21 – Our Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The present Church crisis and Mary Does the Mother of Jesus have any relevance to the present Church crisis? Mary brings the Divine Redeemer into the world by an obedient

at the tribunal of God." He stopped for a moment, and then added: "It is true that I did it, but I have done penance for it." Then turning to the Virgin, he said: "Oh Mary, I shall be delivered if thou

of God. St. Bernardine of Siena said of it: "It is by means of the crown of the seven joys that I have obtained all the graces with which heaven has filled me." Christian joy is a gift that we receive

everyone to turn to God. “That retreat was where I tried to challenge God with the humility that I could have at that moment, a grace of humility that God gave me at that moment and I started to say to him: ‘Okay

to close ourselves up within ourselves. Grace brings with it the true joy that does not depend on having things but is rather rooted in the most intimate, deepest part of the person, and that nothing and

this Council of the motherly role of the Virgin among the Christian people.To achieve this aim, We have felt it opportune to Consecrate in this very public Session a title which was suggested in honor of

Sister Josefa Menendez. "My daughter, I come to tell you, in the name of Jesus, the glory that you have given today to his Heart.... Understand that whatever he allows you to see or suffer in hell, is not

always interceding for us, and to make us long for Heaven where Christ awaits us and draws us: "If you have been raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand

charity. According to a cardinal, the problem is that beginners tend to go too fast, thinking that they have to say the five decades every day, even though their hearts and minds are not prepared for it. A good

souvenirs, or carry them around with us, or even wear them — but we forget the immense power that they have when we actually pray them. And that’s really too bad, because a devotion to the rosary can be the