living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke was due? They made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his [...] knowledge of our God and calls himself a child of the Lord" (...) "Let us condemn him to a shameful death" (Wis 2:12-20). The prophet Daniel, likewise, spoke of a Messiah cut off by "the people, of the [...] God? "He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn't open his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. By oppression

plaster plaque representing the Virgin Mary and her Immaculate Heart crowned with thorns and ablaze (just like in Fatima) was hung on the wall at the head of the bed of a humble Italian couple, Antonina and [...] 283–304) The Virgin Mary wept in Syracuse in 1953 The shrine of Our Lady of Tears in Syracuse is the most recent shrine in Sicily and one of the most visited, attracting international visitors. A painted plaster [...] Lannuso. From August 29, 1953 to September 1, 1953, the Virgin Mary represented on this plaque wept real tears, which were analyzed in a lab. The Sicilian Episcopate conducted an investigation that validated

The stranger locked himself in the chapel for three months with a saw, a square and a few other simple tools, and disappeared as soon as the work was finished, without ever having asked for any payment [...] Kentucky to found a school for girls. When the chapel was ready, builders were faced with an unexpected problem: there was no way to climb from the nave to the choir, on the second floor. It was a sad error in [...] had already passed away. When the nuns insisted on building a staircase, the builders told them it would be impossible, and that building a normal, regular ladder would take too much room. Finally, they

Hail Mary. I like to say that one must "drink one's Hail Mary juice" each morning to keep one's "heart" in shape, as a morning exercise to start the day. I regularly ask my angel to recite it with me to [...] the announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal, 1917) "Drink your Hail Mary juice every morning!" I learned to recite the Rosary at a young age. I remember listening to Cardinal Leger's Rosary on the radio:

of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Why Mary Remained in this World after the Ascension The time Mary remained with the disciples was a great consolation to them. This was not a great hardship for the mother, but [...] wonderful remedies of salvation to the world. Indeed, the Lord Jesus wanted the apostles to benefit from Mary’s maternal assistance and education after His return to the Father. Although they had already been [...] Church, which could no longer see God present in the flesh, to see His mother and be comforted by such a pleasant sight.

Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Why Mary Remained in this World after the Resurrection The time Mary remained with the disciples was a great consolation to them. This was not a great hardship for the mother [...] wonderful remedies of salvation to the world. Indeed, the Lord Jesus wanted the apostles to benefit from Mary's maternal assistance and education after His return to the Father. Although they had already been [...] Church, which could no longer see God present in the flesh, to see His mother and be comforted by such a pleasant sight.

homage and adoration to him with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Following their example, we are invited to give him a gift that is worthy of what he did for us. We have yet to find a gift that can match the [...] privileges to espouse a human nature marked by the pain of sin. What gift would be fitting for the Word to become flesh, to repay his sufferings, even though he came to live among us with gladness? The answer [...] answer is simple: the greatest gift that men can give to Jesus is Mary! Indeed, only the Immaculate is worthy of the mystery of the Incarnation. A liturgical hymn of the Eastern Church expresses this truth

always preserved in devotion to Mary’s sorrows There was once a lord as noble by birth as he was low and sinful in his habits. He had given himself by an express compact as a slave to the devil, and had served [...] confessor went, and the sick man told him that he had no need of a confessor, for that he had often made his confession. The confessor visited him a second time, and that poor slave of hell persevered in his [...] now I feel a sorrow for my sins, which encourages me to trust; and as God has not yet abandoned me, I wish to make my confession." And in fact on that day he made his confession four times with great sorrow;

bell from this day (1456) I ask Mother Mary to stand at the door of my heart... Between 1933 and 1938, Father Faure, then parish priest of Châteauneuf-de-Galaure (a small town in France), faithfully recounted [...] communion by praying the Rosary. Many pray with her on Wednesday evenings when the priest usually brings her Communion. For Marthe, this is not an abstract exercise, but a real preparation—in order to be worthy [...] ASK MOTHER MARY TO STAND AT THE DOOR OF MY HEART TO RECEIVE HER JESUS HERSELF; I beg my guardian angel and all the saints, our little angel whom I feel here very close, to pray for me and with me, and I

Patroness of Brazil Jesus Will Reign Through Mary (V) My heart has dictated with special joy all that I have written to show that the Blessed Virgin Mary has been unknown up till now. This is one of the [...] If the knowledge and the reign of Jesus Christ will certainly come into the world, it can only be a necessary consequence of the knowledge and the reign of the Blessed Virgin, who gave Jesus to the world