redeemer. In his teaching, Christ and Mary shed light on one another. Saint Anselm's teaching combined dogma and spirituality. He contemplated the mystery of Mary and the Incarnation in the grand perspective [...] perspective of the whole creation. For him Mary and Jesus are inseparable: he loved them both and directed his prayers to both of them together. Saint Anselm offered Mary a very humble prayer, knowing that he [...] 21 - Saint Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, doctor of the Church (d.1109) For Saint Anselm, Christ and Mary shed light on each other Saint Anselm (1033-1109) was born in Aosta, Italy. He left his country and
death of Pope Saint John Paul II (2005) Saint Pope John Paul II’s devotion to Mary Pope John Paul II’s devotion to Holy Mary cannot be understood without reference to his beloved Poland, a country distinguished [...] the book “The Treatise on Perfect Devotion to the Most Holy Virgin Mary” by St. Louis Grignion de Montfort. Of how his devotion to Mary grew in maturity, the Holy Father writes in “Crossing the Threshold [...] from a distance of less than twenty feet. In great pain, the Holy Father kept repeating, “Mary, my Mother! Mary, my Mother!” Exactly one year after, the Pope made a pilgrimage to Fatima to Publicly thank
Francisco of Fatima (d. 1919) Sprouts of faith in Mongolia under the loving and protective mantle of Mary (I) Can the path of conversion and salvation pass through a landfill? In Darkhan, it seems that it [...] discovers a carved wooden statue, with the features of a beautiful woman. She is the Immaculate Virgin Mary. The poor woman does not immediately recognize the Mother of God but only shortly afterward, as she [...] some of Mother Teresa’s religious sisters, who spoke to her about Our Lady and taught her the Hail Mary. Once she realizes who this beautiful woman is, the poor woman takes the statue to the small Catholic
Mongolia under the loving and protective mantle of Mary (II) Over time, the Cardinal grew in his conviction that the discovery of the statue of Mary in the garbage symbolizes the Virgin’s attitude, “always [...] Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, when Cardinal Marengo decided to consecrate all of Mongolia to Mary. The event took place in the Cathedral of Ulaanbaatar, in front of the statue from the landfill, which [...] Asia: they are, he said, sprouts in the steppe”. Sprouts under the loving and protective mantle of Mary. Source: L’ Osservatore Romano , 20 January 2023
Like Mary, let us spend Holy Saturday in expectation Pope Francis asks the faithful to seize the grace of each day of the Triduum and in particular to "reflect closely on the way the Virgin Mary spent
In the depth of Jesus' Passion and Mary's compassion The Church invites us to consider carefully the love that is manifested in the depth of Jesus' Passion and Mary's compassion: "O you who pass by the [...] creature who can understand the greatness of the torments I suffered then." The Mary of Nazareth Team (1) Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) was a French Visitation nun and mystic from the convent of [...] my suffering" (Lamentations 1:12). During the great apparition of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1) in June 1675, Jesus declared: "Behold the Heart which has so loved men that it has spared
visionary Lucia of Fatima (1907) Mary and Joseph talk to each other about their common secret After the angel's liberating message to Joseph, the latter must have run to knock on Mary's door, his heart pounding; [...] pounding; in the intense and silent exchange of their looks, Mary immediately understood that Joseph finally knew her secret! Joseph was able to tell Mary his suffering and his joy; he probably also asked her [...] father of Mary's child in the eyes of the world. (Do we think that it was an easy thing?) And he did it by quickly organizing the festive meal that preceded the moment when, after declaring to Mary in front
accepting the word of God addressed by Jesus to people of all times. Following Mary's example, let us begin our exodus journey. Mary was docile to the voice of the Angel of the Lord; she knew that the child [...] Sunday of Lent - Blessed Virgin Meschecia (Russia, 1492) Lent is an exodus: let us travel it with Mary Lent is like an exodus. Those who have experienced one in their lives know that it is always difficult [...] and your father's house. Then go to the land that I will show you" (Gen. 12:1). It was the same for Mary and Joseph: "Arise, take the little child and his mother, flee to Egypt..." (Mt 2:13). Thus, the exodus
apparition in Lourdes (France, 1858) “Mary’s gaze purified, her silence uplifted, her smile instructed” Here is what Jesus himself told Maria Valtorta (1) about His Mother: “Mary has attracted millions of creatures [...] my sweet Mother so as to see Her clearly at the hour of death. Whoever dies in Mary immediately has Jesus. Contemplate Mary and receive my peace. Nothing else is needed to be happy.” Jesus to Maria Valtorta [...] it was lifted. The Church has not yet made an official pronouncement on them, but the Servants of Mary distribute the writings of Maria Valtorta who is buried in a chapel in the Basilica of Florence.
Lourdes (France (1858) Mary, cause of our joy In a 2012 Sunday Angelus address, Benedict XVI spoke of the “Woman of Christmas” – the Blessed Virgin Mary – and the experience of joy: Mary Immaculate speaks to [...] faith, even to the cross and the resurrection: Jesus is Mary’s joy and the joy of the Church, of all of us. He concluded: “In this season of Advent, Mary Immaculate teaches us to listen to the voice of God [...] therefore to learn to say no to the voice of egoism and to say yes to the voice of authentic love. Mary’s joy is full because there is no shadow of sin in her heart. This joy coincides with the presence
