time. In associating the Mother of God with the prayer for peace today, we are given the first key to living healthy relationships among ourselves this year. Mary is a model to look up to, to pray to, in [...] guiding principles, for a word of truth about our work, our life or our words. Feedback is a very simple habit, but one that can transform our year if we know how to use it. The Mary of Nazareth Editorial [...] January 1 - Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God Mary, model of all peacemakers Since 1968, on the initiative of Pope Paul VI, January 1st has been dedicated to prayer for world peace
off a Marian year to prepare for the consecration of this French department to the Virgin Mary. This time of spiritual renewal will include special days of prayer and conferences on the Virgin Mary. Bishop [...] diocesan Marian year will be: "Taking the Virgin Mary into your home." During the shelter-in-place order, the faithful will stay home... but with Mary and the saints. This Marian year will take place mostly [...] the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) - St Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, Carmelite nun and mystic The Diocese of Gap in southern France is to be consecrated to the Virgin Mary In September 2020, the diocese of Gap
taken our prayer intentions with her, I felt so happy! Then L. handed me a little leaflet blessed by the Virgin, and I began to - slowly - realize that I was in the presence of a very, very great Lady. Skeptics [...] Orthodox Feast of the Deposition (transfer) of Holy Belt of the Virgin Mary of Hakopratia, Constantinople "I've become convinced that Mary is really present in Medjugorje" I was cautious about everything I [...] , Bosnia-Herzegovina, but I was curious. I had no particular devotion to Mary. Then, by chance, I met L., who was organizing a pilgrimage to "Medj". So I went on the trip. Once there, nothing dramatic
Family we often see in Catholic art - a man and a woman somewhat embracing each other, a child between them - have nothing sacred about them. They are in contradiction with the mystery of the Incarnation and [...] of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Joseph Mary and Joseph are models of both spouses and virgins The New Testament provides very little, if any, information about the life of Mary and Joseph before the [...] brothers. Taking a more theologically rigorous approach, the Orthodox Christians always place Joseph at a distance from the Woman and the Child. How else can one show that he was neither Mary's concubine nor
elderly mother and brought her a bouquet of flowers. "Since that day, I have understood Marian devotion better. When we turn to Mary, we can make Jesus very happy; it is a way to love him even more." The [...] children who have picked flowers in a meadow: their gesture is generous, but their bouquet is often poorly composed. If we entrust our prayers to Mary, she is like a mother who takes our bouquet and in [...] August 3 - Act of Consecration to Mary inspired by St. Peter Damien and approved by the Archbishop of Cambrai (France, 1626) Why address our prayers to Mary instead of directly to God? Cardinal Suenens
the Virgin Mary nursed a hungry Christ Child. A single drop of Mary’s milk fell upon the ground inside the grotto, and the limestone miraculously turned from its original yellowish-brown to a pure white [...] Grotto are able to receive a small bag of the “milk powder” from the custodial friars of the grotto. Couples looking to benefit follow a forty day devotion, which includes drinking a small amount of the powder [...] the Little Brothers of Mary (Marists) Many babies conceived after couples pray at the Milk Grotto The Holy Family’s Flight into Egypt was prompted by an Angel visiting Joseph in a dream and warning him
October 25 – Consecration of the Toledo Cathedral to Mary (Spain, 1075) Become Eucharistic men and women through Mary To resemble Mary in our bodies and to love her in glory signifies that we are becoming [...] and of hope! Dear brothers and sisters, Mary glorified, totally filled with the "vision of God," is given today by the Holy Trinity to the Church and the world as a "sign of consolation and sure hope," so [...] The men and women who bear the features of Mary raised in glory do not retreat or capitulate. They know how to transform the arid and inhospitable desert into a safe refuge where one tends to the means of
September 10 - Holy Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) Why the rosary, why now? (I) It’s easy for Catholics to take the rosary for granted. We tend to purchase them as souvenirs, or carry them around with us, or even [...] square. We find ourselves confronting a world awash in the spread of evil and terrorism, war and violence. We are plagued by broken families, abounding distractions and a general lack of drive for holiness [...] forget the immense power that they have when we actually pray them. And that’s really too bad, because a devotion to the rosary can be the answer to so many struggles in our 21st-century world. Our society
of her interior, will become living copies of Mary, to love and glorify Jesus Christ? " (TD 217) This " Age of Mary " is a time when, on the one hand, Mary will have made herself known (she bursts forth [...] Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary What is the future "Age of Mary"? Pope St. John Paul II commented on St. Louis de Montfort's writing about the End Times: "St. Louis-Marie contemplates this eschatological [...] y of Jesus Christ. The Church awaits the glorious coming of Jesus at the end of time. Like Mary and with Mary, the saints are in the Church and for the Church, to make her holiness shine forth, to extend
Trent declares that Mary is free of all sin (1547) – Our Wounded Lady (Cambrai, France) Mary, the one who kept all these things in her heart here is a point about the Virgin Mary in a Gospel passage where [...] are forbidden to proclaim Mary blessed, in accordance with the Gospel (Luke 1:48-49). Yet, how do they fail to see that the words they want to turn against the Virgin Mary perfectly apply to her, and [...] having listened to the Word of God and observed it? Did Mary not listen to the Word of God, did she not believe it? Did she not put it into practice? Mary replied to the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation, "I
