"Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb, and the handmaid and work of his wisdom became the Mother of God." St. Ephraim of Syria, "Songs of Praise," c. 351 A.D. "There is One ...
From the most ancient times the Blessed Virgin has been honored with the title of "Mother of God," to whose protection the faithful fly in all their dangers and needs. . . . This very special ...
Gaude, Virgo gloriosa, super omnes speciosa; vale, o valde decora, et pro nobis Christum exora. Regina Caeli The "Regina Caeli" is a twelfth-century antiphon for Evening Prayer during the Easter ...
A throng of Roman Catholics made a pilgrimage to northwest suburban Des Plaines Wednesday for the largest gathering of devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe celebration ...
The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated each year on the eighth of September ... The antiphon for the Canticle of Zechariah at Morning Prayer expressed these sentiments in ...