__ April 30 – Our Lady of Africa (Algiers, Algeria, 1876) - Saint Joseph-Benedict Cottolengo In May become a Missionary of Mary! The month of May 2017, which is about to begin, is starting in a difficult [...] month of Missionaries of Mary! The call and mission of A Moment With Mary is evangelization through Mary and with Mary our universal Mother, in order to bring all her scattered children back to her Son [...] theological foundation of our action, we invite you during this month of Mary to re-read the essential passages in A Moment With Mary , to fire up your engines as true missionaries of Mary. _____________
Wednesday of Holy Week – Our Lady of Tears (Italy) The Immaculate Heart of Mary mentioned during an exorcism The role of Mary in exorcisms is particularly comforting. Exorcists find that when the name of the [...] into a great rage, out of their profound contempt and hatred for the Mother of God. Without ever daring to call her by her name, they say "that one", adding a series of insults to her, because they complain [...] many of their plans. A frequent anti-Marian manifestation of the devil is to go into a mad rage when the Immaculate Heart of Mary is mentioned because, as he has often shouted, it reminds him of the fact
draws you close to her. And we forget to fall on our knees when she appears, only thinking of rushing to her—not to make any requests—but in a feeling of gratitude and love. As if to say to her: Dear Mother [...] November 23 – Our Lady of the Assumption (Italy, 1624) We cannot describe the features of the Virgin Marthe Robin (1902-1981), co-founder of the Foyers de Charité (1) with Father Georges Finet, and proclaimed [...] frequent visits of the Virgin Mary in her small room at the farm where she lived in Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (France). Here is how she depicted the Blessed Virgin: "We cannot describe the features of the Virgin
25 – Our Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) Vanquished by the name of Mary alone As the wax melts before the fire, so the demons lose their strength against the souls who often remember the name of Mary [...] Mary, who invoke it with devotion, and who seek to imitate her , says Saint Bonaventure. Ah! How the demons tremble on simply hearing the name of Mary , says St. Bernard. As men are overcome with fear when [...] when thunder strikes beside them, so the demons are crushed by the name of Mary alone. Thomas a Kempis From Le chapelet des enfants (The Children’s Rosary)
been entrusted to the saint by Pope Francis, A Moment with Mary will bring you meditations about Our Lady’s chaste spouse for the next nine days, to enable you to better grasp the magnitude of Joseph’s holiness [...] Nazareth is offering a virtual, printable novena to Saint Joseph starting tomorrow (10th) and concluding on March 18th. Click here to subscribe . A novena is a series of prayers offered for a particular intention [...] March 10 - Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) Call on Saint Joseph's help in these difficult times In this month traditionally dedicated to Saint Joseph, and especially because the year 2021 has
October 9): Fruits of the sorrowful mysteries 1st Mystery : The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Olives (Mt 26: 36-50; Mk 14: 32-46; Lk 22: 39-48; Jn 18: 1-8): contrition (regret for our sins); 2nd Mystery [...] Flagellation of Jesus (Mt 27: 26; Mk. 15:15; Jn 19:1): mortification of our senses and our body; 3rd Mystery : The Crowning with Thorns (Mt 27:27-301; Mk 15:16-20; Jn 18:37; Jn 19: 2-15): mortification of the mind; [...] Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary The fruits of the Rosary (II) Each mystery has its own spiritual fruit, which Pope John Paul II calls "the fruit of holiness". We will continue today to look at those
and led them out of the city to kill them. They were about to cut their throats, when James called on the help of Jesus and His mother to save them. Our Lord ordered a thousand angels to go with His mother [...] down. The angels celebrated with him the inauguration of this first shrine, which became the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza, a place of many miracles, including the famous "Calanda miracle [...] with her special protection. Mary of Agreda, a 17 th -century Spanish nun and mystic, recounts two interventions of the Virgin to support the apostle in his mission of evangelizing Spain: - The first time
great sorrow. And it is wonderful to note that God called him back on November 5th, the Feast of Saint Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, as if to underline the mystery of the Visitation of Mary which [...] November 12 - Our Lady of the Tower (Eriburg, Germany) He was a Man of God (III) Once the statue of Notre-Dame de France was installed, Edmond Fricoteaux thought he would be able to resume his normal [...] good. He was "a man of God" as the late Father Marie-Dominique Philippe once said of him. He has gone to his homeland, to the Blessed Virgin Mary whom he loved so well, to the light of God that he sought
1641) – Our Lady of La Motte (Vesoul, France, 1854) The beauty of praying the Rosary The month of May in our Catholic tradition is dedicated to our Blessed Mother. In 2020 on the first day of Mary’s month [...] response to the coronavirus pandemic that we are facing, the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Jose Gomez, conducted a service of re-consecration of our country to the [...] Arango, director of our Office of Evangelization and Hispanic Ministry. It was live streamed so others could pray along with us, which they did, and intercede with Our Lady on behalf of our suffering nation
"Act of Entrusting to Mary the Protection of the Civilization of Life and Love" before the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa on Saturday, 28 January 2012. The same day, Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa [...] houses the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, launched the pilgrimage 'Ocean to Ocean' in an official letter: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am writing to you from the Monastery of Mary, Mother of God at Jasna [...] Jasna Gora, to officially express support for the great pilgrimage of the copy of the miraculous image of Our Lady of Czestochowa. Under divine inspiration, pro-life leaders from 18 countries made an "Act
