foot of the cross, that a people was born, a Marian people. Sisters and brothers, let us be of this people. Let us take Mary into our home. Brother François Marc , sm Excerpts from a poetic meditation published [...] Lady of the Sea (Aix-en-Provence, France) When the Church imitates Mary’s life The Marian Church follows Mary on the mountain and goes with her to meet life. She visits women and men and, beyond their apparent [...] the life that pulsates in them… The Marian Church knows that God loves her with an un-earned love and that God has the heart of a mother. She has seen God, on the threshold, watching for the improbable return
within the reach of the simplest people—that of the Rosary. A weapon of massive reconstruction, a line that puts us in direct contact with Heaven, the Rosary is the sure way to obtain divine assistance [...] anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 2018, they organized a national Rosary event along all their borders and at their airports, with a million people who participated! Rosary World [...] Militia of the Immaculate in Rome (1917) - Saint Andrew of Crete (d. 761) The Virgin Mary’s promise in Fatima The Virgin Mary promised in Fatima that in the end, her Immaculate Heart would triumph. Our Lady
inflicted upon a woman is a blasphemy against God, who was born of a woman. Humanity’s salvation came forth from the body of a woman: we can understand our degree of humanity by how we treat a woman’s body [...] things to heart. Only those who see with the heart see things properly, because they know how to “look into” each person: to see a brother apart from his mistakes, a sister apart from her failings, hope [...] of Graces (Italy, 1487) - Saint John of God In drawing close to Mary, the Church discovers herself The rebirth of humanity began from a woman. Women are sources of life. Yet they are continually insulted
Transfiguration and Mary The Gospel doesn’t say that Mary played a part in the Transfiguration, but the Church’s tradition, especially Saint Gregory Palamas in the East, speaks of Mary's role in similar [...] through divine energies. Mary was the first to achieve this through grace. Then, considering the mystery of the Church as a communion of deification, St Gregory Palamas explained that Mary transmits to us this [...] this contact with divine life, that transfigures us—the Eastern writers use the term divinize—and makes us capable to participate in divine life. Source: Marie de Nazareth editorial team
iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the [...] bring back the survivors of Israel" (Is 49:6)? "He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn't respect [...] the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Is 53:11-12). "A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet. I can count every one
(Ps 44:11) and all that which belongs to this world, and put on a new thought and a solid hope, and "then the king will fall in love with your beauty" (Ps 45:11), and you will be worthy to be truly called [...] 29 - Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium, 1932) Mary in the Temple (IX) The king was seduced by your beauty When she who was to feed with her breasts the Christ God to be born of her, was weaned [...] as an offering to God, according to a vow they had made before she was born. In Psalm 44, David alludes for the first time to his King and Son, saying, "They placed a princess at your right hand" (Ps 45:
iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was numbered with the transgressors: yet he bore the [...] bring back the survivors of Israel" (Is 49:6)? "He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we didn't respect [...] the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors" (Is 53:11-12). "A pack of dogs surrounds me, a gang of villains closing in on me as if to hack off my hands and my feet. I can count every one
(Ps 44:11) and all that which belongs to this world, and put on a new thought and a solid hope, and "then the king will fall in love with your beauty" (Ps 45:11), and you will be worthy to be truly called [...] 29 - Apparition of Our Lady of Beauraing (Belgium, 1932) Mary in the Temple (IX) The king was seduced by your beauty When she who was to feed with her breasts the Christ God to be born of her, was weaned [...] as an offering to God, according to a vow they had made before she was born. In Psalm 44, David alludes for the first time to his King and Son, saying, "They placed a princess at your right hand" (Ps 45:
purpose of Creation in human persons, and in the world--has deigned to fill Mary with grace and to call her, with her assent, to a total human sharing in the divine action for the redemption and renewal of [...] Virgin Mary. This consecration, made in love and devotion, rests solidly on the theological truths that: - God has created the world to show forth and share the divine love, goodness and action with humans [...] May 2 - Our Lady of Oviedo (Spain, 711) Consecration to Jesus through Mary (I) Through the centuries Christians seeking most fully to know, love and serve God--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--have done so
into her intimacy. To live in the intimacy of the Virgin Mary is a great joy; it is the royal way to go to God. With Mary, life is beautiful. With her and in her, one tastes the unfathomable riches of the [...] true devotion to the Virgin Mary is flourishing in our world. She is a sign of youth and a bearer of joy. Brother Gabriel Mossier (Trappist, 1835-1897) said, speaking with experience: "If we knew all the [...] and loving all those whom Christ has loved. Mary introduces us to the mystery of the Church. To pretend to love Christ and not to love Mary and the Church is a lack of loyalty, because Christ is inseparable
