one of their number would one day become the mother of the Messiah. Who among them, however, could have imagined that the promised Messiah would be "the Son of the Most High"? On the basis of the Old T
powerful weapon to fight the darkness of our times and to pray for Peace in our world. The saints have called Our Lady the terror of the demons, and Jesus, Our Lord and Savior, has entrusted each person
like to testify to a grace I have received lately, which is so wonderful and miraculous! I have been asking for the baptism of my grandson Clement for eight years. I have even sent this prayer intention [...] going to have a little sister and she wanted him to be his little sister’s godfather!...so now Clement is going to be baptized and make his first Communion! My daughter-in-law did not want to have any more [...] would be baptized! I give thanks to Mary, and I bless the person who prayed for this intention. I have already requested a Mass of thanksgiving in my parish. What joy in my heart! Thank you again! Suzelle
We have always been at odds as a couple because we both have strong personalities, very different temperaments, and opposite views on how to care for each other. We have had many children and have been [...] this ordeal, our marriage has grown, because now we talk more and have made commitments to each other. It is still difficult, but we have taken a big step forward! Thank you Mary for undoing all the knots [...] knots in my heart as a wife and as a mother, because this situation could have taken a turn for the worse. S. C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth
children as a teenager. It may have been advantageous for Mary to be a teenager when she learned about God’s plan. She was still young enough to have the wonder that young people have but sadly lose as they get [...] culture, having a child at that age was common. Couples got married and had children sooner than they typically do now. So Mary and the people around her didn’t find it odd to get married and have children [...] get older. Jesus urges us to have the sense of wonder that children are known for having. An open heart and a curious mind can strengthen our faith, as referenced explicitly in Matthew 18:3. Mary’s young
The death toll could have been much higher, given the power of the blast. Many claim to have been protected by the Virgin Mary, and even some of those who have been wounded, have lost loved ones or suffered [...] from the famine of 1915-1918 to the war of 1975-1990, have not prevented the Lebanese from turning to Mary to draw closer to God. Recent events have highlighted Lebanon’s spiritual anchoring. The trauma [...] and struggles often linked to external pressures. However, in the past as today, the Lebanese people have demonstrated their resilience, their ability to bounce back and rebuild. This engine of hope is often
straight to the Christ Child. They must have looked first at the Blessed Virgin Mary, looked in her eyes; she would have shown them her Child, and then they would have looked at Jesus with her eyes. Try to [...] about the death of Christ on the Cross. Do you think you have exhausted the depths of that mystery? Then say to yourself, "How would Mary have seen her Son on the cross?" And then ask Mary, "Give me a
maternity. We do not have the right — and if we think we do we are mistaken – to have a psychology of orphans. A Christian does not have the right to be an orphan. He has a Mother! We have a Mother. An elderly [...] elderly preacher once ended his sermon by saying, “Whoever does not want Mary as a Mother will have her as a mother-in-law!” Pope Francis Speech given to 7,500 members of the Schoenstatt Movement, in Rome
wickedness as you have such a good Mother. Imitate her; think how great she must be and what a blessing it is for you to have her for a patroness, since my sins and evil character have brought no tarnish [...] Mary and the Order of Carmelites His Majesty (God) knows that I have nothing to rely upon but His mercy; as I cannot cancel the past, I have no other remedy but to flee to Him, and to confide in the merits [...] penitential life, nor on your continual exercise of prayer and constant communion with God, nor trust in having left the world or in the idea that you hold its ways in horror. All this is good, but is not enough
language. What more could words have done? What could they have said? They could not have carried the weight of the mother's thoughts, let alone those of the Son. Speaking would have been an effort - a condescension
