January 9 - Our Lady of Beyond the Tiber (Rome) Homage and Veneration to Mary in New Orleans (II) On Mother Saint Michael’s and several postulants’ arrival in New Orleans on December 30, 1810, the statue [...] solemnly placed it in the convent chapel. Homage and veneration to Mary under the title of Our Lady of Prompt Succor has been constant since then, and the Blessed Virgin has interceded for those who have [...] the window and Mother Saint Michael prayed, “Our Lady of Prompt Succor, we are lost unless you hasten to our help.” Immediately the wind changed the direction of the flames, the convent and the properties

upon the Virgin Mary, for the honor of her Son, the immortal King of the Ages and the Victor over sin and death, for the increase of the glory of that same august Mother, and for the joy and exultation of [...] the dogma of the Assumption (1950) The Virgin Mary is in Heaven, body and soul After we have poured forth prayers of supplication again and again to God, and have invoked the light of the Spirit of Truth [...] Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the

(d. 1582) Mary and the Order of Carmelites His Majesty (God) knows that I have nothing to rely upon but His mercy; as I cannot cancel the past, I have no other remedy but to flee to Him, and to confide [...] such a good Mother. Imitate her; think how great she must be and what a blessing it is for you to have her for a patroness, since my sins and evil character have brought no tarnish on the luster of our [...] confide in the merits of His Son and of His Virgin Mother, whose habit, unworthy as I am, I wear as you do also. Praise Him, then, my daughters, for making you truly daughters of Our Lady, so that you need not

between Mary and mankind It was Jesus who gave his disciple to his Mother, saying "Behold your Son," and the Mother to her disciple, saying "Behold your Mother" (Jn 19:26-27). The Incarnate and Redeeming [...] mother of gentleness and mercy, never allows herself to be surpassed in love and generosity. When she sees someone giving himself entirely to her in order to honor and serve her, and depriving himself of [...] Jesus. Just as one who is consecrated belongs entirely to Mary, so Mary belongs entirely to him." Father François-Marie Léthel, ocd Secretary of the Pontifical Academy of Theology Excerpt from a conference

Transfiguration and Mary The Gospel doesn’t say that Mary played a part in the Transfiguration, but the Church’s tradition, especially Saint Gregory Palamas in the East, speaks of Mary's role in similar [...] insisted that our divinization is possible and real, and that while remaining creatures, we will participate in divine nature and divine life, through divine energies. Mary was the first to achieve this through [...] explained that Mary transmits to us this contact with divine life, that transfigures us—the Eastern writers use the term divinize—and makes us capable to participate in divine life. Source: Marie de Nazareth

of justice and Mary obtains for us grace Jesus is the mediator of justice; Mary obtains for us grace; for, as St Bernard, St Bonaventure, St Bernardine of Sienna, St Germanus, St Antoninus, and others say [...] confidently and at all times have recourse to this Divine Mother! This, above all others, is the most pleasing devotion to the Blessed Virgin, ever to have recourse to her and to say: "O Mary, intercede [...] to her, and the Son not grant her request. Jesus delights to honor His mother by granting whatever she asks of Him. Hence St Bernard exhorts us to seek for grace, and to seek for it through Mary because

Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Already in June 2016, Pope Francis exhorted young people, the sick and newlyweds "to pray with particular intensity to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary." His appeal was made [...] in St Peter's Square. The Pope asked us to pray to the Hearts of Christ and the Blessed Virgin "in order to learn to love God and neighbor with complete dedication." The month of June is, in fact, the month [...] Heart on June 3rd, the first Friday of the month, with some 6,000 priests from all over the world, and invited them to read Pope Pius XII's encyclical on the Heart of Christ, Haurietis Aquas , a title taken

who was on earth the protector of Jesus and Mary, has "a great mission" to accomplish, and that this devotion to him will hasten the triumph of Jesus and Mary. Saint Joseph also gave a special scapular [...] to Saint Joseph was willed by Jesus and Mary The Virgin Mary has been appearing in Itapiranga, Brazil (state of Amazonas) since 1994, to seers Edson Glauber (1) and his mother Maria Do Carmo. The Marian [...] Rosary, Divine Mercy, the existence of the devil and hell, and the grave sins of occult practices, magic, and abortion; the need to practice chastity and to respect the laws of marriage. The messages also

1895) - St Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church (d. 373 or 374) To battle Satan, count on Mary and the Rosary In the sixth chapter of St Mark’s Gospel, we find the account of Jesus sending out the [...] us, was “authority over unclean spirits.” And the first pastoral act that they performed was to “drive out many demons.” When I was coming of age in the ‘60s and ‘70s, it was common, even in seminaries, [...] wicked person who is also very smart, very talented and very enterprising. Now raise that person to a far higher pitch of ontological perfection, and you will have some idea of what a devil is like. Jesus

You and renew all the universe and humanity. ... Assist your Church, inspire the leaders of all nations, listen to the poor and the afflicted, inspire the humble and the oppressed, heal the sick and the [...] Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary On Wednesday, March 25, 2020, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, 24 countries were consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred Heart [...] shrine. The Prelate asked Mary to “free us from the pandemic that is afflicting us.” The ceremony of consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to the Immaculate Heart of Mary took place behind closed