This popular prayer, a favorite of many Catholics, dates back to the 15th century and takes its name from the first Latin word of the prayer, "memorare," which means "remember." The Memorare is of unknown authorship, although it has been attributed to St. Augustine (354-430), St. John Chrysostom (c. 347-407) and, with more reason, to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c. 1090-1153). St. Bernard's sermons on Mary were famous, and it was his Cistercian monks in the monastery of Citeaux in the 12th century who popularized the name "Our Lady" for Mary. The Memorare has also been attributed to the French cleric Claude Bernard (1588-1641), known as the "poor priest" of Paris, whose homilies contain passages that echo its words. No matter who wrote this prayer, it was Father Bernard who did much to popularize it, teaching it in hospitals and prisons, where Mary's intercession was effective in working miracles of grace. The first manuscript of the Mem
We who live for God in the
midst of the world are like lightships sent out on mission.
We do not have to look far to see darkness, rising tides of sin and
secularism, waves of materialism, winds of confusion threatening the
world in which we live. We all have our roles to play in the midst of
it, in just the spots where we've been placed. We have much light to
carry, for the storms surge all around and all we have to do is pick up a
newspaper to see the truth of this..... (continue here)
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