manifest yourself shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of Lourdes. To the child, Saint Bernadette, you revealed yourself, "I am the Immaculate Conception." And now, Immaculate Virgin, Mother
the Pond (Dijon, France, 1531) The Palm of Virginity Following a tradition based on the Gospel of Saint Peter and the Book of James, some people consider the "brothers and the sisters" of Jesus Joseph's
the highest virtue, when she says, “We have been looking for you in sorrow” (Lk 2:48). She includes Saint Joseph and, like a humble person, put him ahead of herself, saying “Your father and I” (ibid.). Although
of Lorus that, transmitted to the city, became Lourdes at a later date. One thousand years before Saint Bernadette, the Blessed Virgin had already taken official possession of the place where she would
meditate on death" "Father, I would like to change my life, but temptation is too strong for me." Saint Philippe Neri looked at this young man of good will and gently encouraged him: "Take courage, my child
achieve this by grace. Then, considering the mystery of the Church as a communion of deification, Saint Gregory Palamas explains that Mary puts us in contact with the divine life, and that this contact
the branch that bears it, and seek the Eucharistic Jesus only on the virginal breast of Mary," says Saint Bonaventure, ofm (1217-1274). All the created graces contained in the Sacrament of the Eucharist are
empty-handed. _________________________________ (1) Polish Catholic priest and theologian (2) Future Pope Saint John Paul II George Weigel Witness to Hope: The Biography of John Paul II (HarperCollins Publishers
the eyes towards the light and the altar. The cathedral conveys a humble, sweet spirituality (cf. Saint Fulbert of Chartres). Here, Mary presents her Son everywhere. The entire cathedral is a celebration
insistent prayer of the faithful throughout the world so that you, exalted above all the angels and saints, will intercede before your Son for us, "until all families of peoples, whether they are honored
