Jesus and Mary, has "a great mission" to accomplish, and that this devotion to him will hasten the triumph of Jesus and Mary. Saint Joseph also gave a special scapular for his patronage, with promises of [...] Saint Joseph and his Most Chaste Heart, in union with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and on establishing a feast in honor of the Most Chaste Heart of Joseph [...] shrine status, making it a place of pilgrimage. This is a very important distinction to keep in mind. Masses are celebrated here as you can see, and plans are under way to build a large shrine dedicated
the Empress of Constantinople, as a treasured possession, and he wore a medal of Mary on a golden chain around his neck. In his old age, he asked to be buried with a statue of the Virgin upon his heart [...] Charlemagne, Mary’s Son (I) The great Emperor Charlemagne was anointed in the Basilica of Aachen, which he had previously dedicated to the Mother of God. He kept a relic of the Blessed Virgin’s belt, a gift from
and enthroned in His temple, for He was God [...] but it was otherwise with Mary. It became her, as a creature, a mother, and a woman, to stand aside and make way for the Creator, to minister to her Son [...] discrete and modest attitude of Mary When first [Jesus] went out to preach, she kept apart from Him; she interfered not with His work; and, even when He was gone up on high, yet she, a woman, went not out to preach [...] like a cedar in Lebanon, and as a cypress in Mount Sion; I have stretched out my branches as the terebinth, and my branches are of honor and grace." Thus was she reared without hands, and gained a modest
December 21 – Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Mary "conceived in her heart before conceiving in her body" Although Christ lived by faith, Mary's faith preceded his. In her, the long formation of [...] scope of the Revelation given to Moses and the prophets, culminating with the heroic rise of the "poor of Yahweh" (Is 40-55). Mary's faith was raised to the level necessary to give birth to the Son of [...] Annunciation—this supreme act of faith—is not a singular act unrelated to our life. It is the shareable inauguration of what every Christian can live, by cooperating with the continued birth of Christ here below
Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) Imitating Mary’s generosity and courage, let us present our bodies to Jesus The Fathers of the Church tell us that Mary conceived Jesus first in faith and then in the [...] took place in a singular way in the Virgin Mother takes place spiritually in us whenever we hear the word of God and put it into practice, as the Gospel says (cf. Lk 11:28). Imitating Mary’s generosity and [...] hearts to love and make decisions in accordance with God’s will. In this way, may the Virgin Mother shape us, pressing us to her Immaculate Heart, as she did with Lucia, Blessed Francisco and Blessed Jacinta
monk Alcuin (735-804), a close advisor to Charlemagne, who composed a votive office for each day of the week, and two offices especially for Saturday in honor of the Virgin Mary. But this still does not [...] another day. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, this choice has to do with the Resurrection of Jesus, which took place on a Sunday, and with the unshakeable faith of the Virgin on the previous day. (...) Others [...] are Saturdays especially dedicated to the Virgin Mary? In the Catholic Church, Saturdays are special days in the liturgy and are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On most Saturdays throughout the year, priests
Our Lady of Nanteuil (France) Mary and Purgatory In several apparitions, Mary alludes to heaven, purgatory and hell. On several occasions, she even takes seers with her on a mystical journey in which visions [...] Jean-Marc Bot, a priest in the diocese of Versailles, France, purgatory is like "a great hope, the masterpiece of God's mercy…It is the beauty parlor of the Holy Spirit. I also define it as a mystical experience [...] entirely different from the punishment of the damned," the next paragraph states, to avoid any confusion with hell. Without presuming on the mysteries of life after death, purgatory seems, as Pope Emeritus Benedict
told me that she was going to Medjugorje with a group called "Club Medj "... Things went very fast, and a few weeks later I found myself in a bus headed to Medj, with two friends. The trip started, and we [...] live without Mary!" We had planned to go on pilgrimage to Medjugorje (1) (Bosnia Herzegovina) as a family in 2004, but organizing the trip turned out to be a little complicated. Fortunately, a friend of mine [...] difficult to sum up such a rich week in a few lines, but one thing is certain: for my part, I have discovered Mary and I no longer want to live without her! Anne Laure www.clubmedj.com (1) A place of Marian apparition
on foot, once to ask Mary to heal his son, another time for a friend who had died, and a third time to overcome the temptations of marital infidelity. This pilgrim always went to Mary, whom he called "the [...] for the Socialist Party... This change of heart was not a resignation; his Catholicism was never a form of capitulation. A "biting God" had "planted" His "teeth" in his heart. He was harpooned. But he [...] in the forehead. His WWI had only lasted a month. From 1907 onwards, the Christian faith rose steadily in the soul of this staunch and idealistic socialist like a flooding river. He gave up his support for
orphanages for the children of criminals, and transformed a city of death into a city dedicated to the living Mother of God. A special prayer is said twice a year at Pompeii, telling her, “O Queen … We shall not [...] He also encouraged the young, the elderly, the sick and newlyweds to place themselves with confidence under Mary's protection. "Be certain that she will not deny you her assistance in your hour of trial [...] Longo, who converted from satanism and became, as Saint John Paul II said at his beatification, “a man of Mary.” Bartolo felt Our Lady told him that his path to Heaven was through teaching others to pray the
