the Virgin Mary Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, concluded his visit to the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville, Africa) by an act of consecration of the country to the Virgin Mary, at the
anyone to grab in the end-zone a “Hail Mary” pass. Most recently quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become well-known for the surprising success rate of his “Hail Mary” passes, often winning games (or pulling [...] 11 – Madonna and Child of Brindisi (Italy, 1598) How Roger Staubach’s prayer became the first “Hail Mary” football pass On a cold December Sunday at Minnesota’s Metropolitan Stadium in 1975, the Vikings [...] Championship game. Staubach said to reporters after the game, “I just closed my eyes and said a Hail Mary,” praying that Pearson would catch the ball and score a touchdown. Ever since Staubach mentioned his
to the altar to marry Brian. Two years later, they had a little girl whom they called Dorothy Marie: Marie in honor of the Blessed Virgin and Dorothy which in Greek means "Gift of God"! Aleteia [...] Pellicer, an amputee, wakes up with his two legs (Calenda, Spain, 1640) Two years later, Dorothy Marie was born In January 2014, a young American woman called Liz Mitchell, 32, fell from the second floor
March 28 – The Great Return of Our Lady of Boulogne (1943) It’s up to the Virgin Mary to take care of it Charles Péguy (1873-1914), a French writer and mystic, was an atheist and a fervent socialist before
of the novena to the holy spouse of the Virgin Mary, let us meditate on the mystery of Joseph's paternity, with the help of Mary. Indeed, the mystery of Mary's motherhood is so great that it has until now [...] March 10 – Beginning of the novena of prayer to St Joseph Mary’s motherhood called for Joseph’s fatherhood In this month of March, traditionally dedicated in the Church to Saint Joseph, and on this first [...] now sort of covered up the mystery of Joseph's paternity. We should strongly affirm this: Mary's motherhood of Jesus called for Joseph's paternity; it is inseparable from it and draws its source and its
March 31 – Our Lady of Iwer (Russia) If we want to resemble Mary If we want to resemble Mary, to be transformed from the inside out as the years go by, we must have this double movement of both momentum [...] desires, and worse still, our own little comfort. The Word of God was able to take flesh in Mary's womb because Mary was both abandoned to the will of God and co-operated entirely, body and soul, with that [...] Flexibility is the watchword to make our hearts totally available to God’s action. Father Michel Marie Zanotti Sorkine
18 – Our Lady of Mercy (Savona, Italy, 1586) - St Cyril of Jerusalem A famous conductor who loved Mary George Prêtre, a famous conductor (born on August 14, 1924, in Waziers, northern France), who died [...] was seriously ill, he made a pilgrimage on foot from Castres to Lourdes (170 miles) to pray Mother Mary for her recovery. His funeral was held in the church of Naves near Castres. Georges and Gina were
March 26 – Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel "Are you willing to do this?" Mary replied, "Yes" The Council said: "By her belief and obedience, not knowing man but overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, as the [...] (Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium 63). It is a point on which the Fathers of the Church insisted: Mary conceived Jesus in the faith and then in the flesh, when she said "yes" to the announcement that God [...] not want to become a man by ignoring our freedom; that he wanted to go through the free assent of Mary, through her "yes." He asked her, "Are you willing to do this?" And she said, "Yes." But what happened
Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The present Church crisis and Mary Does the Mother of Jesus have any relevance to the present Church crisis? Mary brings the Divine Redeemer into the world by an obedient fiat [...] the Church is the Marian model… Mary was superior to Peter in knowledge of the Gospel, wisdom in its application, and purity in its lived expression. How then would Mary respond to Peter’s authority? In [...] her superiority to Peter in most every conceivable measure, Mary responded to Peter’s office of authority with the same obedient fiat . For Mary saw Jesus in Peter, and thus continually gave the obedience
Virgin of the French (Nagasaki, Japan) - Saint Patrick (Ireland, d. 461) After a vision of the Virgin Mary Blessed Alix Le Clerc, a French religious sister from Lorraine, opened many girls’ schools starting [...] already had "a melancholic soul living amid the world and its vanities.” After a vision of the Virgin Mary, she decided to make significant changes in her life style despite her family’s disapproval. She started
