this visit of February 1-4, to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Congo, Cardinal Parolin also visited the house of the Minims [...] Beatification of Sister Faustina (1993) Congo Brazzaville is now consecrated to the Virgin Mary Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, concluded his visit to the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville [...] (Brazzaville, Africa) by an act of consecration of the country to the Virgin Mary, at the end of the Mass he celebrated on Saturday, February 4, 2017, in the Saint Anne National Basilica in Brazzaville. The Cardinal
anyone to grab in the end-zone a “Hail Mary” pass. Most recently quarterback Aaron Rodgers has become well-known for the surprising success rate of his “Hail Mary” passes, often winning games (or pulling [...] April 11 – Madonna and Child of Brindisi (Italy, 1598) How Roger Staubach’s prayer became the first “Hail Mary” football pass On a cold December Sunday at Minnesota’s Metropolitan Stadium in 1975, the [...] on the verge of winning an NFC divisional playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys. There were 24 seconds left and Cowboys’ quarterback Roger Staubach needed a miracle if he had any hopes of winning the
March 31 – Our Lady of Iwer (Russia) If we want to resemble Mary If we want to resemble Mary, to be transformed from the inside out as the years go by, we must have this double movement of both momentum and [...] desires, and worse still, our own little comfort. The Word of God was able to take flesh in Mary's womb because Mary was both abandoned to the will of God and co-operated entirely, body and soul, with that [...] Flexibility is the watchword to make our hearts totally available to God’s action. Father Michel Marie Zanotti Sorkine
she brought forth on earth the very Son of the Father" (Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium 63). It is a point on which the Fathers of the Church insisted: Mary conceived Jesus in the faith and then in [...] through the intermediary of the Angel. What does that mean? That God did not want to become a man by ignoring our freedom; that he wanted to go through the free assent of Mary, through her "yes." He asked [...] March 26 – Sinaxis of the Archangel Gabriel "Are you willing to do this?" Mary replied, "Yes" The Council said: "By her belief and obedience, not knowing man but overshadowed by the Holy Spirit, as the
solicitude, encourages each of us, in the quiet of our hearts, towards a greater generosity of time in Adoration of her Eucharistic Son, in the praying of her Rosary, in the reception of the Sacraments, in obedience [...] March 21 – Our Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The present Church crisis and Mary Does the Mother of Jesus have any relevance to the present Church crisis? Mary brings the Divine Redeemer into the world [...] Petrine model of the Church is the Marian model… Mary was superior to Peter in knowledge of the Gospel, wisdom in its application, and purity in its lived expression. How then would Mary respond to Peter’s
March 13 – Our Lady of Rose (Italy, 1635) The Virgin Mary admired only one thing in herself Truly, the Savior of the world placed gentleness and humility at the foundation of virtues. Abstinence, fasting [...] thing in herself and gave a reason for the incarnation of the Son of God in her: "Because He has looked upon the humility of his servant." Saint Angela of Foligno, an Italian mystic favored with many visions [...] nothing without the humility of the heart. But all these things come to life and receive his blessing, if humility lies underneath. Humility of the heart is the generative force of all virtues. The stem and
the possibility of experiencing the grace and the infinite Mercy of the Lord, which are a source of conversion. Let us take advantage of it! May Mary, the Mother of the Redeemer, model of listening and faithful [...] with Jesus Christ on Easter morning. Because of this, Lent is also a special time of Christian repentance: the admission of one's own sins through the sacrament of confession is not a time to sink into despair [...] our hearts and minds, to celebrate the great mystery of the Passover of Christ. Father Silvio Moreno , IVE (Institute of the Incarnate Word) Rector of the Tunis Cathedral (Tunisia)
in Lourdes – Saint Joan of Arc met King Charles VII in Chinon (France, 1429) You have the same God that Mary carried in her womb in your heart While Jesus was in her womb, Mary immaculate never forgot [...] you at your death. Venerable Pauline Jaricot (1799-1862) French laywoman, foundress of the Society of the Propagation of the Faith and the Living Rosary Ecrits de jeunesse (Lethielleux publishing, p. 97) [...] all the acts of disrespect ungrateful people would inflict on him, and she offered him to the Father. She did this until the day she gave birth to her Son. You have the same God that Mary carried in her
the seat of truth, justice and mercy. Purity of heart as lived out in Mary is the opposite of the search for revenge. Purity of heart will demand that the Christian proclaims the Good News of the Kingdom [...] annunciate the fullness of His plan, a beautiful coming together between Mary’s simple purity and virginity, and the mightiness of divine miracle wed within her in the newness of Christ. Mary is fully human but [...] - Our Lady of Graces (Trieste, Italy, 1486) Our hope is in Mary’s Immaculate Heart In a time of increasing isolation, conflicts and fragmentation – within society, and within the heart of man – what does
announcement of the Great Miracle (Portugal) "Priests have a special alliance with Mary" Priests have a special covenant with the most holy Mother of God. As the eternal Father made her a partaker of his divine [...] in the Eucharist and in the hearts of the faithful. As the Son made her his cooperatrix in the work of redeeming the world, so priests are his cooperators in the work of saving souls. As the Holy Spirit [...] Spirit associated her in the masterpiece that is the mystery of the Incarnation, so he associates priests with him for a continuation of this mystery in every Christian through baptism. This is why priests,
