Virgin Mary, which for the former princess was that precious pearl of the Gospel for which "she went and sold all her possessions" (Mt 13:46). "Her spirituality is applicable to all times, and even more [...] has been stripped of the sacred, and therefore needs to be reanimated and consecrated to the love of Jesus Christ." Princess Donna Camilla died on March 14, 1685, and her cause for beatification was introduced [...] hearts: "I wish you to be the apostles of the Annunciation and the Incarnation here. Hidden, but fruitful. And with this wish, I bless you." Adapted and translated from the Order of the Celestial Annunciades
Spain, that the Virgin Mary, accompanied by angels and saints, appeared to St Peter Nolasco and told him: "My son, I am the Mother of the Son of God, who, for the salvation and freedom of the human race [...] otherwise." Finally, the Virgin Mary assured Peter that she would assist him in this undertaking. Approved and supported by King I of Aragon (Spain), the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (‘Merced’ means [...] lives for the salvation and freedom of their captive brothers." She said she wanted a new religious order placed under her protection, to "redeem the Christian slaves from the power and tyranny of the Turks
maternal care, the adolescent and young man and the mature adult; Jesus leaving home, followed at a distance with faith, even to the cross and the resurrection: Jesus is Mary’s joy and the joy of the Church, [...] Lourdes (France (1858) Mary, cause of our joy In a 2012 Sunday Angelus address, Benedict XVI spoke of the “Woman of Christmas” – the Blessed Virgin Mary – and the experience of joy: Mary Immaculate speaks to [...] Advent, Mary Immaculate teaches us to listen to the voice of God that speaks in silence; to welcome His grace, which liberates us from sin and from all egoism; to taste, therefore, the true joy.” And so, we
(Cuneo, Italy, 1537) Mary Undoer of Knots helps resolve family issues My husband and I have been married for 13 years and are the happy parents of 5 children. As a mixed atheist and catholic couple, we [...] children, and our children pray for us. In communion, we entrust our intentions to Mary, like children do with their parents. And we try to live our faith in today's world, with its challenges and unique [...] husband joining in our daily family evening prayer and discovering that his children were praying fervently for his conversion. The Lord answered their prayer and he was baptized at Easter. Deo Gratias! Our family
with the Heart of Mary "The more you will belong to the Immaculate, the more you will approach the wounds of the Savior, the Eucharist, the Heart of Jesus and God our Father with courage and freedom (...) [...] the better we understand and love the Heart of the Lord Jesus, God the Father, and the whole Trinity. But all this, all these supernatural things, only she can form them in us and through us." (St. Maximilian [...] let us try to love the heart of Jesus more and more, and let this be our greatest desire. We must see to it that many souls receive everything from her and that many souls be united to the Most Sweet
between Mariology and the theology of the Word. Mary, "Mother of the Word of God" and "Mother of Faith" appears as “model of docile acceptance of God’s word.” At the Annunciation, Mary listens with all [...] all connected. Mary, the Jewish woman, and the first Christian, brings the Old Testament to its fulfilment, into the New Testament, in Jesus, born of a woman (cf. Gal 4:4). "Mary is also the symbol of openness [...] openness to God and to others; of active listening which interiorizes and assimilates the Divine Word and where that Divine Word becomes the matrix of life." The Word of God becomes the matrix of a new
work, transported donations of stone and slate to the construction site, cut down trees for wood and paid the contractors—with wisdom and honesty. He was illiterate and only spoke his native Breton. Once [...] was finished, he left the village of Keranna to avoid notoriety and to leave the shrine to Saint Anne and her countless pilgrims. The Marie de Nazareth team [...] celebrated at Bocenno. Two men, Kermedio and Kerloguen, had given their support to Yves. Kerloguen, who owned the Bocenno field, promised to give it for the new church and recommended that Yves make an official
(France, 1876) Why Mary's grace is unique Mary is "the first" chronologically, because she was the first to have welcomed Christ, to have participated in her own way in Christ's Passion, and to have entered [...] entered, with her body and soul, into a blessed eternity with God. Through our baptism, we too welcome Christ, participate in his death and Resurrection, and can reach the beatitude of Heaven. But we arrive [...] Heaven with their body and their soul at this time in history. All this we are experiencing or will experience, but never to the same degree as the Virgin Mary. The predestination of Mary, her election, her
From Mary, we learn to trust that God’s plan of love will be fulfilled, in our lives and in history. From Mary, we learn to open our hearts to Jesus, to ponder His words and His life. And from Mary, we [...] with us now, as she always has and always will, the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of the Church. As Jesus entrusted himself to Mary, we need to entrust ourselves to her and look to her as our model, as [...] Saint John Paul has been an important inspiration in my life, and I was privileged to be appointed bishop by him. And I see what our schools and parishes are doing in this pandemic as a great example of the
Blessed Virgin my vocation and my inability to respond to it. I felt so dry, so foggy and nervous. I asked for lucidity and hope. At her feet, I begged for the grace of abandonment and joy. I begged for the [...] this ancient prayer of the simple, and I love it. Holding the rosary beads unites us to millions of men, and is liking holding the hand of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Charles Péguy once said. In the whirlwind [...] whirlwind of temptations, we remain in her gentle and firm presence. (1) La Vierge Marie dans nos vies d’hommes (The Virgin Mary in Our Lives as Men). This text appeared in the minutes the Marian congregations
