reality of the relationship of the Immaculate with the Holy Spirit. We could say in a sense that the Immaculate is "the incarnation of the Holy Spirit." Saint Maximilian Kolbe [...] the same as whiteness itself; something perfect is not the same as perfection itself. ... The Holy Spirit is the Uncreated Immaculate Conception... Admittedly, the third person of the Trinity is not incarnate
by the Holy Spirit so she could carry the Word of God, who became incarnate through the same Holy Spirit. The image of the house with the seven pillars evokes the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a fullness [...] is supported by seven pillars, because the venerable Mother had received the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. This house with seven pillars is also a bridal chamber. Indeed, the Incarnation is the fulfillment
the divine approval of the Holy Spirit; without leaving the heart of his Father, He came down towards our lowliness. According to the common will of the Father and Holy Spirit, and according to His nature [...] the brilliant virginal purity of Mary’s womb; the holy and radiant Virgin, full of a divine wisdom, and free from any stain of the body, heart and spirit. He was incarnated; He, the incorporeal one, took
the divine approval of the Holy Spirit; without leaving the heart of his Father, He came down towards our lowliness. According to the common will of the Father and Holy Spirit, and according to His nature [...] the brilliant virginal purity of Mary's womb; the holy and radiant Virgin, full of a divine wisdom, and free from any stain of the body, heart and spirit. He was incarnated; He, the incorporeal one, took
Children's Rosary” publishes an image and a prayer for the novena of the Immaculate Conception, based on the direction given to the Church by the Holy Father. Published today in 400,000 copies, it is prayed
Queen of the Apostles The Woman I Love (II) When I was ordained, I took a resolution to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist every Saturday to the Blessed Mother, renewing my feeble love of her and [...] Mother was going to pay my hotel bill, she could just as well pay a big one as a little one. I made a novena--nine days of prayer--but on the ninth morning nothing happened, the ninth afternoon nothing happened
by a new trial: an illness in his eyes. Placing his confidence in the Virgin of Lourdes, he made a novena in the grotto of the apparitions, washing his eyes every day at the miraculous spring. On the ninth [...] and his immense charity. The evening of January 19, he made his confession peacefully, and received Holy Communion. His calm breathing continued until around 10 o'clock the next morning, when, as the nun
the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time. For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared [...] prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary
demanded a renewed gift of the Spirit. The Blessed Virgin therefore wanted it for the fruitfulness of her spiritual motherhood. While at the moment of the Incarnation the Holy Spirit had descended upon her as [...] ” the Mother of the Lord prays for the gift of the Spirit for herself and for the community. It was appropriate that the first outpouring of the Spirit upon her, which had happened in view of her divine [...] Christian community: it fosters the coming of the Spirit, imploring his action in the hearts of the disciples and in the world. Just as in the Incarnation the Spirit had formed the physical body of Christ in her
prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly [...] Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos).
