Thursday evening, and opened the hearts of his disciples to faith. This happened thanks to the intervention of Mary, the first of the believers. Mary continues to say to us, her children, "Do whatever He tells [...] Cana, whose fruit is trust in Mary. At Cana, Christ changed water into wine, causing a wave of joy among the guests. This miracle prefigured the institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday [...] October 20 - Consecration of Portugal to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Portugal, 1646) The wedding feast at Cana: trusting in Mary Today is Thursday, the day in which we pray the Luminous Mysteries
September 13 - Our Lady of Quiche (Ecuador) - Saint John Chrysostom, Doctor of the Church Why didn't Mary ask for the first miracle earlier? In his commentary on the dialogue between Mary and Jesus at the Wedding [...] highest impression of the child of whom she was the mother. Saint Luke confirms this explanation when he says: 'And his mother kept all these things in her heart.' Why, then, did Mary not urge him earlier to [...] shortage of wine; Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no wine.' Jesus answered her, 'Woman, what do you want from me? My hour has not yet come.' Jn 2:3-4 It is important to examine the source of Jesus'
September 14 - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross "Suddenly, I saw the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me!" "My name is Sylvie, I am 61 and disabled, but as long as I can, I will pray to Our Lady [...] smiles for a few moments and then they left. Thank you Mary, thank you Jesus for stopping by to visit me!" Sylvie Ch. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on June 9, 2022 [...] when I was in the hospital for severe issues, I was looking out the window of my room, when suddenly I saw the Virgin Mary and Jesus smiling at me! They didn't say anything, I only saw their heads and
Njiru Parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi. He assured the AA members he was ordaining of the consolation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in their ministry of service. “The mother of God is a consolation [...] your lives to Christ through Mary Mother of God. She will take care of your life; you will be happy and you will serve the people of God just like Mary did,” the Local Ordinary of Nairobi Archdiocese since [...] Deacons and Priests of the Augustinians of the Assumption (AA) in Kenya have been urged to seek the consolation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in their Ministry of service, and to consecrate their lives to the
the Kingdom of the Divine Will, about the life of Mary, Queen of the Divine Will. With maternal love, Mary invites all her children to live in the Divine Will, as she herself has done throughout her life [...] Feast of the Most Holy Icon of Spoleto (Italy, 1185) "Whatever the cost, we want to save man," God said to Mary In 1932, Luisa Piccarreta(1) (1865-1947) published a book entitled The Virgin Mary in the [...] all the wonders of Creation, so the Creator willed that the Fiat He pronounced over me should be in six stages, as with the whole of Creation. The moment I took possession of the Kingdom of the Divine Will
night, empty of all good, full of all evil, and impenetrable, so to speak, to the life-giving rays of the Sun of Justice. Thus, the divine torch of faith is fading and dying in the bosom of Christendom; [...] her belongs the glory of saving the faith from the shipwreck that threatens to destroy it. Father Joseph Chaminade (1761-1850), founder of the Society of Mary (Marianists) Letter of August 24, 1839 [...] May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Augustinian nun - Our Lady of Graces (Brescia, Italy, 1526) A great victory is reserved for Mary in our day All the ages of the Church have been marked by the battles and
comes from materia.” The Mother of God constantly returns us to the heart of the matter: the humanity of her divine Son. As Bl. Guerric of Igny insists, “Mary is the Mother of the Life by which all things [...] May 6 - Our Lady of St. John (Italy, 1658) - Icon of the Life-giving Spring in Constantinople “Mary leads us to Christ, but Christ leads us to his Mother.” We need Mary the Mother of God to keep us from [...] things concrete is the very essence of motherhood. Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa comments that “God silently entered the womb of a woman. God comes down into the very heart of matter: [the word] mater [“mother”]
May 2 - Saint Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, doctor of the Church (d.373) How Jesus instructed us that Mary remained a virgin until the end Indeed, when he was lifted up on the Cross, Jesus commended [...] mother to his disciple, even though she was not really John’s mother, because of his great purity of heart and because of her untouched virginity.” Saint Athanasius, De Virginitate, in Le Museon 42: 243-44 [...] "the disciple took her into his home" (cf. Jn 19:26-27). With these words, the Savior affirms that Mary did not bear another son after him. For, if she had had other children, the Savior would not have
March 12 - 3rd Sunday of Lent - Our Lady of the Elm (Italy, 1610) The shepherds saw the law and the prophets fulfilled in Mary Joseph and Mary were the keepers of the Lamb of God in the way the shepherds [...] shepherds were the keepers of the lambs of the Temple. The shepherds saw the law and the prophets fulfilled in Mary. We see it fulfilled in us. After seeing the infant in the arms of his mother, “the shepherds [...] returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen.” In Mary, they saw the great fulfillment of exactly what the great blessing of the Israelites called for in our first reading: “The Lord bless
abundantly Let no one speak of your tenderness (O Virgin Mary) if a single person who ever invoked it in times of need can recall that it has failed them. (...) There is no lack of numerous examples to support [...] Holy Mother of the Lord will shine continuously in the universe, until this old world finds its end, at the dawn of the reign which has no end. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (1090-1153) [...] January 20 - Apparition of the Miraculous Medal to Alphonse Ratisbonne (Rome, Italy, 1842) - 4th apparition in Banneux (Belgium) - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153) Mary dispenses her graces to her
