united to Mary, my Mother, under the dependence of the Interior Master who directs me, in allowing myself to be invaded, devoured, consumed by God. "I entrust all things to my Beloved Mother and I surrender [...] may help me to sanctify and offer EVERY MINUTE that God gives me, in all that it contains, to Him. "My good Mother, act in me... pray in me... speak in me... love Jesus in me and with me, so that I may [...] February 6 – Mary, Mother of Piety (Italy) – French mystic Marthe Robin (d. 1981) "I increasingly depend on Our Good Mother" Marthe Robin left us the following thoughts: "The whole program of my life consists
France to Mary (1638) The Virgin Mary responds to the Consecration of France (II) King Louis XIII of France made sure that the edict of February 10, 1638, which officially consecrated France to Mary, was recorded [...] his Son who lowered Him to us, and to this Son through His Mother whom He raised up to Himself, in whose protection we especially place our person, our State, our crown and all our subjects. Our hands not [...] hosts; and it is quite reasonable, that having been the mediatrix of these benefits, she should be the mediatrix of our thanksgivings." Cf. Encyclopedia Maria tome IV - Beauchesne 1956 - p. 714 And also:
September 25 - Mary, protectress of orphans Encircling Poland with a human Rosary chain (II) The Polish project "Rosary at the Borders" (see A Moment With Mary of 09/24) has 22 dioceses, located in the [...] border regions, participating. Priests will act as coordinators, and about 200 churches have been appointed to serve as stations. As organizer and spokesman Maciej Bodasiński explains, no area will be overlooked [...] on, to go create a line of canoes on the river. Along the common Polish, Czech and Slovak border we invite the Czechs and the Slovaks to pray with us." The Polish community of the "Pilgrims of Mercy,"
Virgin Mary was living in Nazareth! In December 1603, Kepler, one of the fathers of modern astronomy, observed the very luminous conjunction (i.e. the meeting on a straight line) of Jupiter and Saturn [...] Jupiter and Saturn would become one! Now, for the Babylonian astrologers, this conjunction, which is only observed once every 794 years, occurred three times in 7 BC: on May 29th, October 1st and December [...] December 17 – The first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Rome, Italy) - Saint John of Matha (d. 1213) Only seen once every 794 years Some Babylonian astrologers had calculated with astonishing precision
Virgin Mary: "Thus, in the divinely inspired Scriptures, what is universally said of the Virgin-Mother Church is understood in a particular way of Mary the Virgin-Mother" (and we could add, ‘and vice versa’ [...] i.e. to carry a child their womb. Isaac of Stella makes this parallel between Mary and the Church: both are mothers, and both are virgins. Both of them, without any carnal contact, conceive of the same [...] Lady of Victories to the Most Holy Immaculate Heart of Mary (France, 1836) Both virgins are the mothers of Christ Advent reminds Christians that Mary, like all mothers, waited for the birth of Jesus. Moreover
him: the pain she was experiencing was consuming and piercing her, and she was not yet able to re-enter her inner self to experience this joy [of faith]; and that he had spent a long time with her, because [...] 9 - Easter Sunday; the Resurrection of the Lord - Byzantine Church: Saint Mary of the Source - Holy Virgin Empress (Russia) Mary, "the first person to whom the risen Jesus appeared" The Easter season gives [...] dawn may be an indication that she had already met Jesus. The unique and special character of the Blessed Virgin's presence at Calvary and her perfect union with the Son in his suffering on the Cross seem
of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, who crushed in herself and in the whole human race the head of the serpent, he provided us with a tireless advocate before his Son and our God and invincible defender of even [...] November 25 – Mary Consoler of the Afflicted (Rome, Italy) – St Seraphim of Sarov Mary, terror of demons Despite the fact that Satan seduced Eve, dragging Adam after her, God not only gave us a Redeemer
prayer services" in parishes and convents, and to use the Rosary as a protective weapon, so that the elected officials would remain "faithful to the Indian Constitution and respect every human being, without [...] February 12 – The Virgin Mary honored through the Iverskaya icon (Russia) The Rosary during the elections During the general election in India’s western state of Gujarat, held on December 9-14, 2017,
darkness for the sick and the dying. As a priest, I am always amazed by the pedagogical and spiritual power of the Rosary in times of illness and mourning. I remind the sick and those who are in jail of [...] December 30 – Holy Mary of Saint Celsus (Italy, 1485) Praying the Rosary can influence history Praying the Rosary unites us to God when we pray it alone. It also brings Christians together, as secular [...] secular societies like the Rosary Teams or the Legion of Mary testify. As a First Communion or Confirmation gift, why not offer a beautiful rosary to children that will stay with them for the rest of their life
was found, the face of the Virgin seemed fatally damaged, with empty eye sockets, and the cheeks and hair charred, and a crack on the left side of the face which some believers say looks now like tears [...] February 10 - Saint Scholastica – King Louis XIII consecrates France to Mary (1638) A symbol of the fight against nuclear weapons When Pope Francis offers Mass during international trips, an image of the [...] 2019 the image used at a papal Mass in Nagasaki had an additional significance: It is a sculpture of Mary that survived the explosion of the atomic bomb in 1945. They call her the Virgin of Nagasaki or the
