raised as if in prayer. On her right stood Saint Joseph, with his head inclined towards her and on her left stood Saint John the Evangelist, dressed as a bishop. “Saint John was preaching and wore a small miter
November 9 – Dedication of the St John Lateran Basilica Why is Mary called the New Eve? As Pope Saint John Paul II often pointed out, "the comparison Eve-Mary constantly recurs in the course of reflection [...] New Eve just as Jesus is the New Adam. This truth so essential to Marian dogma is, in the words of Saint John Henry Newman, "the great rudimental teaching of Antiquity from its earliest date concerning her [...] ' and still more often they say: ‘death through Eve, life through Mary’" ( Lumen Gentium n. 56). Saint Irenaeus used the symbol of a reverse circuit to describe how the evil contracted in the origins was
an eternal and jubilant ecstasy of love (Rev 5:11). Together with theologians like Saints Augustine and Gregory, Saint Thomas Aquinas also thinks that, in the same moment that they were thus called to Divine [...] serve), but the angelic spirits themselves were put to the test. With a few quotes from Scriptures, Saint Thomas Aquinas teaches that the angels were created in a state of grace, but without yet seeing God
Eric Letty: Jesus is less "discreet" than you say. He appeared, for example, in the 17th century, to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque to call people to adore His Sacred Heart ("Behold the Heart that has so loved [...] testify to Its love") or again, in the 20th century, to the Polish nun Faustina Kowalska, canonized by Saint John Paul II, to make her the messenger of His Mercy. And, of course, Jesus’ message, His Good News [...] confirmed this a few moments before He died on the Cross, when He said to his mother, pointing to Saint John: " Woman, behold your son " and to John: " Behold your mother ." Through John, Mary adopts the
theologians and saints from many ages, but it was the 17th century French preacher, Saint John Eudes, who formalized this devotion into the liturgical practice that we observe today. Saint John’s spirituality
subdue this visible world, and to suspend and counteract its laws; that is, the world of Angels and Saints, of Holy Church and her children; and the weapon by which they master its laws is the power of prayer [...] Powerful—nay, sometimes, All-powerful, because she has, more than anyone else, more than all Angels and Saints, this great, prevailing gift of prayer. No one has access to the Almighty as His Mother has; none [...] violence, can avail to harm us; for human life is short, but Mary reigns above, a Queen forever. Saint John Henry Newman Meditations and Devotions, see www.newmanreader.org
raised as if in prayer. On her right stood Saint Joseph, with his head inclined towards her and on her left stood Saint John the Evangelist, dressed as a bishop. "Saint John was preaching and wore a small miter
apparition by the tradition of the Church. According to tradition, James the Greater, brother of Saint John the Evangelist, traveled with great effort to Roman Hispania (modern-day Spain) to evangelize [...] encourage him. The Virgin Mary, with the Child Jesus in her arms and standing on a pillar, asked Saint James and his eight disciples to build a church on the site, promising that “it will stand from that [...] under my patronage.” Our Lady is also said to have given the small wooden statue of the apparition to Saint James, which now stands on the pillar she stood on. [...] In 1637, a youngster employed on a farm
June 19 - Our Lady of Monte Senario (Florence, Italy, 1240) Like a Sweet Lure The Lord revealed to Saint Catherine of Siena the reason why He created Mary: “I reserved this beloved girl for myself,” He said
June 19 - Our Lady of Monte Senario (Florence, Italy, 1240) Like a Sweet Lure The Lord revealed to Saint Catherine of Siena the reason why He created Mary: "I reserved this beloved girl for myself," He said
