The Power of Our Lady's Apparitions: How Mary's Spiritual Messages Can Guide You During Lent
Throughout your Lenten journey, consider doing so in prayer with the Blessed Virgin.
Fr. Edward Looney
Ordained a priest for the Diocese of Green Bay, WI in 2015, Fr. Looney is President of the Mariological Society of America and writes often on Marian topics, including the 1859 Wisconsin apparition.
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Unite Your Suffering to Jesus: A Priest's Stations of the Cross for the COVID-19 Pandemic
During this time of pandemic, let us unite in prayer as we meditate upon Jesus’ Passion. First Station: Jesus is condemned to death Meditation: In this time of pandemic, we remember all those who will be tested for COVID-19 and learn of their positive test results. Prayer: Dear Lord, be...
10 Reasons This Priest Thinks You Should Take Your Family to "The Star" This Christmas
There’s a new movie in theaters, and you have to take the little people in your life to go and see it! The Star, a wonderfully animated film, tells the story of Jesus’ birth with the help of many animals along the way. It’s a must-see, and here’...
Your "Visitation" Playlist: 8 Songs to Help Your Soul Magnify the Lord
The Church celebrates May 31 as the feast of the Visitation of Mary! After the Annunciation account in the Gospel of Luke, the evangelist tells us Mary goes in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who the angel shared was also with child (Luke 1:39–56). After Mary’s...
5 Books that Could Transform Your Devotion to Mary This May
I treat May in a similar fashion as I do Lent. Not as a time of penance, but as a time to take on something more in terms of my prayer life. Since May is the month of Mary, I try to deepen my Marian devotion in some way. Do...
5 Children's Books Perfect for Celebrating Mary's Month of May
May is celebrated as the month dedicated to Mary. Many parishes will ask their children to participate in a May Crowning, in which one student will be selected to place a crown of flowers atop the Blessed Virgin’s head, crowning her the Queen of the May. Besides knowing that...