1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) “Let it happen to me as you have said” (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants us to have always on our lips and in our [...] moment of her life as a gift from Him who showers delights upon those who hunger and thirst only for Him and not for the things of the world. [...] our hearts: “Your will be done” (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would have meant nothing to her unless she had
Saturday of the year, on bread and water only. One day he became upset because his superiors had forced him to break his fast. The Virgin Mary appeared to him and told him how touched she was by his great devotion [...] When the Virgin Mary uses soaked bread to heal Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (1246-1305), a monk of the Order of the Hermits of St Augustine, fasted on all feast days of the Blessed Virgin and every Saturday [...] roasted partridges that had been served to Nicholas, and the birds flew away. The next evening, she presented him with bread soaked in a glass of water, and this food cured him of a malignant fever that no
Lady of Charity (Cuba) Why Mary has never left us alone “One wonders: why so many shrines in the world, why so much affection and devotion to Mary? In truth, from the moment Mary lost Jesus, she adopted, [...] becoming herself a first and elected member, which means that, wherever there is a community of faith, like the first community of the Apostles, Mary is there, finds a home and family where to live. This [...] This also explains why Mary has never left us alone. Her apparitions, such as Fatima, Lourdes, and many others, her shrines such as Częstochowa, Zakopane, and many others scattered throughout the various
such a close alliance and wonderful conformity with the Mother of the High Priest, have very special obligations to love her, to honor her and to clothe themselves with her virtues and dispositions. You should [...] apparition at Fatima: announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal) "Priests have a special alliance with Mary" Priests have a special covenant with the most holy Mother of God. As the eternal Father made her [...] her a partaker of his divine paternity, so he gives priests to form this same Jesus in the Eucharist and in the hearts of the faithful. As the Son made her his cooperatrix in the work of redeeming the world
Jesus instructed us that Mary remained a virgin until the end Indeed, when he was lifted up on the Cross, Jesus commended John to the mother, saying, "Woman, behold your son." And to the disciple, "Behold [...] "Behold your mother." And from that moment on, "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 [...] But, since she was a virgin and was his mother, he gave her as a 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
Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who pray the Rosary (II) 8) Those who recite my Rosary shall find during their life and at their death the light of God, the fullness of His graces, and shall share in the [...] brethren the saints of heaven during their life and at the hour of death. 14) Those who recite my Rosary faithfully are all my beloved children, the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ. 15) Devotion to my [...] my Rosary is a great sign of predestination. Promises Our Lady made to Saint Dominic and Blessed Alan de la Roche
1444) Mary Did Her Part (II) "Let it happen to me as you have said" (Lk 1:38). We should note that these words are in perfect agreement with those our Lord wants us to have always on our lips and in our [...] moment of her life as a gift from Him who showers delights upon those who hunger and thirst only for Him and not for the things of the world. [...] our hearts: "Your will be done" (Mt 6:10). It is true that what was demanded of Mary at this great moment was something most glorious, but all this splendor would have meant nothing to her unless she had
Our Lady (France, 1248) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (I) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer make my heart like a violet and white like a very pure [...] make my whole being white and humble. When the pain causes me atrocious suffering, I think that Our Lord, who is so good, has me suffer in proportion to the love I feel for Him and that He feels for me. This [...] This is why I am always smiling and I always feel peaceful inside! I live for Jesus, to be united with Him! This is what I ask him: to die in His Love.
Journet So that Mary’s Mystery is not Reduced Down to Our Size We should tremble at the idea of touching the mystery of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This mystery is so profound, so deep, so pure and luminous, that [...] of the resistance and heaviness of our hearts - will only draw her down and deform the Holy Mother into his or her own perspective. May the Blessed Virgin herself open our hearts and make them transparent
Our Lady (France, 1248) Mary, for Jesus My Redeemer, Make My Heart White like a Lily (I) O Blessed Virgin, my tender Mother, for Jesus my Redeemer make my heart like a violet and white like a very pure [...] make my whole being white and humble. When the pain causes me atrocious suffering, I think that Our Lord, who is so good, has me suffer in proportion to the love I feel for Him and that He feels for me. This [...] This is why I am always smiling and I always feel peaceful inside! I live for Jesus, to be united with Him! This is what I ask him: to die in His Love.
