(d. 1876) Mary invites us to enter the New Year with confidence On January 1st, the Church celebrates Mary, Mother of God. I find it very beautiful to enter a new year with the Virgin Mary. Mary invites [...] Her existence has not always been a dream life. She went through happy, bright moments, but also painful ones. She felt a sword of pain pierce her. She experienced moments of unanswered questions and darkness [...] 1:45). Mary's trust is contagious. With her, we really learn to trust. Trust is not optimism. The latter is human--it depends on temperament or analysis of a situation. Trust is rooted in God. It is a fruit
persons we entrust to him. Let's not forget to meditate on the moment of Saint Joseph's death in the arms of Jesus and Mary. What a marvelous moment! [...] him most of the time with the Child Jesus in his arms or working beside Him in his humble workshop of Nazareth. It is true that Saint Joseph lived in the intimacy of Jesus and Mary. He shared in the intimate [...] we admire the righteous man from Holy Scripture, with his goodness, his meekness, his patience in trials and his tender affection for Jesus and Mary. As the adoptive Father of Jesus, we can also consider
alone. A very small God who can be hugged and kissed, a warm God who smiles and breathes, a God who can be touched and is alive. And it is in those moments that I would paint Mary, if I were a painter [...] in these moments that I would paint Mary The Madonna is pale and she looks at the Child. The way one should depict her should be with a sort of anxious wonder that has only once appeared in a human face [...] she can even imagine. And it is a hard test for a mother to be ashamed of herself and her human condition in front of her son. But I think that there are also other moments, fast and transitory, where she
change it and she gave him a book with images, in which she explained how much the rosary pleased God, because it reminded him of the moment when humanity, represented by Mary, had accepted his Son as the [...] When Dominic began speaking, a fierce storm with claps of thunder and strong winds broke out and frightened the people. Everybody present saw the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the cathedral; the Virgin [...] penance, and flagellating himself until he actually lost consciousness. At that moment, the Blessed Mother appeared to him with three angels and said that the best weapon for converting hardened souls was
the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens. He did so accompanied by a doctor, a nurse, a recovered patient and a person who had lost a family member to COVID-19: “In the present tragic situation, when the [...] Prayer Network. “This new Rosary can help many people in these moments of crisis because Mary, our Mother, is a powerful ally to look up to with hope at the times to come.” Adapted from Aleteia [...] division and uncertainty. But at the same time, this challenging moment is an opportunity to change and to prepare a healthier future. With our gaze fixed on Jesus and contemplating the luminous, sorrowful
the bread that nourished the faith of Mary and Joseph? It was the sacrament of the moment. But what did they experience beneath an existence apparently filled with nothing but humdrum happenings? On the [...] be registered. Because she was poor she sheltered in a stable. The persecution of Herod drove her from Nazareth, but she returned and lived there with Jesus and Joseph, who worked to earn their daily bread [...] sacrament of the present moment! You give God under such lowly forms as the stable, the manger, the hay and the straw. But to whom do you give Him? “He has filled the starving with good things” (Lk 1:53)
the bread that nourished the faith of Mary and Joseph? It was the sacrament of the moment. But what did they experience beneath an existence apparently filled with nothing but humdrum happenings? On the [...] be registered. Because she was poor she sheltered in a stable. The persecution of Herod drove her from Nazareth, but she returned and lived there with Jesus and Joseph, who worked to earn their daily bread [...] sacrament of the present moment! You give God under such lowly forms as the stable, the manger, the hay and the straw. But to whom do you give Him? "He has filled the starving with good things" (Lk 1:53)
Just for a moment while everything stops. It's noon and I'm with you, Mary, in this place where you are. I say not a word; I just look at your face and let my heart sing its own language. I say not a word [...] saved me, because you have saved France, because you thought of both France and myself, because at a time when the end was near, it was you who intervened. You saved France once again, because it's noon [...] noon, because we are in this day and age, because you are there forever, just because you are Mary. Thank you simply because you exist, Mother of Jesus Christ."
October 19 - Crowning of a statue of Fatima by the Archbishop of Ottawa (who began a 50-day pilgrimage in 7 Canadian dioceses (1947) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (V) Mary lived with her eyes fixed on Christ [...] memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of her life at her Son's side. In a way those memories were to be the “rosary” which she recited
October 19 - Crowning of a statue of Fatima by the Archbishop of Ottawa (who began a 50-day pilgrimage in 7 Canadian dioceses (1947) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (V) Mary lived with her eyes fixed on Christ [...] memories of Jesus, impressed upon her heart, were always with her, leading her to reflect on the various moments of her life at her Son's side. In a way those memories were to be the "rosary" which she recited
