fasted was on a Good Friday. I liked the idea of accompanying my prayer with a short fast. I felt an incredible peace when I entered a Catholic church for the first time. I remember praying before a statue of [...] sometime soon. I had a bad experience at a non-Catholic church, and now it’s hard for me to talk to the grown up Jesus directly. I feel very close to Mary, to the Holy Family with Jesus as a child, and to St [...] already prays the Rosary every day! She needs our prayers to continue on her journey. X, a reader of A Moment with Mary, from Le Rosaire Vivant (The Living Rosary), sent on June 20, 2021 Source: The Living
invaded by the Turks, but a Christian managed to get a hold of the icon and flee. When the man arrived in Rome, he fell seriously ill and asked a friend to put the icon in a church. Instead, the latter [...] attributed to this famous image, copies of which are now found throughout the world (cf. logo of "A Moment with Mary"). [...] happy, but man paid no heed. Then, Mary appeared to the couple's daughter and asked her to have the icon placed in a church located between the two major basilicas of St Mary Major and St John Lateran. Following
admired that Mary praised God for overthrowing the powerful from their throne, even though he himself had been called a communist when he gave the same praise. 8. Mary of Nazareth. The "historic" Mary, the very [...] Bishop of the Diocese of Ruy Barbosa - BA, Brazil Exclusive Interview by Thácio Siqueira for a Moment with Mary [...] Hail Marys without having to hold my rosary beads, I have picked ten titles of Our Lady, and taking them in alphabetical order, I pray for a particular intention at each invocation: 1. Holy Mary, Mother
Rosary “is at heart a Christocentric prayer” and can be called a “compendium” or concise summary of the gospel ( RVM n. 2). The Seven Day Bible Rosary provides a broad compendium on a weekly basis. So I [...] read them regularly. Sent by John Kippley, author of The Seven Day Bible Rosary and reader of A Moment with Mary in our English edition, September 2019 [...] 20 – Virgin of Bozzola (Italy, 15th century) The Seven Day Bible Rosary In early 1967, a newspaper columnist asked a Catholic celebrity if she still prayed the Rosary. She replied, “Oh no! I don’t want to
now, as I am in this service with my child, I feel drawn to pray it with all of you every day. Without it, my day lacks something essential." Story sent to A Moment with Mary by one of our readers, Father [...] encouraged me to bless the people with holy water. I also discovered in this service a rich tradition of praying the Rosary. Every day at 5:00 pm, children and teenagers with parents and staff members gather [...] the Rosary in front of a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes brought back from France. I was truly touched by the great faith and love with which these people pray the Rosary. Talking with some of the nurses in
Eucharistic Communion, repeat with all the people, in a spirit of humility and a broken heart, a hundred times to the East, a hundred times to the West, a hundred times to the North and a hundred times to the South: [...] 19 – Feast of Mary Seyom (Ethiopian Church) How Mary saved the Church in Egypt (II) The patriarch found the man where the Virgin Mary had indicated (1). After repeating to him what Mary had said, Amba [...] many churches, including that of St Markorios Abu Sifein in Old Cairo. (1) See yesterday’s A Moment with Mary - November 18, 2018 According to the Biography of Saint Samaan the Shoemaker , published by
and took her to her Divine Son. May she rest in peace! Patricia, a reader of A Moment with Mary. Testimonial sent on Jan. 18, 2021 [...] for the passage of a truck and pedestrians, and it wasn’t the first time she had walked alongside it, but that day a sudden premonition made her turn back a few steps and go into a walled courtyard. When [...] Lady My aunt Marguerite was a very pious and truly charitable woman. I remember that when I visited her, she would often invite me to go to her church to pray the Rosary with a small group of friends, or
at Lourdes in 1858, with a blue sash: some wounded Germans only identified her when they later saw a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. Mrs. Bongard, wife of a former mayor of Barcy and a hospital volunteer [...] or a general delusion? She pushed us back with her hand, and we fled in the face of this supernatural force... We couldn't go any further!"(2) (3) Source: www.prophetiepournotretemps.com (1) See: A Moment [...] la Roche (d. 1475) Mary came to the help of France during WWI and told visionary Marcelle Lanchon: "See how I cherish your beloved country" (2) September 8, 1914, turned out to be a highly significant
are to have a Mother who loves us so much! Ask our holy Mother for graces with confidence, she who is so good and loving to us her children. Marilyne, a Canadian reader of A Moment with Mary, March 2021 [...] home, I ran into a friend who was bringing me a bouquet of small yellow roses in a vase. She greeted me by saying, "Our Blessed Mother wanted me to bring them to you!" She also brought me a little card that [...] Angelus from this day on (1456) Mother Mary sent this worried mom flowers! On October 10, my 22-year-old son was riding his bike with his sister. While they were taking a short break, my son fainted and because
shown to Mary somehow detracted from or competed with my love for Christ. And that was my error: seeing those loves as competitives. [...] Mary is not a mediator in the same way that Christ is a mediator [...] Through Mary, the Incarnation is made known to us. Mary, then, is a mediator between Christ and humankind, in a way that is both analogous to from Christ’s mediation to the Father. This notion of a human [...] wanted to know, which exposed the deep-seated unease I still harbored toward Mary - the real Mary, not Mary qua feminist symbol. For a while, I tried to dismiss the whole experience, write it off as some imaginative