from what I could tell, was a practice of consecrating oneself - giving one’s whole person - to Jesus through Mary. It involved taking Mary as a spiritual model and guide in order to grow in devotion
the simplicity and abundance of the prayer of the Rosary, which leads us to the contemplation of Jesus’ life with the help of Mary. The shrine emphasizes the importance of this prayer. Marian Encyclopedia
given to Bernardo Martinez... May this publication help those who read it to have an encounter with Jesus Christ in the Church through the mediation of the Mother of Our Lord.” Bernardo later became a priest
would travel as Pilgrim Virgins from one town to the next, and the locals would propose vigils around Jesus and Mary. So Edmond concocted, little by little, the plan for the Pilgrim Virgins, which happened
important thing. It may not even signify anything. The vital thing is to stay close to the cross “of Jesus.” In other words, what counts is not one’s own cross but Christ’s cross. It is not suffering that
is the turning point in the path which will prepare the way for the return of the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ? Surely it takes something, or someone supremely elevated, to transcend above the poverty and
accompanied by thousands of angels, to console and encourage him. The Virgin Mary, with the Child Jesus in her arms and standing on a pillar, asked Saint James and his eight disciples to build a church
Mary with the words “Mother of the Persecuted” written in Aramaic, believed to be the language of Jesus. [...] Fr. Kiely envisages the London shrine becoming a magnet for Christians of all backgrounds.
reminded of the tears of Peter... when, in the house of the high priest, at the crowing of the cock, Jesus looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the words the Lord had spoken to him; then "he went out and
ascension to heaven. The Virgin Mary remains the mother of our Church, the beloved figure after her son Jesus, who accompanies us with our people from generation to generation, from the East and Lebanon, to the
