(Byzantium), a city dedicated to the Mother of God St John Henry Newman: “Protestants, who now have ceased to confess the Son, began then by scoffing at the Mother” St John Henry Newman reflected on the nature [...] not those religious Communions which are characterized by devotion to the Blessed Virgin that have ceased to adore her Eternal Son, but those very bodies which have renounced devotion to her'. (Essay on [...] for Catholics who have honored the Mother, still worship the Son, while Protestants, who now have ceased to confess the Son, began then by scoffing at the Mother'. (Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations)
– Feast of Our Lady of the Porziuncola, “Our Lady of the Angels” (Italy) The day Mary arrived, a cease-fire was declared In his book The Fatima Century: How the Pilgrim Virgin is Changing Our Generation [...] Blue Army of Mary brought a pilgrim statue of Fatima to that country. The very day it arrived, a cease-fire was declared! Was this just a coincidence? It may have been. But the day the pilgrims carried
September 11 – Our Lady of Coromoto (Venezuela) Invoking Mary "so that the plague of terrorism may cease” It is striking to note the number of times that Pope John Paul II invoked Mary and asked Catholics [...] United States in which he invoked peace: "I join you in your prayers that the plague of terrorism may cease and the civilization of love may grow." And he invited the bishops to entrust themselves to Mary:
Our Lady asked us to change our lifestyle, to love the sacraments, to do penance, to pray without ceasing by reciting the Rosary of the 7 Sorrows for the conversion of the hearts of those who have departed
she said, " You sinners, when you want my assistance, you call me Mother of mercy, but you do not cease, by your sins, to make me a Mother of misery and pain. " St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), Doctor
love Mary, if we reflected for a moment upon her affection for us, and the benefits which she never ceases to lavish upon us. “Alas,” exclaims Saint Bernard, that great servant of Mary, “how blind and miserable [...] that do not love so kind and good a Mother! The world without Mary’s prayers would long ago have ceased to be, and on account of our sins, have fallen back into chaos.” The same saint tells us that all
love Mary, if we reflected for a moment upon her affection for us, and the benefits which she never ceases to lavish upon us. "Alas," exclaims Saint Bernard, that great servant of Mary, "how blind and miserable [...] that do not love so kind and good a Mother! The world without Mary's prayers would long ago have ceased to be, and on account of our sins, have fallen back into chaos." The same saint tells us that all
Without any wars? At the time when the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, all armed conflicts had ceased on earth. It was the time of the long Pax Romana of Augustus. The Jews were actually expecting the [...] was expected to be the Prince of Peace. The Talmud explained that he would come when the world had ceased fighting. And this did happen, at the time of the peace of Augustus. There was a period of 25 years
towards God. She is like a pure, white dove, high in flight, up in the heights, yet she does not cease to protect our low country. She left us in body, but in spirit she is with us; she frightens the demons [...] see you asleep rather than dead. You were transported from the earth to Heaven, and yet you do not cease to protect mankind... Mother, you remained virgin, because he "was God, the One to whom you gave birth
drawing nigh and your august mother, consoled and strengthened by your delightful weight, does not cease to converse with you on the way. She adores your divine majesty, she gives thanks for your mercy, [...] upon her mortal breast? And yet, she comes to reflect that the hour is approaching when, without ceasing to be her son, you will leave her womb and claim all the cares of her tenderness. Then her heart
