October 2012
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Faith
It was Mary’s faith that opened heaven to men when she agreed to cooperate in the Incarnation of the Eternal Word. - St Augustine
Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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ListenFrancesco Durante’s Vergin tutto amor, sung...
Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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Oct 28th
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What is your favourite representation of Mary?
Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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Shelter
Virgin of all virgins, To thy shelter take us,  Gentlest of the gentle, Pure and gentle make us.  
Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 26th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Princess
O great Princess, Mother of God, cover us with the wings of thy mercy, and pity us. We hope only in thee, O most pure Virgin. - St Ephrem
Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Holy Virgin
I acknowledge thee and I venerate thee, most holy Virgin, Queen of Heaven, Lady and Mistress of the Universe, as Daughter of the Eternal Father, Mother of His well beloved Son, and most loving Spouse of the Holy Spirit. - Fragment of a Raccolta prayer
Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 23rd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 22nd
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Oct 21st
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Love
Mary is the most loved and the most loving of all creatures. - St Don Bosco
Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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On suffering
Yesterday I visited the basilica of Our Lady of Victories in Senglea, Malta. This church is well known for its statue of the Maria Bambina, a rather cute sculpture of the Virgin as a young girl. With long curly hair and rosy cheeks she looks like the kind of girl any mother would love to dress up in the prettiest Sunday dresses. On the feast of Mary’s Nativity she is carried around Senglea in a...
Oct 20th
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Oct 20th
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Wounded heart
Oh most holy and afflicted Virgin! Queen of Martyrs, look down with a mother’s tenderness and pity on me, who kneels before Thee to venerate Thy dolours, and place my requests, with filial confidence, in the sanctuary of Thy wounded heart. - A fragment of a prayer to Our Lady of Sorrows
Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 19th
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