his family, who are Sephardic Jews and who would see this as a failure, a blow to their history and a deep disappointment. It is thus with this secret that he returns to Paris. His secret leads to some [...] November 16, 2022. Called "Stay a while", this very personal film is based on the author's own life and spiritual journey. By certain aspects, it looks like a comedy, but it is also a bold and courageous revelation [...] Gad Elmaleh is on a spiritual search and is attracted to the Virgin Mary. As the French newspaper La Vie (1) remarks, "for months, even years, we have been watching the comedian from a distance: he has
decimated" by a serious epidemic of plague in 1426-1430. On March 7, 1426, an old peasant woman named Vincenza Parisi, saw on the hill of Monte Berico, near the city of Vicenza, a woman dressed like a magnificent [...] March 6 – Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) How Mary stopped the plague on Monte Berico (I) A rare manuscript, kept at the Bertoliana library in Vicenza, Italy, tells in great detail the story of [...] magnificent queen, with clothes more resplendent than the sun, and emanating a thousand perfumes. Overwhelmed by so much beauty, Vincenza fell to the ground. The strikingly beautiful woman helped her to her
"shaken and decimated" by a very serious plague epidemic between 1426 and 1430. On March 7, 1426, Vincenza Parisi, aged 70, saw on the hill of Monte Berico a woman who was dressed like a queen in clothes more [...] March 6 - Our Lady of Graces (Padua, Italy, 1630) Mary stops the plague at Monte Berico (I) A rare manuscript, preserved in the Bertoliana Library in Vicenza, Veneto, recounts in great detail the events [...] wrapped in a thousand perfumes. At the sight of so much beauty, her strength failed her and she fell to the ground. The beautiful woman helped her to her feet and said: "I am the Virgin Mary, the Mother
Laura was sent to live with her grandmother. She suffered greatly from misunderstandings and the lack of affection, feeling she had been "orphaned." However, she accepted with love the sacrifices and [...] their culture, to "become an Indian with the Indians to win them all for Christ." In 1914, she went to live among the native Indians and founded the "Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and St Catherine of Siena [...] October 21 – Saint María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui Madre Laura, founder of the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Laura Montoya Upegui was born on 26 May 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia, the second
message of salvation. Jesus challenged the people of Nazareth with his questions; they knew his father Joseph, the carpenter, Mary’s husband, a good craftsman appreciated by all, whose heart was close to [...] enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary, where he drew all his energy. Through Mary's heart, his love went to the heart of the Father in the Holy Spirit. Adapted from a article by Father Gilbert Adam Priest [...] Saint Joseph the Worker – Our Lady of Laus (France, 1664) He was enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary When Jesus returned to his village at the age of 30, he surprised everyone by his proclamation of
experience with this devotion is that we receive the courage to go on. In the film The Passion of the Christ, Mary is portrayed as the one who goes on in the worst of circumstances; it is a most powerful [...] Feast Day Mary Gives Us the Courage to Go On We may well ask how the Blessed Virgin helps us. She certainly prays for us, and in my own case I have often asked my best Friend's mother to put in a good word [...] word. Anyone familiar with Marian devotion knows that Our Lady may help us in two ways. First, through her intercession we may realize that things did not go as badly as we might have expected them to, or
house with the seven pillars evokes the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, a fullness of gifts. It was necessary to first build the house where the Word of God was to come down and be received as a guest [...] pillars. She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table." (Proverbs 9:1-2) Mary is a creature, made by the Creator, by the creative Wisdom. She was sanctified by the Holy Spirit so [...] 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 of the Covenant between God
Bernardino of Siena (1340-1444) - Our Lady of Graces (Cuneo, Italy, 1537) Mary’s Greatness and Holiness Saint Bernardino of Siena was a popular preacher, attentive and sensitive to the mentality and religiosity [...] connected with the predestination of Christ. Her fullness of grace and her role in the mystery of the incarnate Word, as well as her compassion on Calvary and her Assumption into Heaven make Mary the human [...] like Him. The saint speaks of the Virgin’s holiness with unbounded admiration. From her birth, he holds, the Lord gave her all the fullness of grace that a human being could possibly have, because she had
could Mary say, which could match what she felt? Thus one keeps God's secret under a seal, excepting when He inspires one's speech and encourages one to talk. Human advantages have nothing to do with it, [...] March 10 - Our Lady of Miracles (Bari, Italy, 1576) Mary's and Joseph's Silence Joseph shared Mary's silence, just as he shared her secret; he to whom the angel had told such great things, and who had [...] draw any benefit from such wonders. As humble as she was wise, Mary let herself be seen as an ordinary mother and her Son as the result of a normal marriage. The great things that God operates in His creatures
Bernardino of Siena (1340-1444) - Our Lady of Graces (Cuneo, Italy, 1537) Mary’s Greatness and Holiness Saint Bernardino of Siena was a popular preacher, attentive and sensitive to the mentality and religiosity [...] connected with the predestination of Christ. Her fullness of grace and her role in the mystery of the incarnate Word, as well as her compassion on Calvary and her Assumption into Heaven make Mary the human [...] like Him. The saint speaks of the Virgin's holiness with unbounded admiration. From her birth, he holds, the Lord gave her all the fullness of grace that a human being could possibly have, because she had
