actually a more fulfilling, more transformative, more impoverishing attitude—to let oneself be looked at by the flowers. The Rosary is a little bit like that—it is a way of placing oneself, with a poor heart [...] our daily life with His glory, and that we know, with a deep sense of peace, that we are loved, looked after, and can hear God calling us and know that he understands us. The Rosary is a chaplet of single [...] radiance of the life of Jesus. A way of letting oneself be looked at by Jesus, as Mary would have done, throughout an ordinary day. * A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition. Brother Jean
One of these miracles involved a certain man who lived in the county of Kilkenny, whose arm had been withered from birth so that he was unable even to move it. One night, in a dream, it seemed as though the [...] cure to God. The next morning the man and a considerable number of Catholics assembled in the oratory, where Reverend Fagan offered the Holy Sacrifice. At the moment of the Elevation, the man realized that [...] that his hand and arm were suddenly and perfectly cured. Not wishing to cause a disturbance at that moment by declaring what had happened, he held his peace until the end of the Mass. He then raised his arm
One of these miracles involved a certain man who lived in the county of Kilkenny, whose arm had been withered from birth so that he was unable even to move it. One night, in a dream, it seemed as though the [...] cure to God. The next morning the man and a considerable number of Catholics assembled in the oratory, where Reverend Fagan offered the Holy Sacrifice. At the moment of the Elevation, the man realized that [...] that his hand and arm were suddenly and perfectly cured. Not wishing to cause a disturbance at that moment by declaring what had happened, he held his peace until the end of the Mass. He then raised his arm
deserve reverence insofar as they are vessels of God's holiness. (...) Mary holds a unique place in the Communion of Saints. God gave her a pivotal role in history, as He became incarnate in her womb. He allowed [...] ordained that her life, interwoven as it was with the life of Jesus, should fulfil many of the foreshadowings of the Old Testament. No one can deny that Mary bore a blessing that was singular since the beginning [...] world. In Revelation, God proclaims, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Yet Mary is blessed at the very moment we encounter her in the pages of the Gospel (see Lk 1:42).
from Mary Undoer of Knots. I prayed several novenas in a row, always the same one. I didn't see any immediate results, but I believe that God answers every sincere prayer; even a non-response is a form [...] testimonial is more like a humble and profound thank you to Our Blessed Mother, the Mother of Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is totally transforming my life. Here is a brief summary of my life: [...] outside of the European Union, after a divorce, I found myself on welfare two years ago, out of work with two children to raise. I tried to get back on my feet with personal development methods, but to
at me with a smile and said: "I chose you." Oh! How happy I was! She had such kindness in her eyes and such mercy! She was wearing her scapular, and a very beautiful one at that! She paused for a moment
are Buddha, and I have to become a Buddhist; I don't mind if you are Apollo, and I have to become a Roman pagan; I don't mind if you are Krishna, and I have to become a Hindu; as long as you are not Christ [...] early June, during a midweek break I had given myself two or three days on Cape Cod before the crowds arrived. I was walking in the dunes between Provincetown and Truro, alone with the singing birds before [...] serve my Lord and God; I saw how His Love enveloped and sustained me every moment of my existence; I saw how everything I did had a moral content, for good or for ill, and which mattered far more than I would
close to him, for a moment, the father and mother of Benjamin from Capernaum with their son, who almost falls under the hooves of the little donkey when he throws himself forward to receive a caress from Jesus [...] women. (1) Maria Valtorta (1897 – 1961) was a Roman Catholic Italian writer and poet. She was a Franciscan tertiary and a lay member of the Servants of Mary. She lived most of her life bedridden in Viareggio [...] Jairus for a moment, and Jaia, the youth from Pella (I think), who was blind like his mother and was cured by Jesus, I see Joachim from Bozrah and the peasant from the plain of Sharon with his brothers
of Mary is needed by so many people.” “Today, with all these children, you can see the future of the Church, but also society. Giving them and showing them the relationship they can have with Mary is beautiful [...] “Teaching the children the Rosary is such a strong way to teach the faith,” Bishop Massa said. “I told them about the special relationship that Mary has with children. She is the heavenly mother that watches [...] needs their prayers for each bead and dedicate that prayer to them,” he said. Afterward, a boy approached him with a card where he had many names written. Praying for others is something his class does every
night and party with alcohol. A prayerful man who loves the Virgin Mary, he decided to live in Pissy, a quiet village 15 kilometers west of Amiens, France: "It's all I need. I like to lead a quiet life in [...] covering both his arms and right leg. Some are dates having to do with his parents and his brothers, others are about God and the Virgin Mary. The Brazilian attacking midfielder describes his special abilities [...] the sound of birds. I'm not one to go out, I don’t like to drink. I prefer to share family moments and run with my dog." Source: Courrier Picard
