repelling. They gave the image of a welcoming and forgiving love, a type of love that is not judgmental. The image of gentleness, humility, and patience. The love of Joseph and Mary was an attractive, welcoming [...] January 23 - Marriage of the Blessed Virgin and St. Joseph Mary was always approachable There has never been a stronger or deeper spousal love than the mutual love of Joseph and Mary. Theirs was a genuine [...] and to open the door to others. Because of this the first impression they made was not that of perfection. Even though they certainly lived a certain degree of perfection, it was not so outwardly impressive
January 22 - Our Lady of Ceignac (France, 1516) Jesus and Mary, nothing more and nothing less! Sometimes I envy those who are fortunate enough to study theology! But isn't prayer, or divine contemplation [...] fruitful than science. As far as I am concerned, all my theology and all my science is love, the union of my soul with God through Jesus Christ, with the Blessed Virgin! Nothing more and nothing less! Marthe
for the great joy that divine Wisdom felt at the idea of the sons of Man: she saw the only pure and immaculate daughter of Adam; she saw the Son of Man par excellence, the only just one; Finally, she saw [...] January 4 - Our Lady of Roses (Italy, 1418) Mary and God's plan It was by contemplating in his eternal mind the Virgin, Christ and the Church, that God gave his absolute approval to the whole creation [...] d in this form her future incarnation and, in the children of Adam, her own children; and she rejoiced to see that they justified the plan of creation that she suggested to God (cf. Mt 11:19). Vladimir
flight the darkness of such a deep night, in which man had made himself the prisoner of his own tenebrous will - to the point of losing the motion of doing good – chose the sweet prison of His Mama and, v [...] Unheard-of and indescribable pains! He was endowed with full reason – He was God and man – and His love was so great that it was as if He put aside the infinite seas of joys, of happiness, of light, and [...] and plunged His tiny Humanity into the seas of darkness, of bitternesses, of unhappiness and of miseries, which the creatures had prepared for Him. And little Jesus took them all upon His shoulders, as
and Mary about the empty wine jars, Mary speaks to the servants surrounding Jesus and says: “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn. 2:5). Meditating on this verse, I understood for the first time that Mary really [...] it’s one of the most powerful ways we can be transformed into saints. So, what does Mary ask? Like many good mothers, she is candid and direct: do whatever Jesus tells us. At the highpoint of His earthly [...] gives us the gift of His blessed mother. These great gifts are inherently united as overflowing sources of grace in our lives. Each and every day, we are invited to heed the direction of our heavenly mother
journey in which visions of these three places provoke happiness, fear or terror. One of the "strong points" of Our Lady's teachings is that she reminds us of what the Church no longer emphasizes: Yes, the [...] the majority of souls. For Father Jean-Marc Bot, a priest in the diocese of Versailles, France, purgatory is like "a great hope, the masterpiece of God's mercy…It is the beauty parlor of the Holy Spirit [...] November 13 - Our Lady of Nanteuil (France) Mary and Purgatory In several apparitions, Mary alludes to heaven, purgatory and hell. On several occasions, she even takes seers with her on a mystical journey
their commentaries. I also like to feel the presence of the Father and of Mary as I say the Hail Marys - her gentle and comforting presence; the deepening of a relationship with her whom I like to consider [...] October 28 - Our Lady of La Treille (France) I see Mary as the door to Heaven I am a beginner at praying the rosary. I pray it during my motorcycle commutes and many times I don't finish it. I leave off [...] everyday demands of work and family. For that same reason I don't really pray it on weekends because I am rarely alone. My method is to try to keep the mysteries in mind as I pray the Hail Marys, but I either
Lady of Charity (Cuba) May Mary help us to become evangelizers Today is Thursday, the day in which we pray the Luminous Mysteries. Let us meditate on the 3rd luminous mystery, the proclamation of the Kingdom [...] Kingdom of God with the invitation to conversion (Mk 1:14-20), whose fruit is interior conversion and holiness. Jesus brought God’s message and grace to the last frontiers of human activity during the [...] miracles: we too must be attentive to the signs he gives us, transmit the Word of life, and be committed to doing the will of the Father. Lord, grant that all missionaries, far and near, all the young people
Honor Guard of the Sacred Heart Note: Formed as an Association of the Faithful, the Guard of Honor of the Sacred Heart began on March 13th, 1863, at the Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary at Bourg-en-Bresse [...] France. The result of much hard work on the part of Sister Marie of the Sacred Heart Bernaud, the Guard of Honor quickly spread throughout the whole world. It focuses on the Hour of Watch, which consists [...] the Heart of Jesus, without changing our ordinary activities (work) and uniting the offering of our daily life to the offering of the Blood and the Water that sprang forth from the Wound of Jesus' Heart
October 13 - 7th apparition at Fatima: the Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) To live our vocation to holiness, let us imitate Mary Today is Thursday, the day of the luminous mysteries. Let us meditate on the [...] divine power that emanated from the waters of baptism: help us to perceive how much, through our baptism which made us children of God, we can live the life of the Holy Trinity and bear the fruits that [...] mystery, the baptism of Christ, whose fruit is the vocation to holiness and fidelity to our baptismal promises (Scripture Reading: Mt 3:11-13) This event is very moving: Jesus, the Son of God, becomes the
