brought about by Jesus Christ is presented as deliverance and enlightenment. And to give a concrete sign of this, the priest blesses the fire and the light of the candles at the Easter Vigil, followed by [...] 18 – Saint Bernadette Soubirous Mary's request regarding candles in Lourdes As we go back through history, we see that caves have always served as natural shelters and have left their mark on the human [...] Virgin Mary asked Bernadette to let it burn inside the grotto. The same day, some people put other lighted candles in the indicated place. These candles have been renewed ever since, day in and day out
The statue of Bernadette kneeling before Mary had not moved or been sullied either. Indeed, “Little Lourdes” must be protected and wanted by the Virgin Mary! Philippe Louvet [...] church, he felt a great heat run through his body—his pain disappeared, and he was cured! Overwhelmed with emotion, he kept it a secret and went to Lourdes to thank Our Lady. There, he woke up one night with [...] He decided to gather historic documents and began working on this new project. In 1952, the castle of Lourdes, the centerpiece, which required 25 tons of rocks and other materials, rose in the center of
wheels and the bottom of the truck. The truck scraped the front of my car making a horribly loud noise and it rattled. When the truck was gone I was shaking and yet at the same time I felt happy and at peace [...] France, and I was praying the Rosary as usual. As I took the exit ramp I suddenly had a vision of myself crashing against a concrete wall. I hit the brakes and in spirit—my brakes weren’t very good—and my car [...] shocked that I was still alive and hesitated whether to get out of my car or just drive home. But I was close to my house and I thought that if I didn’t go home right then and there I would be too afraid
to love, penance and reconciliation with God and with their brothers and sisters. Then we will be able to sing together and with one heart, the triumph of your maternal mercy.” The Mary of Nazareth team [...] the Blessed Virgin Mary, who occupies an eminent place in his faith. Sarah composed a magnificent prayer to her that he recites regularly: "Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Angels and Saints, Mediatrix of [...] these missionaries that he discovered his vocation. He studied at seminaries in the Ivory Coast and in France, and was ordained a priest on July 20, 1969, at the age of 24. He stayed in Rome until 1974 to pursue
during his Passion and his Cross. We are truly on Mount Calvary! Mary is there too. We can hear the words: "Behold, your Mother," and "Behold, your son… and from that moment he took Mary in his home.” At [...] second visit to Poland (1983) At every Mass, the Virgin Mary is there Jesus wanted to uniquely and singularly associate his Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the work of our Redemption, the work of Salvation [...] shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins," we should close our eyes and imagine ourselves at the foot of the Cross. Jesus meets us there, even though he is in glory, risen and victorious today
devote oneself to Mary On the topic of the consecration to Mary, Saint Louis de Montfort, in his Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, recommends "beginning, continuing and finishing all our [...] her, with her and for her, so as to do them through Jesus Christ, in Jesus Christ, with Jesus Christ and for Jesus Christ our last end” (#115). And a little further (#120), he says: "Mary being the most [...] devotions, that which consecrates and most conforms a soul to Our Lord is the devotion to the Most Holy Virgin, his holy Mother, and that the more a soul will be consecrated to Mary, the more she will belong to
servants of Mary. Now called "Slaves of Mary," these consecrated women promise to imitate the Blessed Virgin and make her their spiritual mother and mediatrix. The movement explains: "only Mary can teach [...] (today a consecrated religious sister) about the Virgin Mary. Seeing the number and interest of the audience increase, and after careful reflection and discernment in prayer, the idea was born to create a [...] School of Mary. Each year, hundreds of young people start embracing the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The first stage of the formation lasts six weeks and ends with the consecration to Mary. This year
Sermon on the Mount and the teaching of the Beatitudes. The preacher evoked the "beatitude of thirst" and the "beatitude of Mary." Father José Tolentino sees the Church in "Marian style": Mary who is "hospitable [...] Zeitoun apparitions in Cairo (Egypt, 1968) Without Mary, the Church risks becoming "dehumanized" The Beatitudes and the lifestyle of the faithful and of the Church: this was the concluding reflection delivered [...] "hospitable," who listens and who is open to life ; Mary who is "honest" with regard to God; who “serves" a bigger project . Without Mary, he concludes, the Church risks "becoming dehumanized, functionalist
now, meant the most direct and wholehearted surrender to God’s will, however it revealed itself. This noble and exalted frame of mind was the basis of Mary’s spiritual life and reveals itself perfectly in [...] First Church of Our Lady by Saint Peter (Tortosa, Italy) Mary Did Her Part (I) The holiness of the Old Testament saints, and indeed that of St Joseph and the Blessed Virgin, came through their absolute obedience [...] obedience to God’s will. […] This was the hidden motive behind Mary’s behavior. She was the simplest of humans and the one who made the most complete surrender of herself to God. Her laconic reply to the
mother! She also gives and dispenses the Uncreated Grace, and that is what makes her the Mistress and Lady of the Blessed Sacrament! Mary is the treasurer of Jesus Christ. She possesses and gives Him! mediatrice [...] the Eucharist are in the power of Mary. But this is still little—the holy Host actually contains the very author of grace, Jesus, who is the infinite and immortal God. Mary has a sovereign power over Jesus [...] flower, bend by your prayers the branch that bears it, and seek the Eucharistic Jesus only on the virginal breast of Mary," says Saint Bonaventure, ofm (1217-1274). All the created graces contained in
