(France) Mary’s Timing Jesus says to Mary that His "hour" has not yet come. On an immediate level, this means that He does not simply act and decide by His own lights, but always in harmony with the Father's [...] solidly situated in a precise historical context tied to a liturgical date - and just so it is the beginning of the new liturgy in "spirit and truth". When at this juncture Jesus speaks to Mary of His hour, He [...] word and sacrament. Jesus' hour, the hour of His glory, begins at the moment of the Cross, and its historical setting is the moment when the Passover lambs are slaughtered - it is just then that Jesus,

finished a rosary-making activity and were entering into a time of prayer. The teen’s father had volunteered to lead a decade of the Rosary, but there was a catch — he forgot the words to the Hail Mary, Anthony [...] their parents Scott Anthony, a youth minister in Pennsylvania, recalls the moment one of his teens took her father’s hand and guided him through the Rosary. It happened at a “Parent-Teen Night” that Anthony [...] prayer to him,” Anthony said. “It was one of those moments that was just etched in my memory, because it was so beautiful to see this young teenage girl with the love she had for her dad. You could tell she

Mechtilde of Hackeborn, a German Benedictine nun, to whom Our Lady revealed a way of lifting up a prayer of thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for the privileges granted to the Virgin Mary. Mechtilde was born [...] The Virgin Mary promised Saint Mechtilde that whoever would pray three Hail Marys every day would receive her help during life and her special assistance at the moment of death—the Virgin Mary would appear [...] will; but I want you, on your part, to pray three Hail Marys to me each day. With the first, you will ask that, just as God the Father raised me up to a throne of glory without equal, making me the most powerful

Bethlehem Son of Mary and Son of the Most High "The time came for Mary to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there [...] These words touch our hearts every time we hear them. This was the moment that the angel had foretold at Nazareth: "you will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great, and will be [...] called the Son of the Most High" (Lk 1:31). This was the moment that Israel had been awaiting for centuries, through many dark hours-the moment that all mankind was somehow awaiting, in terms as yet i

difficulty accepting and understanding Mary. I did not have a “special relationship” with her. In a moment of spiritual aridity, a brother priest gave me some homilies by a priest from Medjugorje on the messages [...] January 16 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners (Paris, France) Start with the Holy Rosary I had been a priest for 4 years and I had never prayed a Rosary. I did not like it or understand [...] the Gospa (the Virgin Mary) to read. As soon as I began reading, I felt great inner peace and strong confidence. I knew that these messages really conveyed Mary’s words. I felt Mary’s real presence and I

Almighty and were an opportunity for her to praise God. Filled with joy, she regarded everything she had to do or suffer at any moment of her life as a gift from Him who showers delights upon those who hunger [...] Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium, 1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) “Let it happen to me as you have said” (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants us to have always [...] and in our hearts: “Your will be done” (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would have meant nothing to her unless

Almighty and were an opportunity for her to praise God. Filled with joy, she regarded everything she had to do or suffer at any moment of her life as a gift from Him who showers delights upon those who hunger [...] Our Lady of Louvain (Belgium, 1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) "Let it happen to me as you have said" (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants us to have always [...] and in our hearts: "Your will be done" (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would have meant nothing to her unless

praying the Rosary, and through events lived in truth: an unexpected reconciliation with a friend who converted, a meeting with believers touched by Our Lady, and many more...". M-X., personal testimony Translated [...] to think of the Rosary as a rather boring repetition of prayers, was pleasantly surprised by its effects. There were two key moments in my pilgrimage: first, the testimony of a sister whose faith was contagious [...] strewn with shadows. The second highlight was the Way of the Cross, so rich in lessons that I saw the important moments of my life flash by at every step. This is how the mini tidal wave of Mary swept me

Scripture, then there must be a starting point and a term, since the Holy Spirit wanted to reveal to us the mystery of God through a story. Where does Scripture end? With Saint John, with the Johannine writings [...] received Mary as a mother – this is also very important. The Word of God is indeed a living word, bound to "the good earth" and therefore to Tradition. The first moment of Tradition took place in Mary’s heart [...] December 27 – Mary Mother of Saint John – First apparition in Paray-le-Monial (France) to Saint Margaret-Marie Alacoque (1673) Mary is Christian Tradition at its source If we admit that there is a deep unity

(Italy, 1624) Mary, "Mother of the Church" (III) Indelibly printed in my memory is the moment when, hearing his words: "Mariam Sanctissimam declaramus Matrem Ecclesiae" - "We declare Mary the Most Holy [...] y rose at once and paid homage to the Mother of God, to our Mother, to the Mother of the Church, with a standing ovation.