"I see Advent as a budding life, hidden like a baby growing in the womb. It is a light that rises and that we can only see through hope and the certainty of faith. But it is more than a light: it is THE [...] Sunday of Advent – Holy Mary of Graces (Italy, 1923) – Blessed Charles de Foucauld Advent is THE light of the world, hidden in the Virgin Mary’s womb For Brother Francis Huot, a Benedictine monk in charge [...] charge of the Our Lady of Longeborgne Hermitage (Switzerland), Advent is very special: "I love the season of Advent because it is a time of hope." Brother Francis has lived in that hermitage above the village

Assumption of the Virgin Mary Devotion to the Virgin Mary is not an option The Assumption not only tells us that Mary ascended "into Heaven", but also that she does not remain there in a state of blissful inactivity [...] eternal happiness with God, but also in bringing it to our fellow human beings. The truth is, devotion to the Virgin Mary is not an option or marginal tradition. It is not a devotion among a thousand others [...] others, but the means we have been given to fully understand who we are and our vocation as human beings, who need a Father and a Mother in heaven. If we sometimes find this a little childish or naive, so

Wolfgang decided to pay a visit to Father Jakob Rem, a Jesuit priest who lived at the monastery and university of Ingolstadt, located seventy kilometers north of Augsburg. Over a period of 28 days, Wolfgang [...] Apparition of Mary the Immaculate Mother of Victory to Cäcilia Geyer (Wangen/Wigratzbad, Germany, 1938), approved The first miracle of Mary Who Unties Knots The story of the Devotion to Mary Who Unties Knots [...] received advice from the holy priest, who was honored for his wisdom, piety and extraordinary intelligence. In fact, Father Rem was believed to have experienced an apparition of Mary where she appeared to him

like the Rosary Teams or the Legion of Mary testify. As a First Communion or Confirmation gift, why not offer a beautiful rosary to children that will stay with them for the rest of their life? In Japan [...] the prayer of the Rosary offers a different kind of peace—Peace that comes from Jesus. Faith is a light shining in the darkness for the sick and the dying. As a priest, I am always amazed by the pedagogical [...] of Catholics, on all continents, have seen the graces that meditating on the life of Jesus with His Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary, can bring. Fr. Manuel Rivero, O.P. Saint-Denis/ Reunion Island, October

There was a penitential vigil that caught me by surprise. Why not try confession? I needed to do a big introspection, having done a lot of stupid things in my short life. I went to see a priest, but I couldn't [...] Immaculate Heart of Mary (1942) In Lourdes, I was smacked by grace! I went on a day-pilgrimage to Lourdes for young people from the Jura (eastern France), just tagging along with a friend from high school [...] the Blessed Virgin rocked me in her arms! As a matter of fact, I have been rocked by "metal" music since the age of 8. At 21, I'm still a fan and I play in a Christian rock band called OMG (Oh My God).

dedicated to the Virgin Mary? In the Catholic Church, Saturdays are special days in the liturgy and are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. On most Saturdays throughout the year, priests may offer votive Masses [...] Aquinas, this choice has to do with the Resurrection of Jesus, which took place on a Sunday, and with the unshakeable faith of the Virgin on the previous day. (...) Others have argued that since Sunday is [...] monk Alcuin (735-804), a close advisor to Charlemagne, who composed a votive office for each day of the week, and two offices especially for Saturday in honor of the Virgin Mary. But this still does not

10 - Consecration of Luxembourg to Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted (1666) As long as the Pope hasn’t said his Rosary All the Popes since the time of Saint Dominic have talked about the Rosary. Among them [...] families and nations back to Christ … It is a very powerful weapon for sending away evil spirits, preserving the integrity of life, and acquiring virtue more easily; in a word, to obtain true peace for men." [...] divine method with exactitude and piety?" Similarly, in Ingruentium malorum , Pope Pius XII (pope from 1939 to 1958) writes: "We do not hesitate to declare publicly once again that We have great hope that

church dedicated to Mary (Rome, Italy) This new saint learned to love Jesus and Mary from his grandmother Blessed Nunzio Sulprizio, who died at the age of 19 from bone cancer, was declared a saint on Oct. 14 [...] selfishness. Rather, he will tell you how being young is a grace…” Born in the Italian region of Abruzzo in 1817, Sulprizio learned the faith from a priest at the local school he attended and from his maternal [...] intense and constant pain… Due to a lack of proper medical care, the boy developed gangrene, and was sent to a hospital in Naples. There he would unite his pain with Christ’s suffering on the cross, also

and learn how to make them. Greg made his first rosary after going to confession and seeing a priest with a knotted rosary. Intrigued, he went in search of how to make his own. His pursuit for detailed [...] feel like you’re a part of the universal Church.” Jennifer believes strongly that they have had a guiding hand all along. “Unbeknownst to Greg and me, we were becoming guardians of Mary’s army that we were [...] (Bologna, Italy) Guardians of Mary’s Army Seventeen years ago, Greg and Jennifer Willits founded Rosary Army, not long after Greg made his first all-twine, knotted rosary. A modest ministry at first, the

convert – The highly public apparition of Mary in Zeitoun, Egypt, in 1970 God’s closest ally The Mother, like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal [...] to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without [...] them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, needs, doubts and fears.” The upheavals that have taken place in society in recent years have made