"My love for you far surpasses the love you have for me!" The first reason why Mary has a great love for men is that she has a great love for God. Saint John tells us: "And this commandment we have from him: [...] loves God more than Mary, we will never find anyone, after God, who loves us more than this most loving Mother. Why does our heavenly Mother cherish us so much? It is because, at the moment of his death, her [...] excessively dear to Mary, because we have cost her excessive pain. This is the nature of mothers. One day St. Alphonsus of Liguori, of the Society of Jesus, found himself before an image of Mary and, feeling

relying on his Catholic faith for a little divine intervention. Bacchi, a father-of-two, was seen at the training ground holding on to his rosary beads deep in thought. A moment that was captured on camera and [...] Brazilian football coach prays the Rosary during World Cup training session Adenor Leonardo Bacchi is under a lot of pressure at this year’s soccer World Cup. As coach of Brazil’s national team, there are always [...] expectations for the South American squad, considering it is the country that has won the tournament a record-breaking five times. Although Brazil last won the coveted cup 20 years ago, this year — like

"To love Mary and to make her loved." … To love Mary is to put her in our hearts and thus allow the Holy Spirit to find a favorable ground for the life of Jesus to grow in us. This love of Mary is at the [...] everything The Marian devotion of Saint Pierre Chanel came from his mother Marie Anne, who had consecrated him to the Virgin Mary well before his birth. Pierre was baptized on July 16th, the feast day of [...] the source of our life with Christ. To make Mary loved is the summit of our life as disciples of Jesus, which in turn means to be missionary, living Christians and not living-room disciples! Often, we would

Every time we collaborate, even if in a simple and discreet way, in the announcement of the Gospel, we become, like Mary, authentic disciples and missionaries. With great nostalgia for Brazil, I offer you [...] deepest roots in the Christian faith. In 1717, at the very moment in which there emerged from the water by the hand of those fishermen, the Virgin Mary Aparecida inspired them to trust in God, who always surprises [...] God always surprises us!... May the simple smile of Mary, which we can make out in her image, inspire the smile of each one of you when faced with the difficulties of life. The Christian can never be

Belgium mingled with young student pilgrims, walking towards Notre-Dame de Beauraing and praying with us, rosary in hand. When I became a priest and a high school chaplain, I in turn led a group of 35 boisterous [...] ladies came to sit with us, too. The remarkable thing about this motley gathering was that everyone felt comfortable with each other. This free, fraternal and peaceful moment was a truly Marian grace. [...] removed from party noise and drinking, mingled their serene voices with the quiet rustle of the River Gave. Funnily enough, two ducks and a toad wandered in amongst the young worshipers, as if they wanted

The Holy Rosary is not a pious practice banished to the past, like prayers of other times thought of with nostalgia. Instead, the Rosary is experiencing a new springtime. Without a doubt, this is one of [...] Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary." … The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical, traditional form of repetition, is a Biblical meditation that allows us [...] reciting the Rosary, the important and meaningful moments of salvation history are relived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. With Mary the heart is oriented towards the mystery of Jesus

prisoner of war from going insane I heard this story as a teenager — long before I became a Catholic: A young American soldier was carelessly thrown in a heap into his sweltering jungle prison. Sick, sweaty [...] him sane in the midst of a time of incomprehensible ruthlessness. To utter the words of the angel Gabriel and St. Elizabeth to Mary, Hail, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among [...] feverish delirium, moments of lucidity found the soldier’s trembling finger tracing – etching — something onto the earthen floor. Ten dots were roughly connected in a circle and in the center, a cross. … The

trembles and flees when he hears this prayer One day, after Saint Bernard had prayed a Hail Mary with great respect in front of a statue of the Virgin, the statue gently bowed her head and answered: "I salute [...] personal experience, that the demon flees when he hears it. Saint Alphonsus Liguori had a great devotion to the Hail Mary . He recited it every day on the hour every hour. When the hour struck, he would stop [...] around him. When someone expressed some surprise at this habit of his, he replied, "An Ave Maria is a treasure that surpasses the price of the whole world." The Children's Rosary From the booklet Histoires

Oftentimes, prostitution brings loneliness with it. On the trip back, many shared that they had experienced an inner transformation. "For me the greatest moment was when I was immersed in the baths," says [...] that, a great peace. I felt my dirt washed away and the weight I carried on my shoulders is gone." Another person, Eliza, explains that she confessed her sins for the first time since she was a girl. "I [...] 1857) I felt my dirt washed away in Lourdes In June 2018, the diocese of Paris (France) organized a pilgrimage to Lourdes, called Chemins de fraternité (Paths of Fraternity). About fifteen prostitutes

my glory! The Shrine of Pellevoisin in central France, a site of Marian apparitions, has a new fresco depicting the coronation of the Virgin Mary. It was inaugurated and blessed on January 10, 2021, by [...] God; in the center, God the Father, incarnated in the Son, crowns the Blessed Virgin. Mary is represented with a childlike face "because she is constantly renewed by the Holy Spirit," explains Brother [...] by Archbishop Beau of Bourges. This fresco will be a memorial to the recent pilgrimage of The M of Mary attended by thousands of pilgrims in the summer of 2020, which covered hundreds of kilometers across