Spain) Victorious football players present their trophy to Mary Following their victory in the Champions League on May 26, 2018, Zinedine Zidane and his players from the Spanish football club Real Madrid went [...] the Blessed Virgin Mary. What would be more natural than presenting one’s trophy to the Blessed Virgin, when you have just won a competition as prestigious as the Champions League? And for the third time [...] religiously listening to their president, Florentino Perez, and several priests gathered for the occasion, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcelo and Zinedine Zidane's team captain, Sergio Ramos, climbed
shrine of Beauraing. The Virgin Mary appeared in Beauraing 33 times, from November 29, 1932 to January 3, 1933, to five children: Fernande, Gilberte and Albert Voisin, Andrée and Gilberte Degeimbre. Msgr. Charue [...] Portaitissa ("She who resides by the door" or "Keeper of the gate") also known as Theotokos Iverskaya Mary at Beauraing (Belgium, 1933): “I will convert sinners” Gilberte Degeimbre, the last of the five seers [...] Charue, bishop of Namur, authorized the public devotion to Our Lady of Beauraing on February 2, 1943, and six years later, on July 2, 1949, he recognized the supernatural character of the events. The first
said that our tears belong to God, and that whoever sheds them without thinking of Him, steals them from Him. They belong to God and to she who gave God the flesh and blood of His human form. If Saint Ambrose [...] March 30 - Our Lady of Miracles (Lucca, Italy, 1588) Mary’s Tears (II) Tears are a legacy of the Mother of Sorrows, such an awesome legacy that it cannot be frittered away in the vain affections of the [...] son in her tirelessly outstretched arms to the Author of Grace. Yet tears were all she had to offer and the conversion of her only son was all she had in mind.
revelation for the Gentiles and glory for your people Israel." (Lk 2:32) Mary and Joseph are astounded when Simeon proclaims Jesus as a "light of revelation for the Gentiles". Mary, instead, with reference [...] June 3 - Our Lady of Sasopoli (Italy, 14th C.) Mary Has a Role in Jesus’ Saving Mission (I) "Now, Master, you are letting your servant go in peace as you promised; for my eyes have seen the salvation which [...] with Joseph, she accepts in silence those mysterious words which predict a deeply sorrowful trial and give the Presentation of Jesus its deepest meaning. Indeed, according to the divine plan the sacrifice
flesh in the Virgin Mary When the time of the Purification came, Jesus was brought to the Temple. ... A prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, was there. She came and began to give glory [...] Child to all those who were waiting for Israel's deliverance. And now the Magi's search for the King of the Jews was successful! Herod and the whole city were greatly troubled: the astrologers’ interpretation [...] of Eternity... this is the eternal origin of He who took flesh in Mary, a fact that we keep evoking each time that we say the Hail Mary ... (1) The Masoretes (Hebrew ba'alei hamassora , "masters of tradition")
me and He who created me fixed a place for my tent” because God rests in a heart that satisfies Him. Humbertus said that, “Saturdays and the Virgin are thus associated: Saturday is the day and Mary is [...] days; God blessed the seventh day (cf. Gn 2: 3) and Mary is the most blessed of all women (cf. Lk 1:42). 2.Saturday is the day God sanctified. Since Mary is “full of grace” (cf. Lk 1:28), it is right to [...] declared October as the Month of the Holy Rosary (1883) Memory of Mary on Saturdays (I) The dedication of Saturdays to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the liturgy began during the Carolingian era, with Alcuin (d
expression most explicitly, and presented devotion to Mary as the most effective means of consecration to Jesus. Therefore, according to Grignion, we ought to entrust ourselves to Mary in imitation of Christ [...] Lucca (+1086), and Anselm of Canterbury (+1109). Geoffrey of Vendôme (+1132) would say, for example, "...let us hasten to his Mother, and through her to the Son Himself." (PL 157, 266A) And Bernard of Clairvaux [...] April 1 – Our Lady of Suasia (Italy, 1556) To Jesus through Mary: A very ancient precept of the Church The origin of "To Jesus through Mary" is generally attributed to Saint Louis Grignion de Montfort
of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary In this month of Saint Joseph, which began on March 1st, we should remember how much the discreet and holy husband of Mary has been present throughout the history [...] Universal Church." In 1879, the silent apparitions Knock, Ireland, showed the Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John, the altar and Christ the Lamb. In October 1917, Saint Joseph was present in one of the apparitions [...] 19th, feast of St Joseph, and in the first year after his election, he promulgated a decree to add the mention of Saint Joseph to the canon of all Eucharistic prayers. The Marie de Nazareth Team
me and He who created me fixed a place for my tent" because God rests in a heart that satisfies Him. Humbertus said that, "Saturdays and the Virgin are thus associated: Saturday is the day and Mary is [...] days; God blessed the seventh day (cf. Gn 2: 3) and Mary is the most blessed of all women (cf. Lk 1:42). 2.Saturday is the day God sanctified. Since Mary is "full of grace" (cf. Lk 1:28), it is right to [...] declared October as the Month of the Holy Rosary (1883) Memory of Mary on Saturdays (I) The dedication of Saturdays to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the liturgy began during the Carolingian era, with Alcuin (d
the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ. “Can I just say that I did not create the title or the moniker ‘Queen of Christmas,’” Carey explained. “I did not do that. That was other people, and I just want [...] Christmas Is You’ and a lot of other Christmas songs,” Carey added, before professing her own Christian faith. “Let’s face it, everybody’s faith is what it is,” she continued. “But to me, Mary is the Queen [...] married before they had sex. “A lot of people don’t know, she’s really a good girl and conservative when it comes to that and deep into the Bible,” Cannon said at the time. “People just wouldn’t think about
