from the rule. If Mary is truly Queen and a special mediator between the Son of God and mankind, it is because it is her God-given role in the Body of Christ.

Taken at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery.

A brief history of ultramarine. Michelangelo couldn’t afford ultramarine. His painting The Entombment, the story goes, was left unfinished as the result of his failure to procure the prized pigment. Rafael reserved ultramarine for his final coat, preferring for his base layers a common azurite; Vermeer was less parsimonious in his application and proceeded to […]

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They're so over it.

—Solemnity, Mary, Mother of God For most of us, today is a Holy Day of Obligation. It’s the day where we recognize the Blessed Virgin Mary in her role as

Mother of our Redeemer, in this era dedicated to you, with great joy we call you blessed. You believed in the Word of God the father and declared yourself

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. A French holy card of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.