Grech, kept a look out for his errant son and welcomed him back with open arms. Indeed, the Jewish rendition of this episode shows that the father was as moved to see his returning son as a mother. This [...] of the love of God. “No one more than the Virgin Mary can lead us to best discover the maternal love of God. Mary, sweet, loving, full of compassion is a reflection of the love of God and His best mirror [...] July 3 – The Immaculate Virgin (Italy, 1876) The Virgin Mary can lead us to best discover the maternal love of God In a homily delivered during Mass on April 1, 2019, Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo, Malta

420) "I never got tired of repeating those 'Hail Marys'" In 1976, the great French writer and communist convert André Frossard published a book entitled Il y a un autre monde (There is another world). Avoiding [...] of repeating those 'Hail Marys' - which become wonderfully exploratory when you let them go to their destination, instead of holding them back with your rosary beads as if on a leash." Josse ALZIN, in "La [...] priests, nor devotions, nor pious images, Frossard contemplates the Virgin Mary in her dazzling purity. He writes: "The 'Hail Mary' is sometimes challenged even by preachers who would sooner believe in little

assume, the Rosary is not a prayer of praise to Mary, but a path to Christ. Each decade is a meditation on a different mystery of the life of Christ. While the ten "Hail Mary" beads slide through our fingers [...] of St John the Baptist Mary, show me your Son As you are about to recite the Rosary, holding it in your hands, go ahead and tell the Blessed Virgin: "Mary, show me your Son." Mary is the mother of all of [...] spiritual depth. By praying the rosary with all possible devotion, in your heart try to look at each mystery of the life of Christ as if it were a direct gift from Mary. Lorena Moscoso Aleteia

Virgin grew to such an extent that he became convinced that God had given him a mission - to set up a giant statue of the Virgin Mary near an important highway not far from Paris. He managed this feat and on [...] October 14 - Our Lady of Larochette (near Geneva,Switzerland) Mary Comes to Her People (I) It all began in April 1984, when Edmond Fricoteaux, a French lawyer in his mid-fifties, visited Rome for the first [...] first time. He had an astonishing conversion of heart during a confession he made in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major. His thirst for the truth grew stronger and stronger, and he became an avid reader of

immediate help and intercession of the Blessed Virgin. The Veil of Mary was placed with other relics in a reliquary around the year 1,000. This was a sealed wooden trunk that was gold plated. It was usually kept [...] December 26 - Saint Stephen, First Martyr Mary’s Veil on display in Chartres Cathedral The Veil of Mary ( Sancta Camisa ) is an oblong piece of silk that Mary is reported to have worn during the Annunciation [...] that the precious relic had also burnt and therefore that Mary’s protection of the city was lost, but on the third day… a procession appeared with the relic safe, having apparently been taken by priests

January 29 - Our Lady of Chatillon sur Seine (France, 1130) Charlemagne, Mary’s Son (II) In 778, Charlemagne was ready to surrender, wearied by the obstinate resistance of the Saracen Lord Mirat in the [...] Turpin, bishop of Puy-en-Velay, had an inspiration and obtained the authorization to go negotiate with the besieged. He proposed to Mirat to surrender, not to the sovereign, but to the Queen of Heaven [...] The day of his baptism, Mirat took the name of Lorus that, transmitted to the city, became Lourdes at a later date. One thousand years before Saint Bernadette, the Blessed Virgin had already taken official

Saint Martin I, called Mary "our glorious Lady, ever Virgin." Saint Agatho, in the synodal letter sent to the fathers of the Sixth Ecumenical Council, called her "Our Lady, truly and in a proper sense the Mother [...] October 9 - Blessed Virgin Efesina (Russia, 988) - Pie XII (d. 1958) Mary Reigns over the Entire World The Supreme Shepherds of the Church have considered it their duty to promote by eulogy and exhortation [...] Gregory II in the letter sent to St Germanus, the patriarch, and read in the Seventh Ecumenical Council with all the Fathers concurring, called the Mother of God "The Queen of all, the true Mother of God," and

"sisters." Moreover, John's Gospel contains a passage which strongly points to the fact that Jesus was Mary's only child (Jn 19: 25-27). Mary is alone with her Son at the foot of the Cross and Jesus entrusts [...] Macrina the Younger Mary's Virginity (II) From the first centuries, the Church's tradition has upheld the virginal conception, as St Ignatius of Antioch testifies. Concerning Mary's perpetual virginity [...] entrusts her to the apostle John. If Mary had had other children, wouldn't Jesus normally have entrusted his mother to them? Much more could be said about Mary's virginity and the profound beauty of this

) Special Devotion to Mary the Afflicted Mother O angelic young Gabriel, who, by your ardent love for Jesus Crucified and your compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows, were on earth a mirror of innocence and [...] them lose the faith. You, who lived always a life of faith, who amongst the temptations of the world maintained purity and virginity; turn your eyes to us, cast us a compassionate and pitying glance! Help [...] through Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, resignation and peace so that we might always live the Christian life, throughout all the times of this present life, so that we might one day be happy with you in the

appeared suddenly at my side clad in a white garment with a golden girdle around His waist, and He said to me, I give you eternal love that your purity may be untarnished and as a sign that you will never be subject [...] April 15 – Our Lady of the Wound (Italy, 1490) The greatest grace the Virgin Mary obtained for Saint Faustina During Holy Mass, before Communion, we had the renewal of vows. When we had left our kneelers [...] in my mind. I later understood that this was one of the greatest graces which the Most Holy Virgin Mary had obtained for me, as for many years I had been asking this grace of Her. Since that time I have