Wolftracker over at Kansas City Catholic has put up a great post that I highly recommend to all - hint: it has a great ending! "Prunus ...

"Let us go to the foot of the Cross, and there complain....if we have the courage." Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat Another beautiful...

You Are 52% Cynical Yes, you are cynical, but more than anything, you're a realist. You see what's screwed up in the world, but you ...

( Saints by Fra Angelico) One spiritual practice I've been using for some years now, I have found fruitful. I have more recently share...

Many in these days are under a great deal of stress. What is stress anyway? I think this to be multifaceted, a painful and difficult phenome...

It is good to go the feet of your Mother and lay before her all your troubles, wants, needs, sufferings...surrender into her merciful hands...

Don't forget in this Lenten season, as we try to "pay down" some of our debts due to sin - so also assist the Holy Souls in P...

Jesus, how brutally you were put to death. How gently did you descend from the cross. The suffering and pain are ended Lord, and you are lai...

( photo credit ) This one posted by Ken at Hallowed Ground. I love this image and the way Mary is depicted offering together with the priest...

Hello all! We are back from the trip to Chicago. Thanks be to God we returned safe and sound without a single airline/airport issue or compl...

Posting has been sparse lately as I've been so busy with work, family and home projects! My husband and I will be leaving for Chicago to...

The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order Go here for the international website for the Servite Order. I am also adding this to my favo...

Purpose of the Confraternity "The purpose of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Sorrows is to foster devotion to the passion of Christ an...

The image of Mary at the foot of the cross has lon gbeen an inspiration to people who want to be close to Jesus. Many people have felt the p...

"St. Peter in Prison" (1631) by famous Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669). "In all great temptations against purity...

Alessandro Botticelli. Calumny of Apelles. c.1494-1495. Tempera on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy Topic ~ Pride, the opposite...

I tried to publish twice yesterday and this failed with an error notice. I "successfully" published twice today but they do not sh...

Yet another beautiful holy card from Micki over at Holy Cards for your Inspiration . The saints are depicted as follows: Bl. Herman Joseph (...

The above image is a picture of the interior of the Basilica of Our Lady's Sorrows , a Servite parish in Chicago, Illinois. My husband a...

"The compassionate love of Christ teaches us to look to the needs of people, without judging their consciences. Sometimes their distre...

(Catholic priestly ordination) Topic ~ Fruits of Self Annihilation "I may add that this way of annihilation, against which nature crie...

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

'Altogether, the accounts of the apparitions provided the following details. Virgin Mary, her husband St. Joseph, and St. John the Evang...

Jesus reached out His miraculous charity to outcast lepers and pagan foreigners. These were attracted to Our Savior and disposed to believe...

This image come to you via The Roving Medievalist Today after mass, we had a brief adoration and benediction following the litany for life....

On the Annilhilation of Self (Topic: More on how we are to deal with offenses to self.) " If we were always to look upon things thus, o...

Above is pictured the Servite Black Scapular of Our Lady's Sorrows. I've been looking for a picture of these for quite some time. I...

Oh! You simply MUST visit The Ironic Catholic for a hilarious Catholic take on the age old question: "Why did the chicken cross the ro...

Very touching and beautiful holy card from Micki and Holy Cards for your Inspiration . Couldn't resist posting it here too.

Scrooge meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past - an appropriate image of annihilation. Topic - Treatment of contempt and humiliation from ot...