December 6 – Our Lady of the Vow (Siena, Italy) Mary belongs to the race of the redeemed As Ahasuerus said to Esther, "this law made for all was not made for you," so the Holy Spirit reveals to us that [...] that from the first moment of her existence on this earth, Mary was the object of the most astonishing divine favors. She is immaculate, all immaculate! Tota pulchra es Maria and macula originalis non est [...] not approached you, O pure and unblemished virgin, lily bursting with light and beauty. Certainly, Mary belongs to the race of the redeemed and everything in her is the fruit of the Redemption. Like us
Lady of the Annunciation (1470) Mary does not give in to frustration or helplessness In political life, too, past conflicts between peoples can painfully come to the fore. Mary shows herself to be a woman [...] his people and their rulers, acted differently. She does not give in to frustration or helplessness. Mary trusts Jesus and receives his disciple, for the relationships that heal us and free us are those that
33 days, with the Virgin Mary. The Virgin carried me through this journey and really educated me, as her child. It was in Brussels that for the first time in my life I saw Mary as truly being my mother [...] November 27 – The Miraculous Medal (Paris, France, 1830) Traveling with Mother Mary I am a student, from the town of Sainte Anne d'Auray, France. This summer I toured Europe’s Marian shrines, hitch-hiking [...] and through the divinity of Jesus Christ she obtained the victory for me over the following days. Mary then crossed the Adriatic Sea and took me to Assisi, then to Rome and then to Spain. She was waiting
November 28 – Saint Catherine Labouré (d. 1876) - Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda, 1981-1989) The Virgin Mary and the Musician In 2017, an 82-year-old Estonian Orthodox composer was one of the three winners of [...] non-religious pieces. It has been said, rightly, that his compositions evoke the silence of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross, something evident in his Stabat Mater . But it is also the silence of the [...] the infinitely great and our humanity marked by finitude. This presence, following the example of Mary at the Annunciation, fosters a sort of availability without which the encounter with God cannot take
Remedies (Philippines) Living Advent Fully, with Mary Advent is a privileged time to rediscover the immense mystery of the divine motherhood of the Virgin Mary, as well as her role as our own Mother, in the [...] born in the spiritual sense from the same womb in which Jesus was conceived—the Immaculate womb of Mary. Of course, we wish to enter the wonderful atmosphere of Advent and fully taste the special grace [...] has already come, and who remains forever with us: hence his name "Emmanuel," "God with us." With Mary we go to Nazareth, and from Nazareth to Bethlehem. It is a road paved with great simplicity and humility
November 24 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bologna, Italy) Mary has always been present in my life Mary, the mother of Jesus and our Mother, has always been present in my life since I was a child [...] This made me perceive not only the universality of the Church, but also the divine motherhood of Mary, and her motherhood towards the Church. Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer Metropolitan Archbishop (or Prelate [...] Prelate of the Metropolis) of São Paulo, Brazil Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment with Mary
November 23 – Our Lady of the Assumption (Italy, 1624) Mary and the intellectualization of faith On September 14, 2017, Pope Francis received 114 bishops who were appointed during the past year. We spoke
(1981) Mary appears at the Rue du Bac Convent in Paris (II) There now formed around the Blessed Virgin a frame rather oval in shape on which were written in letters of gold these words: O Mary conceived [...] letter 'M' surmounted by a cross, with a crossbar beneath it, and under the monogram of the name of Mary, the Holy Hearts of Jesus and of His Mother; the first surrounded by a crown of thorns and the second [...] (Continued from yesterday, November 27, 2018) Testimony of Saint Catherine Labouré, seer of the Virgin Mary at the Rue du Bac
Nativity of Mary (September 8th), this event was also a good opportunity for all the faithful to come and join the Blessed Virgin Mary on their way to our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us not forget that Mary is the [...] November 26 – Our Lady of Remedies (Philippines) Mary is the key to the gates of Heaven For the celebration of 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines, the 12 th Marian Healing Exhibit featured c [...] canonically crowned and popular venerated images of the Blessed Virgin Mary from various parts of the Philippines, from September 1-16, 2018, in the Shangri-La Plaza Mall in Mandaluyong City. This event
is the highest in Rome. May Mary, the all-humble and all-faithful Mother of the Church, guard the eternal city and watch over it with her absolute and tender purity. The Marie de Nazareth Team Source: Vatican [...] November 24 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bologna, Italy) Mary, Mother of the Church, dominates the eternal city The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, located on the top of the Esquiline Hill
