silence of God. Jesus laid in the sepulchre shares with all of humanity in the tragedy of death. It is a silence which speaks and expresses love as solidarity with those who have always been neglected, whom the [...] Like Mary, let us spend Holy Saturday in expectation Pope Francis asks the faithful to seize the grace of each day of the Triduum and in particular to "reflect closely on the way the Virgin Mary spent [...] ": Holy Saturday is the day of God’s silence. It must be a day of silence, and we must do everything possible so that for us it may truly be a day of silence, as it was in that time: the day of the silence
these jars with water." We can all bring some water, at least a few drops. In the end, Jesus turns all this water into a delicious wine. My “water” is everything that makes up my life, with its qualities [...] what interests God! Mary is my Mother. Jesus allowed that through her, the miracle of the transformation of all these things (the “water” of our lives) would be able to take place. Mary is the teacher that [...] water is transformed into delicious wine, a symbol of festivity and joy! Thus everything in me is called to be transformed if I allow myself to be educated by Mary. Our Lady of Schoenstatt Team Impulsions
In his speech, Caviezel described how, feeling a strong conviction that he must do so, he brought a family heirloom rosary with him to an interview with Hollywood director Terence Mallick. Inspired to [...] Caviezel dedicated his life and career to Mary in Medjugorje The star of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ recently paid tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary, crediting her intercession for his success [...] that the now-weeping woman had prayed that day for a new rosary and that she was Mallick’s wife. Caviezel believes the encounter was due to Mary’s intercession and led to his role in Mallick’s Academy
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d. 373) Mary, conceived without sin, is the ideal mediatrix My relationship with Mary starts with my daily morning prayer. I organize it in four parts: the [...] because He gave us His Mother: the Virgin Mary, who is fully woman but a woman who was conceived without sin. She is therefore the ideal mediatrix. That is why I use Mary’s intercession in all my prayers to Jesus [...] shared our human condition, lived as a man, loved, wept, prayed and suffered, all the way to His sacrifice on the Cross. But at the same time His divine nature produces a sort of distance in my mind, which
out the rain and pray under a tree. At 3:00 PM, he saw a flash of light, then "a beautiful, barefoot lady, dressed in white, with a blue belt and a light cream-colored veil with gold embroidery. Rays of light [...] the Virgin Mary encouraged Bernardo to make his messages known: "Do not be afraid. I am going to help you. And tell the priest." On September 8th, the Virgin appeared as a child: "I saw a little girl [...] but she was a little girl. In this apparition the Virgin Mary asked for ‘the restoration of the living temples that we are’ and insisted on the construction of peace, not raising funds for a new church
of Mary’s Womb Let us linger on the association between the Blessed Virgin and honey that led Hildegard of Bingen to write, in a letter to Bernard of Clairvaux, that the Father “sent the Word with sweet
of Mary’s Womb Let us linger on the association between the Blessed Virgin and honey that led Hildegard of Bingen to write, in a letter to Bernard of Clairvaux, that the Father "sent the Word with sweet
the result of sin. Isabelle Rolland. Marie qui défait les nœuds. D’un “miracle conjugal” à une dévotion universelle (Mary Undoer of Knots: From a "marital miracle" to a universal devotion). MDN 2022 (1) John [...] freedom.” (1) However, a "knot" is not necessarily synonym with "sin": a "sin" implies responsibility and free consent, while the term "knot" is more general and can be assimilated to a trial allowed by God [...] sight, it is only by a careful examination that one can detect their root: It is to be found in a wound in man's inmost self. In the light of faith we call it sin: beginning with original sin, which all
I now affectionately call the Virgin Mary "Mom" For a long time I did not pray to the Virgin Mary, probably because I carried a deep wound from the relationship with my own mother. At the age of thirty [...] experienced a profound conversion. I discovered the importance of the Virgin Mary in the mystery of salvation and read profitably some saints’ stories where Mary played an important role. I helped create a prayer [...] Virgin Mary", I prayed while meditating on texts about the different mysteries. In 2006, Mary granted me two immense graces: first, the healing of the wound I had received in my relationship with my mother;
(All Souls’ Day) “When I let Mary enfold me in her maternal presence, the anxiety blurring my vision was cleared away” Like being in a sunlit, tranquil garden, being with Mary and Jesus as I prayed the rosary [...] through praying it, because it brings us closer to Jesus and Mary. We never have to ask whether or not we are loved by Jesus and Mary with each petal of prayer, bead by bead- the love of the Son and His [...] Christ, through the intercession of Mary, leading us to celestial glory. As Sheen said, “It is the same sun that rises each morning, but it makes a new day.” [...] Mary is there for it all, comforting us
