This is why the virginal motherhood is a fundamental article of faith and the indispensable condition for participating in salvation: "Those who claim that he is only a mere man begotten of Joseph remain in [...] slavery of the ancient disobedience and die in it, not having yet been mixed with the Word of God the Father and not having had a share in the freedom that comes to us through the Son, according to what he [...] and he does save, and divinizes; as man, he communicates Salvation, that is, divinization, to man. Mary, the Virgin Mother, is therefore the historical foundation that guarantees that Salvation has truly
played by Mary, a conviction strengthened by his own experience, and so he used to say with picturesque simplicity “ that a sinner had never resisted him once he held him by the scruff of the neck with his Rosary [...] in which he lived. To Jansenism with its joyless austerity, its somber apprehensions, its proud depressions, he opposes the filial love of the devout servant of Mary; a love which is at once confident [...] over to Jesus, is devotion to Mary. This devotion is the source of all his activity; the reason for all his confidence. And it would have been impossible for him to find a more telling weapon for the times
nature? In Mary, we contemplate a true maternity that transports us into a divine and superhuman sphere. Mary conceives Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, and she gives birth to him in a miraculous [...] reproduction of Mary’s features, with a stamp of virility and divine splendor. Jesus, who because he is God is of the same substance as the Father, not only chose to take Mary’s features, but also her character [...] by Dom Louis-Marie Spick In Chaque jour avec Marie dans la sainte Espérance (Living in Holy Hope Every Day with Mary) , December 29, p. 94 Hermitage of Saint–Evroul Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France
us! Let us think for a moment about what such a request might mean for us, wherever we are, with the choices and decisions we each face daily. Let us pray to the Virgin Mary with Pope Francis. Mother, [...] Cana... The presence of Jesus, the Son of God, and Mary, at the wedding of a man and a woman seems to me to be of great significance. At this wedding, Mary did something that she continues to do for us, her [...] whatever he tells you In Cana, a lot of people were invited, like at most weddings of that time. That is why we see Jesus and Mary, and the disciples whom Jesus had called a few days before. One of them
to Portugal. The Pope said it was " a pilgrimage of hope and peace. " During this Marian vigil, he talked about the meaning of the figure of Mary: " Who is Mary? A teacher of the spiritual life, the first [...] narrow way’ of the cross by giving us an example, or a Lady “unapproachable” and impossible to imitate ?” She is “ a sweet and caring mother … who gave a human face to the Son of the Eternal Father. " When [...] the pilgrims of Fatima with these words: " If we want to be Christian, we must be Marian ." The Holy Father then addressed the crowd who came to pray at the feet of the statue of Mary, in the Chapel of the
co-founder of the Foyers de Charité (1) with Father Georges Finet, and proclaimed Venerable by the Pope in November 2014, had frequent visits of the Virgin Mary in her small room at the farm where she [...] any requests—but in a feeling of gratitude and love. As if to say to her: Dear Mother, we, who are your children, know very well that you love us and that you want to shower us with gifts! "(2) (1) There [...] features of the Virgin because they are all perfect. Her face is of incomparable beauty—it is luminous in a soft way, nothing too striking (which is better this way). The Virgin amazes me by her beauty, her attitude
freshness. It is true that certain customs traditionally linked with the recitation of the Angelus have disappeared or can continue only with difficulty in modern life. But these are marginal elements. The [...] Fatima (1907) The Angelus is our safeguard What we have to say about the Angelus is meant to be only a simple but earnest exhortation to continue its traditional recitation wherever and whenever possible [...] it to the prayer for peace and safety, and its quasi-liturgical rhythm which sanctifies different moments during the day, and because it reminds us of the Paschal Mystery, in which recalling the Incarnation
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of priests, we entrust you all the priests and seminarians from all over the world. Anne Isabelle Chartier-Kastler Member of Mary Mother of Priests Mission Source: Mary Mother of [...] Our Lady is very eager to see many more people pray for priests!" It is with this simple statement that the Holy Spirit sent us on a mission to support priests and seminarians, and to make the Church loved [...] throughout their priesthood. In Mary, priests renew their priesthood in the Holy Spirit and can lead us to eternal joy. The more priests are attached to the Virgin Mary, the more she can use them to lead
where to look, especially in dark moments. With a delicate gesture, Mary points the way to God, who is not represented by an adult Christ but by the divine child - a reminder of Jesus’s admonition in Mark’s [...] he did know the Virgin Mary best: out of 152 verses of the New Testament evoking the Mother of God, 90 are from him. He was able to evoke the personality of the Virgin Mary with great perception. Was it [...] whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will not enter it" (Mk 10:15). The age-old representation of the Virgin and Child of Hodegetria, a very popular icon in the West, originated in
that I have no words to express even a small part of this beauty. She was all [in] white, with a blue sash around Her waist. Her cloak was also blue, and there was a crown on Her head. Marvelous light streamed [...] recorded about twenty apparitions of the Virgin Mary in her Diary, and about thirty visions of Christ, the angels and departed souls. Here is what the Virgin Mary told her on March 25, 1936: “Then I saw the [...] His great mercy and prepare the world for the Second Coming of Him who will come, not as a merciful Savior, but as a just Judge. Oh, how terrible is that day! Determined is the day of justice, the day of
