that was given to him, and yet just look at how all the saints remain in the dark when one contemplates the clarity of the Blessed Virgin! [?] The secret that she pondered and kept in her heart, no tongue [...] 8 - Our Lady of Belle Fountaine (La Rochelle, France) - Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (d. 1906) Mary, Model of Interior Souls It seems to me that nobody has penetrated the mystery of Christ in its depth [...] tell, nor pen translate. May this Mother of Grace form my heart, so that her little child be a living and striking image of her first-born, the Son of the Eternal, the One who was the perfect praise of the

in her womb and would be with Him again next to the Father. The Mother of God must accordingly receive all that belongs to her Son and be honored by all creatures as the Mother of God and His servant. [...] August 17 - Our Lady of Squares (1664, Crozant, France) Mary’s Heavenly Abode The Mother, whose virginity was preserved without a stain during childbirth, must accordingly be entitled to having her body

unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith.” Comparing Mary with Eve, they call her "the Mother of the living," and still more often they say: “death through Eve, life through Mary.” [...] Came Through Mary It is fitting therefore that the holy Fathers see Mary as used by God not merely in a passive way, but as freely cooperating in the work of human salvation through faith and obedience. [...] of salvation for herself and for the whole human race.” Hence not a few of the early Fathers gladly assert in their preaching, “The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience; what the virgin

be pleased to operate Divinely in me the miracle of forgiveness and mercy. Servant and Mother of God, may your honor be exalted by me, and may my salvation be manifested through you. [...] June 29 - Our Lady of Buglose (France, 1634) Mary, Mother of the Living Carry me on the wings of your prayers, O you who are called the Mother of the living, so that on my exit from this valley of tears

that was given to her, and yet just look at how all the saints remain in the dark when one contemplates the clarity of the Blessed Virgin! [?] The secret that she pondered and kept in her heart, no tongue [...] 8 - Our Lady of Belle Fountaine (La Rochelle, France) - Blessed Elisabeth of the Trinity (d. 1906) Mary, Model of Interior Souls It seems to me that nobody has penetrated the mystery of Christ in its depth [...] tell, nor pen translate. May this Mother of Grace form my heart, so that her little child be a living and striking image of her first-born, the Son of the Eternal, the One who was the perfect praise of the

in her womb and would be with Him again next to the Father. The Mother of God must accordingly receive all that belongs to her Son and be honored by all creatures as the Mother of God and His servant. [...] August 17 - Our Lady of Squares (1664, Crozant, France) Mary’s Heavenly Abode The Mother, whose virginity was preserved without a stain during childbirth, must accordingly be entitled to having her body

unbelief, the Virgin Mary loosened by her faith." Comparing Mary with Eve, they call her "the Mother of the living," and still more often they say: "death through Eve, life through Mary." [...] Came Through Mary It is fitting therefore that the holy Fathers see Mary as used by God not merely in a passive way, but as freely cooperating in the work of human salvation through faith and obedience. [...] of salvation for herself and for the whole human race." Hence not a few of the early Fathers gladly assert in their preaching, "The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience; what the virgin

Holy Family into Egypt (Coptic Church) A portrait of the Virgin Mary that is "not manmade" In Tyrol, Austria, on January 17, 1797, between 3 and 4 pm, 18-year-old Rosina Bucher, from the small town of Absam [...] veil covers the head of Our Lady of Absam. The mantle is enveloped in sun rays; and the veil, by a halo. Sudarium Christi and Sacred Destinations [...] raised the church to a basilica in 2000. The portrait is more like an Expressionist woodcut in black and white than a photograph. Unlike the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe whose mantle covers her hair parted

reparation of injuries towards God and his union with us, which Jesus fulfilled during his mortal life and continues to give us in the Blessed sacrament. Without Mary, we could not go to Jesus. For she [...] possesses him in her heart—he delights in it, and those who want to know his intimate virtues, his secret and privileged love, must seek them in the heart of Mary. Those who love this good Mother will find [...] January 26 – Our Lady of the Lake (Italy, 1872) Never separate Mary from Jesus Where do we find Jesus on earth if not in Mary’s arms? Did she not give us the Eucharist? Her acceptance of the incarnation

November 24 – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bologna, Italy) Mary has always been present in my life Mary, the mother of Jesus and our Mother, has always been present in my life since I was a child [...] This made me perceive not only the universality of the Church, but also the divine motherhood of Mary, and her motherhood towards the Church. Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer Metropolitan Archbishop (or Prelate [...] child. I must have been six or seven years old when my parents taught me to pray the Rosary and meditate its mysteries. This had a great impact on me, for the rest of my life. I also experienced intense moments