come through Mary" Sometimes it is easier to turn to Mary than to Jesus. Her motherly figure is less intimidating than the Crucified Christ. The saints were not mistaken: they knew that Mary is one of the [...] between God and men, who is Christ, he always reminds us that Mary is the best way to reach Him and that Christ’s victory will come through Mary: "I also learned directly from Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski that [...] with me: in this universal dimension too, the victory, if it comes, will be won by Mary. Christ will win through Mary. He wants her to be associated with the victories of the Church, in the world of today
February 18 – Saint Bernadette Soubirous Mary's request regarding candles in Lourdes As we go back through history, we see that caves have always served as natural shelters and have left their mark on [...] here with a blessed candle in her hands until the end of the apparition. Before she left, the Virgin Mary asked Bernadette to let it burn inside the grotto. The same day, some people put other lighted candles
Virgin Mary prepares Christian hearts for the return of Christ Jesus. Like all mothers, Mary oversees the preparation of the gathering of her children. Through her intercession, the Virgin Mary prepares [...] the Virgin Mary, kept in her mind the words and events of the life of her Son Jesus; she hoped for his Resurrection on Holy Saturday. This is why the Church likes to honor the Virgin Mary on Saturdays [...] February 15 – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple (Byzantine rite) Woman of hope, Mary prepares hearts for the return of Christ Jesus The virtue of hope requires memory; without memory, there is no hope
August 6 – The Transfiguration of Our Lord Mary puts us in contact with the divine life The Gospel of the Transfiguration does not mention any role played by Mary, but the tradition of the Church, particularly [...] the divine energies. Mary was the first to achieve this by grace. Then, considering the mystery of the Church as a communion of deification, Saint Gregory Palamas explains that Mary puts us in contact with [...] particularly St. Gregory Palamas in the East, speaks of Mary's role in similar experiences of contact with the divine glory, or deification. Gregory Palamas insists that our deification is not only possible
) – Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich The Virgin Mary responds to the Consecration of France (I) In 1636, the Blessed Virgin asked through Mother Anne-Marie of Jesus Crucified, a French nun stigmatist whom [...] King Louis XIII of France, "in the secret of his heart", consecrated his person and his Kingdom to Mary, and with the Queen, Anne of Austria, he multiplied prayers and pilgrimages to obtain the heir they [...] ictoires in Paris, recently founded by the King in gratitude for his first military achievements. Mary asked for three novenas: one to Our Lady of Cotignac in Provence, another to Our Lady of Paris, and
malformation by Jesus and Mary Hello, I would like to testify to the graces that my family received by praying to Mary. My mother, whose name was Therese, had a great devotion to Mary under the name of Our [...] Lord and the Virgin Mary for having healed me of such a handicap! Glory be to Mary and Jesus for all the graces that they still grant us today. C. C., a French reader of A Moment with Mary Testimony sent to [...] unfortunately, the same dislocation as in my mother and my aunt. My mother made a vow to the Virgin Mary to dress me in white and blue until I was one year old, asking for the grace that my dislocated hip
French mystic and stigmatist Marthe Robin (1981) Marthe Robin lived in the presence of the Virgin Mary, her “great teacher” Through God’s grace, one day of December 1928, during a parish mission in Ch [...] offering and abandonment. It was the beginning of many graces. She lived in the presence of the Virgin Mary, her great teacher and beloved Mother. She now lived the Word of Jesus: ''My flesh is truly food and
formed Him in Mary’s womb Maximilian Kolbe was struck by the title of "Immacule Conception" given to Mary. For it is the Holy Spirit who makes the Immaculate Conception possible, and Mary took his Name [...] Ruah. Mary, the new Eve, is a woman and, as Saint Irenaeus penned it, “by means of a Virgin who obeyed God’s word, man was revived and recovered life.” This resuscitation is not only valid for Mary's response [...] graces. And what is Grace? It is Jesus acting through the Holy Spirit who formed Him in the womb of Mary. Thus we see how all things are connected in God, who never stops giving, creating, and loving. Father
Catholic Church called up one day and said: "Do you worship Mary like those Catholics do?" I said, "They don't worship Mary; they honor Mary." "Well, what's the difference?" I said, "Let me explain. When [...] February 5 – Our Lady of Chernigov "All we do in the rosary is honor Mary with Christ's glory" I began to pray a rosary. I was very scared to do this. I asked the Lord not to be offended as I tried. I
February 2 – Presentation of Jesus in the Temple At the Presentation, Mary and Joseph showed their intention of faithfully obeying God's will In the episode of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple, [...] in the law of the Lord, 'a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons'" (Lk 2:22-24). With this act, Mary and Joseph show their intention of faithfully obeying God's will, rejecting every kind of privilege [...] to God in the place where he is present. Obliged by her poverty to offer turtledoves or pigeons, Mary in fact gives the true Lamb who would redeem humanity, thus anticipating what was prefigured in the
