until the end of his journey. And she still does so today, as the encyclical "Redemptoris Mater" of Saint John Paul II states. Therefore, when we reject the great importance that the Blessed Virgin has in

called for Joseph’s fatherhood In this month of March, traditionally dedicated in the Church to Saint Joseph, and on this first day of the novena to the holy spouse of the Virgin Mary, let us meditate

feast of Maria Santissima delle Milizie (Our Lady of the Militias, or Our Lady on Horseback), patron saint of the town of Scicli in Sicily, formerly a mobile feast, should be celebrated on the Saturday before

"Josephina" (Mysteries of the Glorious St. Joseph) published by Bernardino de Laredo in Seville in 1535. Saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) was a Franciscan who founded the Militia of the Immaculate in Poland

more beloved creature of God, a mother more tenderly loved by her son, than Jesus was towards Mary? Saint Julien Eymard, (1811-1868), founder of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament Notre Histoire avec

not for anything else, that the cry of the generations who have proclaimed her blessed has risen. Saint Angela of Foligno (d. 1309) Excerpt from her Book of Visions and Instructions

November 6 – Our Lady of Valfleury (France) At the school of Mary, I found God Saint Bernard said that we can never talk too much about Mary. I have learned to love Our Lady since my childhood, through

Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church. (To be continued) Promises Our Lady made to Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche

the Virgin. In 1929, Our Lady of Aparecida was proclaimed "Queen of Brazil" and the official patron saint of the country by Pope Pius XI. Her feast is celebrated on October 12th. In 1984, the Bishops' Conference

You asked first if Mary knew in advance that she would be the mother of the Savior. Of course not! Saint Luke even says that she was "greatly troubled." She was chosen to be the Savior's mother, can you