immense perseverance and suffering love. Mary was not conceived without sin for her own benefit, but so that she could give birth to us, along with God, albeit on a different level—in the life of grace. She [...] February 16 – Our Lady of the Pact of Mercy (Abyssinia) God wanted Mary pure and immaculate By her immaculate conception, the Virgin Mary was preserved from original sin in anticipation of her divine motherhood [...] actions on our behalf to protect us from the devil's snares. Mary's conduct was meritorious in the sense that her clear perceptiveness was coupled with her firm resolve to remain free of sin towards the salvation
Mother Mary’s true place in our prayer life It is important to address those skeptics who dismiss Mary as insignificant and complain how Catholics have turned Mary into a deity. The thinking here is a lot [...] immediately recall Mary’s words to the angel, “let it be with me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38). Her yes makes her the mother of Jesus, but also makes her a model of faith, a template for all of [...] he tells us you.” (John2:5) Notice, Mary does not tell Jesus what to do, she simply draws his attention to a need. In the same way, our Blessed Mother Mary is with us in our times of troubles. She is there
the Dunes, in honor of the Blessed Virgin (Flanders, 1128) Mary is the Full Light of Wisdom “Heavenly wisdom built for Himself a house in Mary: for He so filled her mind that from the very fullness of her [...] her mind her flesh became fecund, and the Virgin by a singular grace brought forth that same Wisdom, covered with a garb of flesh, whom she had first conceived in her pure mind.” - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux [...] Clairvaux [The Abbey of the Dunes, or "Ten Duinen", established in 1128 in Koksijde, as a daughter of the Cistercian abbey of Savigny, grew into one of the most prestigious Cistercian abbeys in medieval
1411) Mary in family reconciliations "A friend gave me the novena booklet to ‘Mary who Unties Knots.’ I was overwhelmed by the beautiful meditations and prayers. This booklet arrived the day after a painful [...] painful conflict with our children... After doing the novena, I received a grace I had been waiting for for 11 years. My daughter, who had given me no sign of life for eleven years and who refused any re [...] of the happiest days of my life." Testimony shared by L. Famille Chrétienne Magazine , June 5, 2006 Mary who Unties Knots
recourse to Mary, while embracing the Cross." (letter 267)(1) Faith in Providence is not, therefore, a blissful belief that everything will go easily; the Christian follows Jesus to the Cross, with Mary. The [...] God (infinite), not a love of fear (which fears punishment, finite), nor a mercenary love, but the love of God for his own sake (infinite)(2). This is why we must have recourse to Mary (letter 267), in order [...] Church, patroness of Europe Saint Catherine of Siena: "Have recourse to Mary, while embracing the Cross" Faith in Providence flows from a complete faith in God the Creator: after God created, he did not withdraw
and parishes are doing in this pandemic as a great example of the "new evangelization" that he called for, bringing Jesus Christ to the people of our time with a new sense of urgency and apostolic conviction [...] consecration to Mary every day, and his deep devotion is reflected in his motto, Totus Tuus ("I am all yours"). I believe now would be a beautiful time for all of us to renew our devotion to Mary, who is the [...] From Mary, we learn to open our hearts to Jesus, to ponder His words and His life. And from Mary, we learn to do whatever He tells us, to surrender to the will of God; in everything to pray with her: "Let
the Trinity leads us to Mary God is very close to us, but he is also the "all-different" whose love is like a devouring fire. The more we desire his love, the more we need Mary's humility to enter into [...] little, like and with the Blessed Virgin. Where does God's love manifest itself the most powerfully? At the foot of the Cross. And it is precisely there that He gives us His Mother so that with her we may become [...] the same level. But there is no competition between Jesus and Mary, as if by praying to one we could risk neglecting the other. The Virgin Mary does not keep anything for herself: she constantly turns our
children of Mary, whom he finds much more difficult to defeat than the others.” However, in the midst of tribulation, “the humble Mary will always triumph over that proud man, and with such a complete victory [...] servants from those deadly claws until the end.” “Mary’s power over all the demons,” describes St. Louis Grignion de Montfort “will shine, however, in a particular way in latter times, when Satan will lay [...] charisms, which Mary will distribute abundantly; great and elevated in holiness before God; superior to any other creature by their burning zeal; and so strongly supported in divine help, that with the humility
my children! God will answer you in a short time. My Son lets himself be touched." As God goes through Mary to reveal himself and walk with us, we must go through Mary, our mother in heaven, to go to our [...] particularly aware of the important place occupied by Mary. "Christ will win through Mary," he writes. Clarisse, for Le Grand AIME de Marie (Mary’s great LOVE or Big "M") To participate in the pilgrimage [...] Mother of Jesus has had a predilection for France for centuries and we wish to once again place our country under her maternal protection, so that she may intercede on our behalf with her Son Jesus Christ
Ten Virtues of Mary: I. Mary's humility; II. Of Mary's love of God; III. Of Mary's charity towards her neighbor; IV. Of Mary's faith; V. Of Mary's hope; VI. Of Mary's chastity; VII. Of Mary's poverty; VIII [...] Virtues of Mary The Order of the Annonciade (1) was founded by a French princess. At age five, in 1469, the daughter of King Louis XI, Saint Joan of France, had a vision of the Virgin Mary inviting her [...] Annonciade nuns suffered a tragic fate, from exile to prison and the guillotine... After the Revolution, two of the former sisters recreated the community with a boarding school in France. In 1904, anticlerical
