Joseph, model of those consecrated to Jesus through Mary Being entrusted with the care of the Virgin Mary and becoming her chaste husband must have come as a big surprise to Joseph. According to the tradition [...] Mother of God. This commitment led Joseph to welcome Jesus in a unique and unsurpassed way. He was the first to go "to Jesus through Mary." With Mary, his wife, Joseph also consecrated himself entirely to Jesus [...] we can be certain, received her with great joy and agreed to respect her vow of virginity (see Luke 1:34). Joseph dedicated himself fully to serving Mary, whom he saw as a gift from God. He is the model
go on the retreat to Mary Undoer of Knots hosted in Cotignac. Mary Undoer of Knots can do amazing things!" I went with her, and gave it all to God. The following week, I landed a new job after just the [...] all to the Virgin Mary! And I pray with all my heart that what happened to me may happen to someone in need. M.S. Testimonial of a participant from the "2021 Retreats of Trust in Mary Undoer of Knots" (Cotignac [...] May 23 – La Linda (Peru, 1664) “During this novena, Mary took away all my burdens” I did a retreat to Mary Undoer of Knots in Cotignac (France) because I was exhausted from the constant harassment and
The indestructible image of Mary The small town of Ivrea in Piedmont, Italy, is home to a women’s religious community. Inside their convent is a painting of the Madonna with a very interesting past. The [...] long, and depicts the Immaculate Virgin crushing the head of a snake. This painting was part of an estate sale held in Turin in the house of a Waldensian* named Albert Pizio, on December 8, 1859. On the [...] painting to destroy it. Two strikes failed to make a dent in it. Furious, he hit it again so hard that the ax broke. Still, the painting resisted. Seeing a fire roaring in the fireplace, the madman threw
Ephesus, the Apostle John and Mary inaugurated the contemplative Christian life After the Ascension of Jesus, the Apostle John stayed with Mary for about twenty years. From 30 to 36 A.D, after the Pentecost, [...] 36, forced the Apostles to flee. Around the year 37, John left Palestine with the Virgin Mary to settle in Ephesus, Turkey, as a solid local tradition testifies, evoked in 431 by the official letter that [...] advantage of the dispersion to found churches and spread the Good Word? It seems that John and Mary inaugurated a new kind of life in Ephesus, without direct apostolate, in silence and prayer. Library of Marian
June 3 I received a call for an interview the next day with a well-known company for a position in my field with great potential (my dream job). A week later, I received a job offer and a salary proposal [...] Laus (France, 1664) Mary responds to our novenas as we persevere in hope "I have been living in Dubai for over a year. I started the novena to Mother Mary Undoer of Knots on May 8, 2022. A week earlier, I [...] words to say thank you to our Queen of Heaven, who intercedes mightily for her children." A.F. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on June 15, 2022
endowing it with a striking theological dimension. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds. D’un “miracle conjugal” à une dévotion universelle (Mary Undoer of Knots: From a "marital miracle" to a universal [...] both sacred and secular, an exemplum is a lesson given in the form of a short story, a tale, a fable or a parable. It is part of the apologetics genre (2) and has a powerful argumentative force. In the Gospel [...] teachings and is a powerful guide to prayer. The painting evokes a particular story. It was made as an ex-voto of gratitude to Mary for a grace obtained through her intercession in saving a struggling marriage
crowd in the church come from, when a cleric pronounces the name of Mary? It is like a sweet date, so sweet inside us ... Sweet is the image of Mary, which artists trace with so much magnificence, zeal and [...] Piety - Saint Albert the Great, Doctor of the Church (1200-1280) When will we see sweet Mary? Sweet is the name of Mary, which makes the Church of the faithful melt in devotion everywhere. Tell me, I pray [...] the other images of saints, and that the faithful venerate with so much joy before all others. Do you not see that the churches are full of Mary’s image, an obvious sign that all hearts are full of her sweet
them with our prayer and sacrifices, so that they remain strong in the faith and well-armed in the spiritual struggle they are going through." This is why he initiated a novena to the Virgin Mary who protects [...] to pray to the Virgin. How can we function without a mother? Christ needed a Mother, how could we do without one?" Since Jesus has entrusted us to Mary, we can ask her for help. To enable priests to "feel [...] "feel the Virgin's tenderness," d'Alançon also launched, with the Society of Saint John Vianney, the project to commission a statue of "Mary who Guards Priests," to be installed in the home for priests in
the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph Mary was always approachable There has never been a stronger or deeper spousal love than the mutual love of Joseph and Mary. Theirs was a genuine, deep and never imposing [...] they certainly lived a certain degree of perfection, it was not so outwardly impressive as to be overwhelming and repelling. They gave the image of a welcoming and forgiving love, a type of love that is [...] The love of Joseph and Mary was an attractive, welcoming love. I think that the three of them knew how to strike a perfect balance between family intimacy and kind hospitality. Mary was always approachable
messenger while meditating on the sacred Scriptures, represented generally with a book that she holds in her hands, or on her lap, or on a lectern. This is also the image of the Church offered by the Council [...] constitution "Dei Verbum" (No. 1). Let us pray that, like Mary, the Church may be a docile handmaid of the Divine Word and proclaim it always with firm confidence so that "the whole world, hearing, will [...] Lady of the Grotto (Lamego, Portugal) Like Mary, the Docile Handmaid of the Divine Word This attitude of religious listening is the typical attitude of Mary Most Holy exactly as shown in the emblematic
