strength diminishing, his last glance had been towards this statue of the Virgin to whom he had addressed this astonishing supplication: "I do not believe in your power (he was a Lutheran), but if you are

he said. “Today the words of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan, are realized, who in his address to the Nation in 1947, said: ‘You are free, free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your

e the great message? 'Rejoice, you have been filled with grace, the Lord is with you.' When he addressed her, he begins with joy, he who is the announcer of great joy."

they immediately replied, that he was David's. In fact, it was often under this title that people addressed him: Jesus, son of David ! Saint Augustine comments: Let us not be afraid to trace the genealogy

” (...) “I also heard the Virgin pronounce this verse: “My heart is stirred by a noble theme; I address my poem to the King” (Ps 45:1). The word coming from her mouth was Jesus, to whom she gave birth

therefore, a sinner placing my confidence in thee." Let us not doubt whether Mary will hear us when we address our prayers to her. It is her delight to exercise her powerful influence with God in obtaining for

1723) Mary will not deny you her assistance In his General Audience of May 6, 2020, Pope Francis addressed Italian listeners, reminding them that two days later, an "intense prayer of Petition to Our Lady

phone, feeling confused and panicky… an operator picked up the phone immediately. I gave her our address and answered a few specific questions. The person told me to alternate between cardiac massage and

almost a week now, the only words I could pray, I will admit, have been those that the Immaculate addressed to her divine Son: ‘Why have you done this to us?’ (Lk 2:48). How close she is to us, our good Mother

Protestants, who now have ceased to confess the Son, began then by scoffing at the Mother'. (Discourses Addressed to Mixed Congregations) Professor Leo Scheffczyk, the German theologian, takes up the point Newman