"Turn your eyes incessantly to the Blessed Virgin; she, who is the Mother of Sorrows and also the Mother of Consolation, can understand you completely and help you. Looking to her, praying to her, you will obtain that your tedium will become serenity, your anguish change into hope, and your grief into love."

-Pope Saint John Paul II

Our Lady of Sorrows - Sorrowful Mysteries

Cardinal Friday: Pray and Sacrifice for Cardinal James M. Harvey, Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls

How Devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows Changed My Life: 6 Ways I Experience Her Powerful Intercession, by Jacqueline Burkepile at ChurchPOP

Simple Eggplant Parmesan, at Smitten Kitchen 

St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Joseph of Cupertino, by Denise Trull at TOH Blog

Psychopaths in Power, by Robert Royal at The Catholic Thing 

A Rare Painting Purchased for Just $4 at a Thrift Store May Actually Be Worth $250,000, by Madeleine Buiano at Martha Stewart

Podcast: My Thoughts Frame Who I Am, with Janet Quinlan at Fairest Love Pod

13 Simple Ways to Make Your Home Feel Like Fall, by Melissa at The Inspired Room

Only the Living Swim Upstream, by Jeff Mirus at Catholic Culture

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