Evening Meditations for the Sixth Thursday After Epiphany (resumed) ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

The servants of Mary are protected by her, and their names are written in the Book of Life. St. John Damascene says that God gives the grace of devotion to His Mother only to those whom He will save. This is also clearly expressed by our Lord in St. John: He that shall overcome … I will write upon him the Name of my God, and the name of the city of my God (Apoc. iii. 12). And who but Mary is this city of God? observes St. Gregory on the words of David: Glorious things are said of thee, O city of God (Ps. lxxxvi. 3).

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 23rd on the parable of the grain of mustard seed, Mtt xiii. 31

Today’s ✠Challoner Meditation: November 19th on the rich man and the poor beggar

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Clement, Pope & Martyr

Carissimi; Today’s Mass: St Clement, Pope & Martyr

Spiritual Reading for Thursday – Sixth Week after Epiphany (resumed) ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Bernard calls the Blessed Virgin “the heavenly Chariot.” St. John Geometra salutes her: “Hail! resplendent car!” signifying that she is the car in which her clients mount to Heaven. “Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God,” says St. Bonaventure; “for the knowledge of thee is the high road to everlasting life, and the proclaiming of thy virtues is the way of eternal salvation.”

Morning Meditation for Thursday – Sixth Week after Epiphany (resumed) ~ St Alphonsus Liguori

St. Bernard calls the Blessed Virgin “the heavenly Chariot.” St. John Geometra salutes her: “Hail! resplendent car!” signifying that she is the car in which her clients mount to Heaven. “Blessed are they who know thee, O Mother of God,” says St. Bonaventure; “for the knowledge of thee is the high road to everlasting life, and the proclaiming of thy virtues is the way of eternal salvation.”