Habib of Edessa, martyr (4th century) Turn to Mary with confidence On the wood of the Cross, at the hour of his death, Jesus entrusted His disciple John to Mary: "Woman, behold your son," then He said to [...] take refuge in her Immaculate Heart? So let us not turn a deaf ear to Christ's invitation as He gives us Mary as our mother. Let us take the Virgin Mary into our homes, let us consecrate ourselves to her [...] disciple, Mary became the Mother of all men. Her Heart is open to all needs, her hands are stretched out to all requests, her mantle is ample enough to welcome all humanity. So let us go with confidence
April 21 - Saint Anselm, bishop of Canterbury, Doctor of the Church (d.1109) Thanks to Mary, the universe rejoices with indefinable loveliness Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night [...] man—rejoice that through you they are in some sense restored to their lost beauty and are endowed with inexpressible new grace. All creatures were dead, as it were, useless for men or for the praise of [...] rejoices that it is controlled and given splendor by men who believe in God. The universe rejoices with new and indefinable loveliness. Not only does it feel the unseen presence of God himself, its Creator
November 27 – The Miraculous Medal (Paris, France, 1830) Traveling with Mother Mary I am a student, from the town of Sainte Anne d'Auray, France. This summer I toured Europe’s Marian shrines, hitch-hiking [...] miles in 33 days, with the Virgin Mary. The Virgin carried me through this journey and really educated me, as her child. It was in Brussels that for the first time in my life I saw Mary as truly being my [...] and through the divinity of Jesus Christ she obtained the victory for me over the following days. Mary then crossed the Adriatic Sea and took me to Assisi, then to Rome and then to Spain. She was waiting
we can love him with her own heart; not with our poor heart, but with her immaculate heart. The love of the Immaculate is the most perfect love with which a creature can love her God. With this heart, let [...] Loving God with the Heart of Mary "The more you will belong to the Immaculate, the more you will approach the wounds of the Savior, the Eucharist, the Heart of Jesus and God our Father with courage and [...] him. And all our efforts must be directed to the fact that it is she alone who loves the Lord Jesus with our hearts." (St. Maximilian Kolbe, 03.09.1937: lecture, ESI, p.88) Library of Marian Writings
who ask for them, on the great and the small. A moment will come when the danger will be great. It will seem as if everything is lost, but I will be with you, have confidence. You will recognize my visit [...] 27 – The Miraculous Medal (Paris, France, 1830) "The danger will be great… but I will be with you." At that moment, I felt the sweetest emotion of my life, and it would be impossible for me to express it [...] would receive all the consolation I needed. Then she said to me: "My child, I want to entrust you with a mission; you will suffer many sorrows in doing it, but you will overcome them at the thought that
30 – Saint John Paul II commissioned a Basilica and gave a gold rose (Knock, Ireland, 1979) "Mary is the wonder of wonders" A great scientist of the 20th century, a pioneer of modern genetics, notably by [...] Lejeune answered the question "Do you love Mary?" in an interview given to the parish newspaper "Le Sourire de Marie" (Mary’s Smile): Professor Lejeune: "Mary is the wonder of wonders. Biology teaches us [...] this before genetics was invented!" The Mary of Nazareth Team, with the participation of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation Source: Interview for Le Sourire de Marie , 1977
October 19 - The Archbishop of Ottawa crowns a pilgrim statue of Fatima set to accomplish a 50-day visit to 7 dioceses (Canada, 1947) Ask Mary to strengthen your hope Today is Wednesday, the day in which [...] after his Resurrection, our Lord ascended into Heaven. "For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made by hands, a copy of the true one, but heaven itself, that he might now appear before God on our behalf [...] fruit of all his mysteries: "He lives forever to make intercession for them" (Heb 7:25). This gives us a great reason for hope. Let us ask Our Lady to strengthen this hope and confidence in knowing that Christ
the Pillar, 40 A.D. (Saragossa, Spain) Mary, Show Us the Right Way Mary's message is one of hope for all the men and women of our day, whatever their country of origin. I like to invoke Mary as the Star of [...] s us with her maternal presence amid the events of our personal lives, our family lives, and our national lives. Happy are those men and women who place their trust in him who, at the very moment when [...] of Hope (Spe Salvi, 50). On the paths of our lives, so often shrouded in darkness, she is a beacon of hope that enlightens us and gives direction to our journey. Through her "yes," through the generous
ordained a priest, I strongly felt her presence The Most Holy Virgin Mary is a strong maternal sign in the life of every Christian, because she always shows us the way to fulfill her Son’s will, as a sure [...] Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz Diocese of Campanha, Brazil Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary [...] the Blessed Virgin, I would like to highlight one that means a lot to me: My vocation and priestly ordination. On the day that I was ordained a priest, I strongly felt her presence, encouraging me to embrace
own hands as they set off in a 'Rosary-mobile' across the city. A video posted to Twitter by a Dublin restaurant owner, shows a car patrolling the riverside, decked out with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes [...] St Louis de Montfort’s Treatise on True Devotion to Mary, found inside a chest in 1842, as prophesied A 'Rosary-mobile' across Cork in Ireland With Mass services cancelled, and older believers feeling [...] roof and hooked up to speakers performing a decade of the Rosary. In the short clip, a man's voice can be heard saying the end lines of The Hail Mary-- "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now