Father Peter Fitzgibbon
NINE-MONTH NOVENA November 12th – 17th Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke One month from now, I will be making my Act of Consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Official Prayer for this Nine-Month Novena. This will happen at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, during the Holy Mass offered […]
Monday 7th October each year is special for me. It is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. My life’s education began in a family of a parish of Our Lady of the Rosary and in a school of Our Lady of the Rosary. This October 7th was also the first-year anniversary of the […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA October 26th – 16th Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke Our Lady of Guadalupe’s direction in 1531 was to build a “sacred little house,” a chapel, a church,” in order to draw people into a profoundly personal encounter with her Divine Son, Jesus Christ, in the Sacraments of Penance and Holy Eucharist. […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA September 25th – Fourteenth Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke Although the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe occurred nearly 500 years ago, Our Lord still desires that we continue coming to Our Lady of Guadalupe because He desires to speak to us through her as Mother of Divine Grace. The situation today […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA August 26th – Twelfth Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke How does Our Lady propose that we know and serve her Divine Son Who alone is our salvation? Having announced to Saint Juan Diego the truth about herself and her relationship with God, and the truth about her Divine Son, Savior of the World, […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA 10th Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke July 24th When Our Lady interceded to restore the health of Juan Bernardino, she also instructed him to convey the miracle of his healing to the Bishop. It was at this moment, too, that she asked she and her image on the tilma be known by the […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA Eighth Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke June 25th Am I not here, I who have the honour to be your mother? Are you not in my shadow and under my protection? Am I not the source of your joy? Are you not in the hollow of my mantle, in the crossing of my […]
NINE-MONTH NOVENA Sixth Reflection from Cardinal Raymond Burke May 28th Let us continue to reflect on the Third Apparition, and on the Bishop’s request that St. Juan Diego present a sign. Our Lord calls “blessed” those who have not seen and still believe. And yet, in His mercy, Our Lord accords us an abundance of […]
Fourth Reflection – From Cardinal Burke, April 23rd Let us continue to contemplate the importance of perseverance. Though Saint Juan Diego failed to convince the Bishop that his claims were true, he did not let his failure be the cause of despair. Instead, he dutifully followed the Virgin Mother of God’s instruction to return to […]