your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem; and [...] Alba Royale (Hungary, 1005) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (V) "His dominion is an everlasting dominion" (Dan 7:14) Israel's and the Blessed Virgin's exceptancy was for a peaceful, humble and just [...] from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth" (Zech 9:9-10). God's small stone "became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth" (Dan 2:35) and his empire "will be from sea to sea, and

shrines. On June 2nd, a horse-drawn carriage carrying a tall statue of Mary received the blessing of Bishop Ribadeau Dumas in front of the grotto of Lourdes, before setting off. A similar team left La Salette [...] the night in a village, where they pray in the church and spend a convivial evening together around a campfire. In all, more than 250 people, including about 60 young people, are helping with the organization [...] on. "At a time when our country is facing immense challenges, when the Church is going through a major crisis, and after the fire at Notre Dame which was a trigger, an idea was born—creating a great movement

Schoenstatt Movement gives an important place to Mary Like many movements of Christian renewal given by the Holy Spirit to the Church today – the Legion of Mary, the Foyers de Charité, the Focolare, and all [...] municipality of Vallendar, a few kilometers north of Koblenz, on the banks of the Rhine in central-western Germany. The name was given to this green valley in the 12th century, when a monastery of Augustinian [...] (six), Unions, Leagues and a branch of "pilgrims". All the members of these organizations, whatever their background (nationality, profession and state of life), have close ties with the heart of the movement

he felt a great sense of relief coming to him from Our Lady's gaze. Never in his life had he felt such maternal tenderness. Full of joy, he stayed a long time in front of the statue. It was like a balm that [...] Siena, great mystic and doctor of the Church Go pray to Mary! She is your Mother, she will help you! In Italy, an exorcist priest told me that one day, a troubled and desperate young man came to seek his help [...] pray to Mary in front of the statue and look her in the eyes! She is your Mother, she will help you!" The young man went to kneel before the statue, pouring out his misery, his eyes locked into Mary’s eyes

both reflected on the Virgin Mary’s importance in the mystery of Christ. “In fact the former [St Augustine] says that Mary is the mother of the members of Christ, because with charity she cooperated in the [...] of Bavaria (Germany) Pope institutes Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church Pope Francis has decreed that the ancient devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of Mother of the Church, be inserted [...] thus indicating that Mary is at once Mother of Christ, the Son of God, and mother of the members of his Mystical Body, which is the Church.” The decree says these reflections are a result of the “divine

which is not limited to finding happiness with God, but to bring our neighbor to receive Him. Truly, devotion to the Virgin Mary is not a “cute” practice or a marginal tradition. It is not one possibility [...] the Kingdom is promised (Matt 18:1-5) as well as to those who feel that in Mary, Divine Wisdom finds a visible throne. In Mary, indeed, even scientists and other short-sighted people who see themselves [...] August 16 – Our Lady of the Fence (Lille, France, 1566) Mary is the visible throne of Divine Wisdom The Assumption does not just tell us that Mary has gone up to heaven, but also that she does not remain

the Purification of Mary), as he prayed before a statue of Our Lady, Le Royer felt called to found a nursing religious congregation to serve the poor and the sick and to establish a Hôtel-Dieu (or hospital) [...] "Ville-Marie" Jerome Le Royer, lord of La Dauversière (1597-1659), is the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of La Flèche (in 1636), and one of the founders of Ville-Marie, the future [...] hospital) on the island of Montreal, in New France. With Father Jean-Jacques Olier, he decided to create a society of partners, the Notre Dame Society of Montreal. He and his associates acquired the island

apparitions continue (France, 1876) Pellevoisin: "Holy Mary most merciful" Our Lady appeared in Pellevoisin in 1876, to Estelle Faguette, a 32-year-old woman with terminal tuberculous peritonitis. She announced [...] opened for a long time; people should pray.’ Saying these words, she lifted the little piece of wool she wore on her chest. I saw a distinctive red heart, and immediately thought that it was a scapular of [...] remain peaceful and pray. Mary said of herself that she was "most merciful," an expression she had never used previously in any other apparition. In the fifth apparition, Mary obtained Estelle's healing

someone else’s name. A consecration is usually personal, and there is such a thing as group consecration, but since a consecration requires free will, strictly speaking, in the case of a country we must speak [...] path that can lead it to full reconciliation.” (2) The Mary of Nazareth Team Library of Marian Writings (1) Cf. R. LAURENTIN, Retour à Dieu avec Marie, OEIL, Paris 1991, p. 79-88 (2) John Paul II, Apostolic [...] January 17 – Our Lady of Pontmain (France) The consecration to Jesus through Mary works miracles Is it possible to consecrate a whole country? It is obviously difficult to do so, since not everyone in the

humility is the universal guardian, the Virgin Mary, as if she had forgotten all the other virtues of her soul and body, admired only one thing in herself and gave a reason for the incarnation of the Son of [...] March 13 – Our Lady of Rose (Italy, 1635) The Virgin Mary admired only one thing in herself Truly, the Savior of the world placed gentleness and humility at the foundation of virtues. Abstinence, fasting [...] He has looked upon the humility of his servant." Saint Angela of Foligno, an Italian mystic favored with many visions (d. 1309)