Body of the Lord as You received it. (1) See Jn 2: 1-12. See verse 4: "My hour has not yet come." Saint Edith Stein Excerpt from The Science of the Cross

the image of the Mystical Body, the Church, that we constantly become. Let us not reduce Mary to a saint we should call on now and again. The maternal love of the Virgin Mary is ever present. In God, we

as it is the month traditionally dedicated to the Rosary. October 18th is also the feast day of Saint Luke the Evangelist, "who passed on the story of Jesus' childhood to us and had a close connection

mission to go forth and bear witness to the Gospel. In the conclusion of his Apostolic Letter, Pope Saint John Paul II encouraged families to pray the Rosary together. He wrote, At one time this prayer was

was this wedding date of October 21st, and not, as tradition dictates, the date of his death, that Saint John Paul II chose for the liturgical memorial of Blessed Charles of Austria in 2004. The day after

graces to us. That means was a complete dependence on Mary his Mother, which is true devotion to her. Saint Louis de Montfort (1673-1716), The Secret of Mary

surrender themselves to her, body and soul, without reserve in order to belong entirely to Jesus. Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Treatise on the True Devotion to Mary, Excerpts § 50 à 55

very ancient precept of the Church The origin of "To Jesus through Mary" is generally attributed to Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort in his True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin . That is to say that he used

observing an admirable progression and order: these are like seven flames of her burning Heart. Sermon of Saint Bernardine of Siena www.riposte-catholique.fr

but after this gift from heaven was neglected, nothing but sin and disorder was seen everywhere." Saint John Paul II reminded us that the practice of the Rosary teaches us how to pray, how to work for peace