• The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth

    The Visitation is a meditation on the Blessed Virgin Mary‘s visit with her cousin St. Elizabeth after The Annunciation. It is the second Joyful Mystery of the Holy Rosary.  The Immaculata had conceived Our Precious Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit. During The Visitation, she learns that St. Elizabeth is pregnant with John The Baptist by her husband Zebadiah.   From the Gospel of Luke 1:39-56: 39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; 40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary,…

  • Homily for the Canonization of St. Maximilian Kolbe

    The Homily for the Canonization of St. Maximilian Kolbe was given by Pope Saint John Paul II on October 10, 1982. 150,000 people were in attendance at St. Peter’s Square for the three-hour rite, including Franciszek Gajowniczek, a former the former Auschwitz prisoner that Saint Maximilian gave his life to save. The Homily for the Canonization of St. Maximilian Kolbe “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). From today on, the Church desires to address as “Saint” a man who was granted the grace of carrying out these…