Fra. Solanus...Thanks for a prayerful, thoughtful and (even) inspring review.

It is a reasonable progression that Augustine discovered: "I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe," since such requires an open mind. The oddly self-congratulatory and unreasonable popular world view is, "I refuse to believe, in order to not understand; and [next] I do not understand, the better to not believe." Such refusal requires a closed mind.

St. Bernadette was wearing the Miraculous Medal at Lourdes when she saw Our Lady there. The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is Feb. 11th, the Birthday of
Sarah Palin, the USA prolife v.p. candidate. So, I know that Our Lady is going to be present, regardless the disappointing election results against life.

FYI: The U.S. is under the patronage of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception,
i.e., Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.

Americans note: November 27, Thanksgiving Day, is the Feast of the … [More]

Thank you for your wonderful meditations of the great mystery of Mary's role in salvation. It is interesting to note that science has discovered that the unique DNA from each pregnancy, whether resulting in miscarriage, abortion or birth stays in the mother's body for the rest of her life. Science, then, would point to a marvelous insight into Mary's incorruption: Christ's DNA would have remain in Our Lady's body to be "pondered" throughout he life of contemplation. Thus, yet another insight … [More]