owned a rosary but seldom prayed it. Mary was a distant heroine to me, a woman whose mystery baffled me. How could a woman quietly keep so much in her heart? And why? I couldn’t relate to that with my own [...] Immaculate Conception and beg her, “Mary, please help me be more like you.” A relationship with her seemed impossible, because she was perfect, and I knew I was not. After I became a mom in my early thirties, I [...] I revisited my concept of dialoguing with Mary. That first Advent, I never followed a daily devotional or lit a candle on the wreath. It seemed like utter failure to neglect such rituals. But my mom said
following a path back to his Mother in the sky, a path set out from his childhood. I understood the presence of Mary in the life of the pope, a witness he never ceased to give. From that moment, I recite [...] more, with children, training them from their earliest years to experience this daily ‘pause for prayer’ with the family … is a spiritual aid which should not be underestimated.” The Rosary stops a busy [...] wonders for a family psychologically and emotionally. But it does far more. [...] Pope Francis tells the story from when he was a bishop of joining a group that was praying the Rosary with St. John Paul
the last month I will perform a miracle so that all may believe. If they had not imprisoned you in town, the miracle would have been better known. Saint Joseph will come with the Child Jesus to give peace [...] of the Rosary. I want you and Jacinta to carry one of them with two other girls. You will both dress in white. And then I want Francisco, with three boys helping him, to carry the other one. The boys, too [...] Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady of Sorrows will also come." Lucia asked what they were to do with all the offerings of money that people left at the foot of the oak at the Cova da Iria. "I want you
From May 2, 1994, Mary, Queen of the Rosary and Peace, as well as the Three Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, appeared to Edson and his mother, Maria do Carmo, in Itapiranga, a municipality in Brazil [...] 2010, he formally authorized the devotion to the Three Sacred Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Here are some excerpts from Mary's messages given on May 15, 2013 to the two seers: “Pray for the conversion [...] Intercede and pray the Rosary for the conversion of my children who are in sin … You are living at the moment when two popes are close to each other and help each other ... Two lives and two flames burn for
Please don’t let anyone disturb me.” The nun nevertheless brought him a medicinal cordial and returned to her post. Moments later, a lady presented herself at the gate and asked to speak to Father Cottolengo [...] Cottolengo. Sister Gabriela had never seen this person before. The lady carefully explained to the nun, in a lovely tone of voice, that her visit would please the priest and cause him absolutely no displeasure [...] face of the anonymous caller. She found her face so noble and her eyes so bright that she was seized with admiration and respect, to the point being unable to look at her any longer. So she ran to warn Father
Please don't let anyone disturb me." The nun nevertheless brought him a medicinal cordial and returned to her post. Moments later, a lady presented herself at the gate and asked to speak to Father Cottolengo [...] Cottolengo. Sister Gabriela had never seen this person before. The lady carefully explained to the nun, in a lovely tone of voice, that her visit would please the priest and cause him absolutely no displeasure [...] face of the anonymous caller. She found her face so noble and her eyes so bright that she was seized with admiration and respect, to the point being unable to look at her any longer. So she ran to warn Father
courtesy with which God treats his creature!” The Virgin Mary could have said no. Something else could have happened. But God knew from all eternity that she would say yes, a totally free yes. With us, God [...] never forces. He offers you this or that. You can say no. If it is not a fault, you will not fall into mortal sin, you will remain in a state of grace, but you will deprive yourself of an adventure that could [...] heard on the mountain announcing God’s visit. Cardinal Charles Journet Entretiens sur Marie – (Interview on Marie) Éditions Parole et Silence 2001
from it soon, so he must go quickly and call a priest. He assured her that he would come back again tomorrow for her. But the merciful and ever-virgin Saint Mary replied, "Listen and understand, my humblest [...] listened to the Lady from Heaven, he felt comforted and his heart became peaceful. And at that very moment his uncle became well, as they later found out.
to their hearts, to a place that so desperately needed to be reached with God’s message of mercy. After the Mass, we were invited to pray the first joyful mystery and to remain for a time to venerate the [...] jail told me that several of the staff remained before the icon for a long time, touched that Our Lady had manifested her love in such a way, or perhaps simply moved by something they could not understand [...] At the jail of Vanier, Quebec, Father West spoke of God’s boundless love for each person from the moment of conception and of the grave harm of abortion and of the need for God’s mercy and forgiveness if
has a chance in his workday. A friend of his who is an Evangelical Protestant pastor, Luis Alberto Gallego, took a photo of him at prayer (protective gear and all) and shared it on Facebook with a moving [...] little his co-workers realized that he’s a true man of faith. “After a family crisis and a worldly life, I had the opportunity to feel I was face to face with God on a day of loneliness. I began to attend [...] as to threaten them with violence and even death. Aware of this situation, Dr Ramírez goes to work daily at the Mother Bernarda Clinic—run by a community of Franciscan Sisters—with the peace of mind that
