reflection of the Heart of his Mother At the moment when the spear of the Roman soldier pierced the heart of Jesus on the cross, Mary's heart was also pierced with a sword of sorrows. The Sacred Heart of Jesus [...] Heart of Mary. The Mother is always with her Son! At the second apparition of the Virgin at Fatima on June 13, 1917, Lucia received the mission to spread the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, to ensure [...] and Redeemer. Those who entrust themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, she brings to the Heart of Jesus, for she intercedes with Him for us. She is our mediatrix, our “shortcut” to Jesus. Translated
of all, that the Divine Word should assume a soul and a body; second, that other beings would be made in his image and would compose humankind; from that moment all men were present in God's thought. The [...] The hypostatic union of the second Person of the Holy Trinity with human nature thus was the first work ad extra, since after God had known and loved himself in himself, it was fitting that he would know
built to mark the time of our earthly journey," John Paul II aptly said in a speech in 1982. "They allow us to take a moment's rest during the journey and to find joy and safety for the road, as well as [...] Bishop Dominique Le Tourneau, professor of canon law and author of a Guide of Marian Shrines, there are 2900 shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary in France. "There are some in every department of the country [...] country. Very few have less than ten," he said in an interview with Aleteia. "But several have over a hundred: 140 in Finistère, 119 in the Côtes-d'Armor, 110 in the Nord department, 103 in Haute-Corse, etc
Churches have always celebrated the original purity of Mary in a feast of the "Conception of the Holy Mother of God," or, more exactly, the feast of Mary's conception in the womb of Saint Anne. The Latin Church [...] when Pius IX defined it as a dogma of faith in 1854: "From the first moment of her conception, through the unique grace and privilege of Almighty God, the Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from original [...] Adam and Eve came out of the hands of the Creator, the mother of his Son was there, a tiny human cell endowed with a holy soul, and thus she became the glory of our sinful nature. " nominis.cef.fr
exhibit great peace. I believe because Mary gave herself over so completely to God to be used totally for His will that she was filled with God’s peace even unto the moment of His death. Now, as I pray the Rosary [...] Rosary, I believe the peace I feel is due to the presence of Mother Mary. Who else could be such a perfect Mother as Mary? Testimony by Donna Jones [...] Queen Mother of the Church The Lord allowed me to see that if we look in the Bible we have Mother Mary as a perfect example. The Lord exalted her. He allowed me to see that she was truly the Queen Mother
revealing a heart encircled by thorns. The Child Jesus said: "Have compassion on the heart of your most holy Mother, covered with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there [...] those who make 15 Saturdays with indifference." Eight years later, on December 10, 1925, Mary and the Child Jesus appeared to Lucia, the sole surviving Fatima visionary, at a convent in Pontevedra, Spain
clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child" (Rev 12:1-2). The woman's son is a "male child...who is to rule all nations with a rod of [...] womb!"(Lk 1:41-42). Again, Mary - unlike the other saints (...) - is "blessed" in life, from the first moment we see her, and not merely in death, having "died in the Lord." Mary herself testifies that this [...] village girl. Mary's blessedness - her beatitude - is not merely a peculiarity of Saint Luke's Gospel. It is in the Book of Revelation as well. At the dramatic climax of John's vision, he sees a "woman clothed
there heard a thunderclap, then saw the reflection of a light appear, followed by a small cloud that hovered a few moments above the oak tree, before rising to the sky and disappearing. Then a rainbow appeared [...] police station. An hour and a half later, the three young seers were locked in a room, where they underwent exhausting interrogations. Then they were put in the public jail, as a means of pressuring them [...] appeared, about the height of a man, coloring all nature with beautiful colors. Our Lady had evidently kept the appointment of August 13, 1917. The Marie de Nazareth Team
that of “Mother”. With what enthusiasm did I pray her to always keep me with her and to fulfill my dream by hiding me under her virginal cloak! Ah! This was one of my first desires as a child (...) as I [...] Italy) At Notre-Dame des Victoires During her pilgrimage to Rome, St Therese of Lisieux experienced Mary’s faithful tenderness, through Notre-Dame des Victoires (Our Lady of Victories): "The graces that she [...] it would be possible for me to find the Blessed Virgin’s cloak in the Carmel Convent and from that moment on all my desires were directed towards that fertile mountain."
that of "Mother". With what enthusiasm did I pray her to always keep me with her and to fulfill my dream by hiding me under her virginal cloak! Ah! This was one of my first desires as a child (...) as I [...] Italy) At Notre-Dame des Victoires During her pilgrimage to Rome, St Therese of Lisieux experienced Mary's faithful tenderness, through Notre-Dame des Victoires (Our Lady of Victories): "The graces that [...] it would be possible for me to find the Blessed Virgin's cloak in the Carmel Convent and from that moment on all my desires were directed towards that fertile mountain."
