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The Glories of Mary

The Glories of Mary

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PDF p. 641 contains what is meant by "Rosa Mystica " (from the Novena of Meditations of the Litany of Loretto, starting on PDF p. 631). "Morning star" is described on PDF p. 644.

PDF p. 365: "Frigenius, who wrote the life of Saint Thomas Aquinas, relates that it was an ordinary saying of the Saint, that 'even the images of this chaste turtle-dove extinguish sensual desires in those who look at them with devotion.'" (quoted at the end of Fr. Petrizzi's sermon on sins of impurity; remniscent of the quote from Voragine's Golden Legend). cf. the Italian original