Aug
15
“On Pilgrimage - November 1959″
August 15, 2007 | 1 Comment
by Dorothy Day
The Catholic Worker, November 1959, 8.
Summary: After visiting her daughter Tamar in Vermont to help with sick grandchildren, she visits a nearby Carthusian monastery. Mentions a pamphlet on the Eastern churches and urges us to pray for peace between the churches if we want world peace. (DOC #758).
Jonas came in this morning […]
Aug
15
O Mary taken to Heaven!
August 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment
O Lord Jesus, my God, I give Thee thanks for Thy boundless love, and
for all the favors bestowed upon the Angels and men, and upon the
whole world, from the noblest and worthiest of all Thy creatures, the
most holy Virgin Mary, Thy Mother, down to me the most unworthy of
all, a vile and contemptible worm of […]
Aug
15
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
August 15, 2007 | 1 Comment
This feast of Mary celebrates a special privilege of Mary, our Mother. The Assumption means that she entered into the glory of heaven not only with her soul, but also with her body. The Son of God took his body from Mary’s pure womb. It was fitting, then, that her body should be glorified as […]



