Entries for 2023

Flowers: Reminders of Redemptive Suffering After praying the Joyful Mysteries last night, I came across an article in the on-line enyclopedia All About Mary at the Marian Library at the University of Dayton, Ohio. The article, Reparation through Flowers, by John S. Stokes Jr., is one of the most in-depth and beautiful ar...

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Since, we are going to be spending time meditating with Mary in October, I wanted to offer a little in-depth history of the Blessed Virgin. Over the years, my go-to place to look up scholarly questions about Mary is at the Marian Library at the Univeristy of Dayton, Ohio. It is now fully online and many resources are available. Take ...

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Finding Christ in those with Mental Illness- What does the Church say? From my own experience  of living and caring for someone with mental illness, I ask and meditate on the following question often: What is the Mystery of Christ within them? How does it affect those who love them and care for them? W...

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The Guild of St Benedict Joseph Labre's History of Devotion to Mary- Under the title Merciful Mother of the Mentally Ill (MMOMI) Prayer the Chaplet with us during Lent. A few years after founding the Guild in 1996, my mother and I felt a call to bring a new title of Mary specifically under Our Lady Guadalupe and wit...

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Relics and the Bible When discussing relics and the Saints, there are those people who think it is superstition or some type of erroneous worship that takes away from Christ. Properly understood, Catholic veneration of a relic (like the one of St Benedict Joseph Labre pictured on the right) is the way we honor God through the...

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Our Guild and Our Relics             Over the many years of giving talks and bringing the Guild to many places, I aquired gifts that religious people gave me. Yes! What you see in the picture above is the top of my fireplace mantle. You see the cross and the reliquaries. When a relic ...

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August 4th 2023- Tim's visit with the Diocese of Arlington,Virginia and Takes a Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC This was a special visit:  Bishop Michael F. Burbidge will be offering Mass for those affected by mental illness on August 26th in the Catherdral. I met with the diocese of Ar...

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Recommendation to Reflect upon Mary's Life and Heartfelt Sorrows  Timothy Duff, STM, BCC Good News! Our Sunday prayers are already bearing fruit. I'm traveling to Washington DC this week so I will not get a start on the Seven Sorrows blogs for a little bit. On August 26th, the Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of the...

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Why Should We Meditate on the Seven Sorrows of Mary? Image: St. Anthony's Messenger September 2017  Hello Everyone, I am in the process of developing a series of blogs on the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady. I have just finished writing the new meditations on this devotion and how we can receive support for mental illness....

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          Saints who battled mental illness Meg Hunter-Kilmer - published on 05/16/20 - updated on 10/10/21   Those who suffer aren’t in any way less holy than those who don’t. With the stigma surrounding mental illness, many Christians feel quite sur...

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