patron saint of Europe Mary did not have another Virgin Mary to lean on! There are moments in life when one is weary, when one needs rest and shelter. In these moments we can turn to Mary, to her Immaculate [...] another Virgin Mary to lean on! Happy is the soul who knows how to find this shelter, this refuge! All troubles, lack of motivation and fear disappear when one flees to this motherly Heart and says to her: [...] shield me..." Mary protects us, shelters us, even lulls us to sleep like a good mother who sings to her child and cradles him. If we need strength, she teaches us how to be stronger, and leads us to the
Einsiedeln Greeting Mary with Hail Mary’s is like offering her roses The practice of the Rosary dates back to the 11 th century, when the illiterate religious recited Pater Nosters and Ave Marias in the [...] reciting the Rosary which includes joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious sets of mysteries. … The word “rosary” means a crown of flowers …and comes from courtly love. A "rosarium," meaning "field of roses [...] could not read recited 150 Ave Marias , in lieu of the 150 psalms: this was called the Psalter of Mary. The Dominican Alain de la Roche spread the recitation of the Rosary in the 15 th century. The Catholic
(Cuba) He chose Mary. Long live Mary! Near my home, in Italy, there is a church dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy. I am a religious of the Holy Family, and we know the determining role of Mary in the story of [...] brings us closer to Christ, and I share my love for her with everyone in my diocese! God could have chosen another way to give us Jesus, but he chose Mary! So be it! Long live Mary! Bishop Ettore Dotti Bishop [...] Marian year. Five and a half years ago, I was appointed first bishop of the new diocese of Naviraí, in Brazil, under the patronage of Our Lady of Fatima. There is a golden star, symbolizing Mary—the star of
three visions of the Virgin Mary. Concerned for her eternal salvation, she begged the Virgin to be present at the hour of her death. During these apparitions, Mary reassured her and taught her how to recite [...] July 30 – Our Lady Promoter of Peace (Le Puy en Velay, France) Mary’s promise to every soul who faithfully prays the "Three Hail Marys" Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn (1241-1299), a Benedictine nun from [...] the Son; and the third, for the immense reservoir of love she holds inside her, since she is filled with the Holy Spirit. According to Saint Gertrude the Great (1256-1301), the Blessed Virgin Mary promised
impossible words. And when Peter is in front her, a sorry man and a sorry sight, she knows that he is Peter and that "on this Rock," Jesus will build his Church. How great is Mary’s faith! ___________ [...] my penance – I’m sure I had to say some Hail Marys! – when I got to "now and at the hour of our death," I entrusted my life to her in a firm, articulate, and intentional way. Then I thought, "But what will [...] the Hail Marys, I recite each decade in ten different languages, in a set order; with the Our Father and Glory Be, it makes twelve! In this way I always know where I am. In fact, I can see Mary watching
humans and the Church; merciful human advocate and intercessor with the Father; universal mediatrix and distributrix to the world of the divine grace, light, wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit; and prov [...] Consecration to Jesus through Mary (II) God endowed Mary with the privileges and prerogatives of: 1) The Divine Maternity, sharing with the Father the parenthood of Jesus, true God and true man, the redeeming [...] her intimate union and close cooperation with Jesus as co-redemptrix sharing in His redemptive ministry and sacrifice; 3) Assumption body and soul into heaven, for her continued union and cooperation with
stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Ezek 11:19-20) [...] covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah..." (...) "I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people..." [...] will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk
stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Ezek 11:19-20) [...] covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah..." (...) "I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people..." [...] will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk
Looking to her, and living in spiritual intimacy with her, we learn to stand before God, and with one another, as the Lord's brothers and sisters. Mary lives among us, as mother and sister, attentive [...] our needs; along with us she waits and hopes, suffers and rejoices. The scapular is a sign of Mary's permanent and constant motherly love for Carmelite brothers and sisters. By their devotion to the scapular [...] listening who kept and pondered in her heart the events and the words of the Lord. She is the faithful disciple of wisdom, who sought God's Wisdom and allowed herself to be formed and molded by His Spirit
Looking to her, and living in spiritual intimacy with her, we learn to stand before God, and with one another, as the Lord's brothers and sisters. Mary lives among us, as mother and sister, attentive [...] our needs; along with us she waits and hopes, suffers and rejoices. The scapular is a sign of Mary's permanent and constant motherly love for Carmelite brothers and sisters. By their devotion to the scapular [...] listening who kept and pondered in her heart the events and the words of the Lord. She is the faithful disciple of wisdom, who sought God's Wisdom and allowed herself to be formed and molded by His Spirit
