Montfort (1947) "Totus tuus! I am completely yours, Mary!" Saint Louis de Montfort proposed a very powerful Marian doctrine, which has been taken up and lived with great fruitfulness by many Christians, including [...] us to imitate Jesus by taking Mary as our Mother and entrusting everything to her. The Marie de Nazareth team From Saint Louis de Montfort, Treatise on True Devotion to Mary
these things in her heart" (Lk 2:51). Mary's memory is first of all a retention of the events in remembrance, but it is more than that: It is an interior conversation with all that has happened. Thanks to this [...] July 12 - Our Lady of Lure (Avignon, France, 1110) Mary Remembers What John says in his Gospel about how remembering becomes understanding and the path "into all the truth" (Jn 16:13) comes very close [...] account of the Annunciation of Jesus' conception by the Archangel Gabriel. There Luke tells us that Mary took fright at the angel's greeting and entered into an interior "dialogue" about what the greeting
Temple, fated to disappear in 70 A.D., was thus promised to be superior to the sublime Temple of Solomon dreamed of by David, which enshrined the Ark of the Covenant with the Tables of the Law, manna and [...] December 1st - Our Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, 1842) Mary in the Temple (XI) The glory of that second Temple will surpass that of the first After the exile, to comfort those who were rebuilding the Temple [...] was addressed to the prophet Haggai: "The Lord says, 'Take courage, all you people of the land! (...) A little while now and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake
(Luke 2:48). Mary was silent. "She lovingly consented to the immolation of this Victim which she herself had brought forth," a text of Vatican Council II tells us. She celebrated his Passover with him. Father [...] April 10 – Good Friday – Our Lady of Laval (France) Mary’s temptations at Calvary If Mary was tempted, as even Jesus was in the desert, this took place above all beneath the cross. And the temptation was [...] Father Raniero Cantalamessa Excerpt from Mary, Mirror of the Church, a Liturgical Press Book, (1992) p.99
that Mary and Joseph did not understand Jesus’ reply, "Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" (Lk 2:49). Mary did not understand everything all at once. She walked by faith, with the lights [...] September 7 – Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil, 1717) Mary did not understand everything all at once Through her spiritual journey of faith, Mary, an intelligent and free woman, asked questions. At the A [...] Annunciation, she wondered: "How will it be, since I do not know a man?” (Lk 1: 34). When Jesus was found in the Temple of Jerusalem she said "My child, why did you do that to us? See! Your father and I
Temple, fated to disappear in 70 A.D., was thus promised to be superior to the sublime Temple of Solomon dreamed of by David, which enshrined the Ark of the Covenant with the Tables of the Law, manna and [...] December 1st - Our Lady of Ratisbon (Bavaria, 1842) Mary in the Temple (XI) The glory of that second Temple will surpass that of the first After the exile, to comfort those who were rebuilding the Temple [...] was addressed to the prophet Haggai: "The Lord says, 'Take courage, all you people of the land! (...) A little while now and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas (Mexico, 1531) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (III) "There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse" (Is 11:1) In the midst of Israel's [...] fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be one of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me a house, and I will establish his [...] will build it as in the days of old" (Am 9: 11), or Isaiah: "There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him
- Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas (Mexico, 1531) Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (III) "There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse" (Is 11:1) In the midst of Israel's [...] fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be one of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build me a house, and I will establish his [...] will build it as in the days of old" (Am 9: 11), or Isaiah: "There shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord shall rest on him
driving it told him, 'It's a miracle that you're alive! You really have a guardian angel!" The only person who was injured was my son. He had a concussion and a whiplash injury. A week after the accident [...] already bought the bike. Since I have a great fear of motorcycle accidents (I lost a cousin in one), I decided to pray a novena so that my son would never get into a fatal accident. I started the novena [...] for a sprain, and he didn't need any further medical care! The name of this "miracle" is Mary. The novenas to Mary Undoer of Knots are really "very powerful"! Françoise J. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth
that month with such a consecration, "in the present situation, has very poignant meaning for all Italy." The Shrine of Caravaggio alone represents "the suffering and pain experienced in a land sorely [...] more than 300 letters, full of love and devotion to the Virgin Mary, asking: Why don't you consecrate our nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, especially all who are suffering because of this epidemic, [...] Saint Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons and martyr (d. ca. 202) Italy consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary against Covid-19 By decision of the Italian Bishops' Conference, Italy was consecrated to the Blessed
