from France as archbishop - , Bernard of Clairvaux, Francis de Sales, and many other holy doctors have celebrated Mary and helped to promote and increase throughout France the love of the Virgin Mother
It is difficult to sum up such a rich week in a few lines, but one thing is certain: for my part, I have discovered Mary and I no longer want to live without her! Anne Laure www.clubmedj.com (1) A place
to her: "The Holy One whom you bear will be called the Son of the Most High, and his kingdom will have no end" (Lk 1:31). But her expectation was not like that of John the Baptist who waited for "the
attracted to the Virgin Mary. As the French newspaper La Vie (1) remarks, "for months, even years, we have been watching the comedian from a distance: he has been at Lourdes here, posed for a photo with Cardinal
Mary’s favor was necessitated by her ability to keep herself pure. No woman of broken virginity would have attracted this favor. Mary played her own role of sanctification and she eventually found favor in
is merciful and he loves you!" Then, warning her, as it were, of the tribulations which she would have to endure: "He reads the depths of all hearts and it is he who permits circumstances to be as they
wakes for the deceased. We quickly tell ourselves that the departed are in Heaven, so that we don't have to pray for them. We could say that society has completely forgotten the centuries-old and universal
we ask in common. Moreover, through the Rosary we remind Jesus and the Blessed Virgin of what they have done for our salvation. These are all good reasons for our prayer to be answered. The repetition of
their part aloud while seeing the images of the mysteries projected onto a large screen. What could have been complete chaos turned out to be a powerful testament to the Rosary coming alive for the participants
on of Padre Pio (2002) The power of this Catholic prayer “is beyond description” The Rosary as we have it today originated in the mid- to late fifteenth century, though legend has it that it first arose