About Our Lady

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Spain

Details: December 30, 2011; Written by Richard Segerstrom

This statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Extremadura region of western Spain, is not to be confused with the Tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Tepeyac, Mexico. The statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which was carved by Saint Luke the Evangelist, was given to Saint Leander, Bishop of Seville, by Pope Saint Gregory I in gratitude to Saint Leander for converting the Visigothic kings, Saint Hermengild and Recared.

The Presentation of Our Lady: A Feast of Preparation

Details: November 16, 2011; Written by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

On the feast of the Presentation of Our Lady, we celebrate the fact that Our Lady’s parents brought her to the Temple at the age of three and handed her over to live there for a long period as a consecrated virgin where she might exclusively contemplate God. Received into the Temple, Our Lady unknowingly began to prepare herself to become the Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Rosary Defeats God's Enemies

Details: October 06, 2011; Written by TFP.org

In twelfth and thirteenth century France, a group of heretics known as the Albigensians was destroying the minds of the Catholic laity with its erroneous ideas. The Albigensians’ teachings encouraged suicide, many times by self-induced starvation, because they believed that the body was an intrinsic evil and that the soul must be liberated from matter at all costs. However, as history often shows, Providence raises up great Saints in times of dire crises. This time it was no different. Saint Dominic, born of noble lineage, received the Rosary from Our Lady in the year 1214. Our Lady gave Saint Dominic the Rosary as a weapon to combat the awful Albigensian heresy.

What Our Lady Said at Fatima on October 13, 1917

Details: October 06, 2011; Written by Antonio A. Borelli

It had rained all during the apparition. At the end of the conversation between Our Lady and Lúcia — when the Blessed Virgin rose and Lúcia shouted, “Look at the sun!” — the clouds opened up, revealing the sun as an immense silver disk. It shone with an intensity never before seen, but was not blinding.

What Our Lady Said at Fatima on September 13, 1917

Details: September 09, 2011; Written by Antonio A. Borelli

A crowd estimated at twenty thousand observed atmospheric phenomena similar to those of the previous apparitions: the sudden cooling of the air, a dimming of the sun to the point where the stars could be seen, and a rain resembling iridescent petals or snowflakes that disappeared before touching the ground. This time...

Zeal for the Most Holy Name of Mary

Details: September 08, 2011; Written by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

In times past, people considered names to be symbolic of the person. A name was considered to be a symbol of the more profound psychological, moral and spiritual aspects of the person. The name of Our Lady, like the Most Holy Name of Jesus, should then be considered symbolic of the hallowed virtue of Our Lady, her mission, and all that which she represents.

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Details: September 02, 2011; Written by Fr. Thomas de Saint-Laurent

For nine months, the soul of Mary had given form to her virginal body, and the hour of her happy birth approached. As the suffocating Palestinian summer neared its end, the mellowing sun poured abundant torrents of golden light on the opulent plain of Samaria, ripening the rich orchards of autumn fruit. On a magnificent September day, with nature adorned in radiant beauty, the most Holy Virgin came into the world in the white-walled city of Nazareth.

Celebrating Our Lady of Glory on the Assumption

Details: August 11, 2011; Written by Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira

In ancient times, people referred to the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady as the feast of Our Lady of Glory. After her humble and unknown life on this earth, Our Lady had a greater role after the death of Our Lord as Queen and Mother of the Catholic Church. And Our Lord wanted to glorify her in the eyes of man through her assumption.

What Our Lady Said at Fatima on August 19, 1917

Details: August 09, 2011; Written by Antonio A. Borelli

On August 19, at about four o’clock in the afternoon, Lucia was with Francisco and another cousin at Valinhos, a property belonging to one of her uncles, when the atmospheric changes that preceded the apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria began to occur. Feeling that something supernatural was approaching and enveloping them, Lucia sent for Jacinta, who arrived in time to see Our Lady appear...

What Our Lady Said About Hell in July, 1917

Details: July 08, 2011; Written by Antonio A. Borelli

Mr. Marto, father of Jacinta and Francisco, says that when the third apparition began, a little grayish cloud hovered over the holm oak, the sunlight diminished, and a cool breeze blew over the mountain range, even though it was the height of summer.

American Tradition, Family, Property: Fighting the Counter-Revolution