This Advent season we are invited to contemplate Mary During Advent we are invited to contemplate Mary, a young girl from Nazareth among many others... Mary could have legitimately said ‘no’ to the mysterious [...] our heart. Mary could have freely said ‘no’ to the Word of God. And yet she answered, "Behold the servant of the Lord; let everything happen to me according to your word "(Lk 1:38). Mary’s answer was a [...] a free adhesion to the will of God, to his loving plan. It was not a ‘yes’ of convenience... Mary was aware that with her ‘yes,’ she would take part in the loving plan desired by God since all eternity

December 13 – Our Lady of the Sainte Chapelle (France) When the Virgin Mary returned to her cathedral On September 29, 1238, after 18 months of siege, the Muslims who occupied Valencia, Spain, capitulated [...] mosque. Thus the cathedral was returned to Catholic worship and dedicated once more to the Virgin Mary. In memory of that day, every year on October 9th, Valencia holds the celebration of "Valencian Glories"

Virgin Mary the forerunner of the forgiveness that we seek, the mercy that God shows us, and the power of God at work in our life. "Nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37), the Angel said to Mary, not [...] December 7 – Vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mary, the great gift of God to the human race "In the Epistle to the Ephesians, Saint Paul reminds us that God chose us in Christ before the [...] only be in this perspective of an eternal action of God, out of time, before time, before history. Mary was preserved from original sin because from the beginning, God wanted to preserve in the history

December 6 – Our Lady of the Vow (Siena, Italy) When Mary transforms hearts Coming from near and far, regardless of their country of origin, numerous pilgrims to Medjugorje return home spiritually transformed

Lejeune answered the question "Do you love Mary?" in an interview given to the parish newspaper "Le Sourire de Marie" (Mary’s Smile): Professor Lejeune: "Mary is the wonder of wonders. Biology teaches us [...] this before genetics was invented!" The Mary of Nazareth Team, with the participation of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Source: Interview for Le Sourire de Marie , 1977 [...] September 30 – Saint John Paul II commissioned a Basilica and gave a gold rose (Knock, Ireland, 1979) "Mary is the wonder of wonders" A great scientist of the 20th century, a pioneer of modern genetics, notably

1854) The great M (or "aime” French for love) of Mary For four years Isabelle had wanted to concretely trace the "M" formed by the sites of the Virgin Mary’s apparitions throughout the 19 th century in France [...] she submitted her idea to Marie and Xavier, who immediately said “yes.” All three embarked on this adventure. "We will go on pilgrimage in the footsteps of the Virgin Mary. We want to put our country [...] feast of the Assumption and a national holiday in France. Their bike trip traced the great "M" of Mary formed by the Marian apparitions of the 19th century on France: from Lourdes (July 14th), they traveled

Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) Imitating Mary’s generosity and courage, let us present our bodies to Jesus The Fathers of the Church tell us that Mary conceived Jesus first in faith and then in the [...] whenever we hear the word of God and put it into practice, as the Gospel says (cf. Lk 11:28). Imitating Mary’s generosity and courage, let us present our bodies to Jesus so that he can continue to dwell in our

Graces (Ancona, Italy, 1836) The final victory belongs to God and will happen with the participation of Mary "We are now standing in the face of the greatest historical confrontation humanity has ever experienced [...] One thing, however, is certain: The final victory belongs to God, and this will be verified through Mary, the woman of Genesis and the Apocalypse, who will fight at the head of the army of her sons and daughters

Virgin Mary The fact that we have consecrated ourselves to Mary is truly a special and effective way of living our ecclesial and personal faith in Christ. By entrusting ourselves to the Virgin Mary’s maternal [...] movements, institutes of consecrated life and various institutions that bear the name of the Virgin Mary. The humble Virgin of Nazareth is undeniably an integral part of our Christian heritage and religious [...] united to us and to our human nature. Through this consecration of the diocese of Quebec to the Virgin Mary, today, Sunday, July 2, 2017, let us pray together... that our people will be better prepared to hear

41-51); 4. The meeting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus on the Via Dolorosa (Luke 23: 27-31); 5. Mary seeing the suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross (John 19, 25-27); 6. Mary receiving her dead Son into her [...] September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Why Mary is Queen of Martyrs On September 15th, the liturgy of the Church invites us to remember the sufferings of the Virgin Mary, Mother of our Savior. “Your pain, O [...] Nativity of Our Lady – serves to remind us of the incredible sort of martyrdom that the August Virgin Mary suffered as co-redemptrix of the human race. Painters represent her Heart pierced with seven swords