I am sharing this video because I want to highlight several things:

-The beauty of a modest family dress. This bride wanted to wear her grandma's wedding dress, that was also used by her mom.

-The beauty of a traditional Catholic church. Spain and other Mediterranean countries are full of these gems, that portray superbly the beauty of Catholicism.

“Without the family, we are helpless before the State.”
— G.K. Chesterton

We would like to ask you ladies and gentlemen to keep a follower's mom in your prayers, since she passed away this morning.

Feasts of October.

Ladies, encourage your kids to pray the rosary every day. A family rosary is a must. As one of the nuns from the school I went said to us: "a family that prays together, sticks together."

OCTOBER 7: HAIL MARY!
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
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According tradition, Mary appeared to St. Dominic during the time when he was contemplating on how to combat Albigensians and taught him how to pray the rosary. From then on, the rosary has become one of the favorite prayers in the Catholic Church. Pope Ven. Pius XII, in his "Philippinas Insulas“ (letter to the archbishop of Manila) called the rosary the “Compendium of the Gospel”: a prayer that helps us reflect on Christ’s life.

Oración de Santa Teresa

Nada te turbe,
Nada te espante,
Todo se pasa,
Dios no se muda,
La paciencia
Todo lo alcanza;
Quien a Dios tiene
Nada le falta:
Sólo Dios basta.

Eleva el pensamiento,
al cielo sube,
por nada te acongojes,
Nada te turbe.

A Jesucristo sigue
con pecho grande,
y, venga lo que venga,
Nada te espante.

¿Ves la gloria del mundo?
Es gloria vana;
nada tiene de estable,
Todo se pasa.

Aspira a lo celeste,
que siempre dura;
fiel y rico en promesas,
Dios no se muda.

Ámala cual merece
Bondad inmensa;
pero no hay amor fino
Sin la paciencia.

Confianza y fe viva
mantenga el alma,
que quien cree y espera
Todo lo alcanza.

Del infierno acosado
aunque se viere,
burlará sus furores
Quien a Dios tiene.

Vénganle desamparos,
cruces, desgracias;
siendo Dios su tesoro,
Nada le falta.

Id, pues, bienes del mundo;
id, dichas vanas,
aunque todo lo pierda,
Sólo Dios basta.

Guide: Childproofing Your Home

It's a very good listening, ladies and mothers to be.

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“To me, a lady is not frilly, flouncy, flippant, frivolous and fluff-brained, but she is gentle, she is gracious, she is godly and she is giving. You and I have the gift of femininity... the more womanly we are, the more manly men will be and the more God is glorified. Be women, be only women, be real women in obedience to God.”

- Elisabeth Elliot

The beauty of Catholicism ✝️

🌹Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception🌹

Most holy Virgin,
who pleased our Lord and became His Mother,
Virgin Immaculate in your body and soul,
in your faith and love,
at this solemn jubilee of the promulgation of the dogma
which proclaimed you
to the entire world as conceived without sin,
look kindly on us, unfortunate ones,
who implore your powerful protection.
The infernal serpent,
upon whom the primeval curse was laid,
continues, alas, to attack and tempt
the hapless children of Eve.
Ah! Do you, our blessed Mother,
our Queen and Advocate,
who at the first moment of your conception
did crush the enemy’s head,
do you gather together our prayers
and we beseech you (our hearts one with yours),
present them before God’s throne,
that we may never allow ourselves
to be caught in the snares laid for us
but that we may reach the portal of salvation
and that the Church and Christian society
may once more chant the hymn of deliverance,
of victory and of peace.
Amen

Pope St Pius X

In honour of Our Lady on this happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception!