must go and find out." And the priest set off to the village, followed by his reluctant assistant who seemed to be more dead than alive. When they arrived, several women surrounded the priest and took him [...] Carolle, (Paris, 1418) Mary at Lesotho (I) One day Father Oblat was trekking across the high mountains of Lesotho, with a rosary in his hand, visiting the Christians spread here and there scattered throughout [...] begged him to turn back. "The demon is annoyed because there is a soul to save," replied the priest. And they continued their route in prayer. After a good deal of walking on mountain paths, they heard cries
Folgoët (France) Mary awaited the Savior in the midst of turmoil A case unique in history, Israel was expecting the coming of a Savior Messiah after so many prophecies! As a small girl, Mary awaited the coming [...] prophecies over the centuries. Mary awaited the Savior, in the heart of a small nation tossed about by historical events, which had survived conflicts with neighboring empires and would one day be the sole [...] accuracy the portrait of the Awaited One, His birth, life, death, mission and destiny, to the point that Christ's contemporaries and disciples could actually picture Him in their minds! Adapted from La foi
the Virgin, who had been Satan’s slave for many months The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (VIII) The Rosary is both meditation and supplication. Insistent prayer to the Mother of God is based on confidence that [...] “Lady, thou art so great and so powerful, that whoever desires grace yet does not turn to thee, would have his desire fly without wings.” When in the Rosary we plead with Mary, the sanctuary of the Holy [...] 1:35), she intercedes for us before the Father who filled her with grace, and before the Son born of her womb, praying with us and for us.
recourse to her and invokes her aid, he does not return to God and is not restored to His favor. (St Alphonsus Liguori - The Glories of Mary – Section II, Mary the Refuge of Sinners). The Marie de Nazareth [...] July 23 - Saint Bridget of Sweden (d. 1373) "Revelations" of the Virgin Mary to Saint Bridget St Bridget of Sweden (1303-1373) received extraordinary "Revelations" from the Lord, who nevertheless told [...] told her that one must "distinguish between the Scripture inspired by the Holy Spirit and the pious writings of Christians. Only the Gospels canonized by the Church are dictated by divine science." By the
to the ministry, the free and active ministry of a woman. It can thus be said that women, by looking to Mary, find in her the secret of living their femininity with dignity and of achieving their own true [...] Fountain (Italy, 1320) In the light of Mary, the Church discovers the true face of women Femininity has a unique relationship with the Mother of the Redeemer… The figure of Mary of Nazareth sheds light on womanhood [...] bearing the greatest sorrows; limitless fidelity and tireless devotion to work; the ability to combine penetrating intuition with words of support and encouragement. Saint John Paul II Excerpt from his
April 14 – Palm Sunday – Our Lady of the Lakes (Italy, 1652) Mary, God’s first collaborator The Virgin Mary is more than the mother of a prophet of salvation. With Jesus, salvation is not just a promise [...] making her heroic acts of faith, at the Annunciation and throughout the public ministry of her Son, up until she stood at the foot of the Cross, Mary is the first collaborator in the Savior's work. On Holy [...] Her involvement goes well beyond giving birth and educating Jesus. Her faith is part of the Redemption of the world. Jean Michel Castaing French author and speaker Aleteia
husband wanted to go to the class on that day and continue to prepare! O joy! Mary always answers, and so quickly! Thank you Mary! T. C. Testimonial sent to Mary of Nazareth on Dec. 12, 2021 [...] dedicated to the Humility of Our Lady Mary always answers! This morning, December 11, 2021, I woke up around 3:30 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep, so I turned on my phone and opened an app that has meditations
Heart of Mary Blessed Dina Bélanger (Québec, Canada, 1898-1929) wrote: "Our Lord, the Man-God, showed me his most adorable Heart in the holy host. I did not look at his sacred face, but his Heart and the Host [...] so close to Our Lord that she was absorbed by him, and yet I saw her distinctly from him. Oh! She was so pure! All the rays of light from the host and all the flames of the Heart of Jesus passed through [...] Host captivated me. The two, his Heart and the Host, were perfectly united, so much fused into each other that I cannot explain how I could even tell one from the other. From the host emanated an immensity
Syracuse, in Sicily. It represents the Immaculate Heart of Mary and has been the object of many weepings, the first of which occurred between August 29th and the September 1, 1953. Marina Droujinina Zenit [...] Humanity who needs it, the gift of tears, that we may cry—for our sins and for the many calamities that make the people of God and the children of God suffer." After the celebration at Saint Martha’s, the [...] August 9 – Our Lady of the Parish (Italy, 1829) Pray the Virgin Mary to give us the gift of tears On May 25, 2018, Pope Francis celebrated mass in the presence of the reliquary of Our Lady of Tears of
consecration to Mary In the 17th century, Catholic Poland was invaded by Protestant Sweden. Nothing could stop the invaders, until one day, when a Polish garrison of 170 soldiers, 20 officers and 70 monks of [...] Russian Soviet Red Army invaded the country. The episcopate met at Jasna Góra and renewed the consecration of Poland to the Virgin. And so, in the same year, in August 1920, the "Vistula miracle" took place during [...] Battle of Warsaw (Poland) which opposed the enormous Russian Bolshevik army to the small Polish army and saw the crushing of the Bolsheviks by Poland. Translated from the French – Source: Wordpress
