our home to the Virgin Mary. Our Lady of Perpetual Help is wonderful at granting graces. Pray to her always! W. N., a reader of A Moment with Mary Testimonial sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association [...] city. The nun in charge of me made the icons of Our Lady that were sold in the monastery's store. I was particularly attached to Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and I kept a small icon of her in my suitcase for [...] Madonna of Mende (France, 1857) – Apparition to Father Jakob Rem (Ingolstadt, Germany, 1604) Our Lady of Perpetual Help made my Catholic marriage possible When I was very young, at the age of six, I began
bread … And that, O my Son, I have given to You as well. Marie Noël (1883-1967), French poetess Excerpt from the poem Lullaby of the Mother God Marie de Nazareth [...] had none, to talk to the lost people of this world. … O my Son, I have given You one. A hand, O my God, You had none to heal their poor, weary bodies by the touch of Your finger. … O my Son, I have given [...] December 25 – Christmas Day Lullaby of the Mother God My God who sleeps as a fragile babe in my arms, my Child so warm against my beating heart, I adore Him in my hands, and gently rock Him, filled with
Transfer of the Holy House of Loreto (Italy, 1294) My visit to the "Holy House" of Loreto in 2020 During the summer of 2020, I had a chance to make a short pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto [...] during the Jubilee year of the "Holy House" of Mary in Loreto inaugurated on December 8, 2019, and extended until December 2021. While visiting that holy place where the mystery of the Incarnation took place [...] century. (2) The basilica is built around the Holy House. Story shared by Arnaud, a reader of A Moment with Mary, 2020
Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary. He recommended to his brothers to keep the Church of St Mary of the Angels, known as "the Porziuncola," as the Mother House of the Order. Every day, the friars felt that it [...] Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) Saint Francis of Assisi considered the Rosary an urgent duty Saint Francis, "the lover of Christ," strove to live as close as possible to the evangelical life in imitation of Jesus [...] the Rosary. Saint Francis composed prayers to Mary, the protectress of the Franciscan Order, such as this one: Hail, holy Lady, most holy Queen, Mary, Mother of God, ever Virgin. You were chosen by the Most
should always remember that the image of Mary at the foot of the Cross proves her absolute fidelity. My diocese is the bearer of this fidelity, just as Our Lady of Recouvrance ("Finding again") is our patroness [...] missionary, to the point of holiness! Why is our Marian spirit so important? First of all because for a missionary, the Blessed Virgin is a symbol of this surrender to the will of God. The Virgin was totally [...] June 25 – Our Lady of Graces (Forli, Italy, 1548) A strong Marian spirit defines the Foreign Missions of Paris "The Blessed Virgin is much loved and honored at the Foreign Missions of Paris (MEP, for Missions
the Church of the Annunciation at the Golden Gates of the city. In 1037, in that same Church of the Annunciation, he placed the entire nation of Kievan Rus’ under the protection of the Mother of God. Thus [...] Katrij, 1983. cf p.229 ‘The Feast of the Pokrov (Patronage) of the Most Holy Theotokos (2) Oranta Contribution from Hieromonk Teodosy, a Ukrainian reader of A Moment with Mary , August 2019 ( Hiermonk Teodosy [...] November 4 – Our Lady of Máriapócs (Hungary, 1696) Ukraine: First Christian nation consecrated to the Mother of God In 1036, Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise (c. 978-1054, son of St Vladimir the Great),
Father and Mary were joined together intimately and became one. The Passion of Jesus was also the Passion of the Father, and the Passion of the Father was lived out in Mary. The Father borrowed from her [...] with her, through her, the Passion of their Son, of their child, in a single fusion of love. Rolande Lefebvre, a French mystic In 365 méditations sur la Vierge Marie , Presses de la Renaissance, January [...] a single fusion of love The Virgin Mary made me understand something that, until now, I had not fully grasped: that, during the Passion, the Holy Spirit somehow became incarnate in Mary. By Him, the Father
number of Orthodox pilgrims from the countries of the former Soviet Union who go visit and pray at holy sites which survived the communist era. The largest number of feasts of icons of the Virgin Mary takes [...] integrity, gave birth to the Word of God." There are many other examples of Mary's presence in the beautiful Byzantine liturgy. Every Russian house has an icon of the Mother of God, illuminated by an oil lamp [...] March 21 - Our Lady of Nowy Swierjan (Russia) After 70 years of atheistic persecution, Russia is still deeply Marian The Russian Church is currently the largest of the Churches of Byzantine tradition.
- Saint Therese of Lisieux October, month of the Rosary In 1883, Pope Leo XIII solemnly decreed that the month of October of that year would be entirely dedicated to "the holy Queen of the Rosary". Since [...] the month of October has been called the month of the Rosary. In this month of October 2022, A Moment with Mary will bring you meditations and texts exclusively about the Rosary. The prayer of the Rosary [...] method is to begin with one Hail Mary, in a spirit of trust in the Virgin Mary, and with great fidelity. The fruit of this fidelity will be the acquired taste to pray 3 Hail Marys each day, then 1 decade, then
St. Clare of Assisi (d. 1253) - Death of Saint John Henry Newman (d. 1890) - Inauguration of Constantinople (Byzantium) dedicated to the Mother of God The New Rome, dedicated to the Mother of God Upon learning [...] 324, Byzantium was named Constantinople and New Rome, and was later dedicated to the Mother of God. The Mary of Nazareth team [...] learning of the oppressive measures taken by the Roman emperor against Eastern Christians, the Eastern emperor Constantine raised a powerful army, placed it under the sign of the victorious Cross, and
