Mary shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For to me, to live is Mary and to die is gain.

I am not called to convince; I am called to inform.

~Saint Bernadette~

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Francisco Marto: I don’t want to be anything. I want to die and go to heaven.

The little white dove
Has returned to the ark with the bough;
And now the turtle-dove
Its desired mate
On the green banks has found.

In solitude she lived,
And in solitude built her nest;
And in solitude, alone
Has the Beloved guided her,
In solitude also wounded with love.

~Our Holy Father Saint John of the Cross~

Interviews:

The Practice of the Presence of Mary Interview with David Battistella:

Huffington Post interview on the beauty of cloistered life