Mary was aware that with her ‘yes,’ she would take part in the loving plan desired by God since all eternity. She understood that she too was in the Lord’s thoughts, to fulfill his purpose; that she was conceived
"This will be a privilege for you and for all Carmelites, that he who dies in this will not suffer eternal fire." The third important Marian devotion is the Miraculous Medal which originated with the apparitions
uncreated love, that is, the canticle of the Holy Spirit, Who is the spirit and the Heart of the Eternal Father and the Divine Son. The Holy Spirit is also the Heart and the Spirit of the Virgin Mother
ex-votos with the inscription of ‘Mary has answered our prayer.’ If you let this poor sinner go to eternity without the last sacraments, I will set up a plaque with the inscription ‘Mary did not answer me’
than a deeply mystical immersion into God. It is an escape from the callous now into the loving Eternal. It is an opportunity to center oneself in the warm embrace of Christ using prayers and phrases and
Himself in time born of the Virgin's womb. For we could not otherwise be released from the chains of eternal death but by Him becoming humble in our nature, Who remained Almighty in His own. And so our Lord
Mary, thanks to her "Yes". Now I know who my Mother is! My earthly mother must be jubilant in her eternity and say to the Mother of all: "My daughter has finally understood who you are!" Mariam L, Rennes
the powerful role of intercession of St. Joseph. St. Joseph is united to the Virgin Mary in the eternal plan of divine providence, and God clearly wants Christians, especially families, to turn to him
“Following the example of Christ, the Church warns the faithful of the ‘sad and lamentable reality of eternal death,’ also called ‘hell,’” says the Catechism. “Our freedom has the power to make choices for ever
desire a child and decide for it to come. But this Child chose his father and his mother. From all eternity, the Father of heaven has thought of this Child, it was for him that the world was created; for
