criticism of the place of women in the Church is increasing, let us remember that God chose a woman for the incarnation of His Son, who is God made man for the salvation of the world! We thank you, Mary, for [...] May 11 – Our Lady of La Paz (Antipolo, Philippines) Mary, we thank you for your "YES" Mary, Mother of God, you who spoke so little (five sentences and one hymn in the New Testament), but who were always [...] nothing would have been possible! Are we still aware today of the immense positive spiritual repercussions of your answer? Are we still conscious of the place that God reserved for women? At a time when all
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 of the Word [...] great mystery of Jesus’s 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 [...] and privileged love, must seek them in the heart of Mary. Those who love this good Mother will find Jesus in this heart so pure. We must never separate Mary from Jesus—we cannot go to him without going to
Jesus only on the virginal breast of Mary," says Saint Bonaventure, ofm (1217-1274). All the created graces contained in the Sacrament of the Eucharist are in the power of Mary. But this is still little—the [...] January 25 – Our Lady of the Good Journey (India, 1599) Mary has a sovereign power over Jesus in the Eucharist "Jesus is the flower that blossoms on the stem of Jesse—if you want to pick this blessed flower [...] Host actually contains the very author of grace, Jesus, who is the infinite and immortal God. Mary has a sovereign power over Jesus in the Eucharist—the power of a mother! She also gives and dispenses
life, Mary’s love was tested—the poverty of the manger, the flight into Egypt, the loss of Jesus as a boy in Jerusalem, the taunts of relatives, the conspiracy of the high priests, the desertion of the disciples [...] death on the Cross of her beloved Son. She withstood all this through faith and hope, meditating in her heart the joyful and painful mysteries of the history of salvation. Because of her humility, obedience [...] and faithfulness, Mary has become for those who have recourse to her, a refuge and a path. To Lucia of Fatima who was worried about the difficulties of her future mission, the Virgin of the Rosary declared:
Our Lady of Saint-Acheul (Amiens, France) Mary "conceived in her heart before conceiving in her body" Although Christ lived by faith, Mary's faith preceded his. In her, the long formation of faith during [...] the prophets, culminating with the heroic rise of the "poor of Yahweh" (Is 40-55). Mary's faith was raised to the level necessary to give birth to the Son of God and to share his life. Thus she "conceived [...] the two millennia of the Old Testament reached its perfection. In her, the intense quality of Abraham's faith was raised to its highest degree. And she benefitted from the whole scope of the Revelation given
December 14 – End of the apparitions at L'Ile Bouchard (France, 1947) With Mary, I have the strength to forgive When I turn the matter over to Mary, I’m implicitly asking her to shelter my enemy as well [...] difficult to walk… Maybe I can’t even honestly ask Mary to shelter me because I’m reluctant to accept her loving help, or am too mired in self-pity to feel worthy of her attentions, or because I’m so furious with [...] tottering approach to God. When I can’t honestly ask Mary to guide us both, I may be able to step back and say that I would like to be able to honestly ask Mary to guide us both, even if it’s impossible for me
– Our Lady of Consolation (Italy) When Mary is depicted... in the crescent moon When I met him, Thiam was already an old man who had a sculpture shop at the artists' market in the village of Soumbédioune [...] ne, outside the city of Dakar in Senegal. Even though he was a Muslim, he had nevertheless been the most solicited sculptor of the Benedictine abbey of Keur-Moussa, whenever the Abbot needed a new sculpture [...] sculpture made. After some thirty years of faithful services, he asked the monks to be released from his artistic “duties,” which of course they agreed upon. He continued to create beautiful objects that
Simonin, got the idea of building a replica of the Lourdes basilicas on a scale of 1/20. It was a colossal project that required the use of two tons of plaster. The model is actually 19.6 ft high! In 1947 [...] continuing. He started an easier project, sculpting a statue of Our Lady of Boulogne for his parish of Villiers-sur-Marne. During the installation of the statue in the church, he felt a great heat run through [...] the amazement of the architects. The statue of Bernadette kneeling before Mary had not moved or been sullied either. Indeed, “Little Lourdes” must be protected and wanted by the Virgin Mary! Philippe Louvet
December 5 – Our Lady of the Annunciation (1470) Mary does not give in to frustration or helplessness In political life, too, past conflicts between peoples can painfully come to the fore. Mary shows herself to [...] the Soviet regime. He was declared venerable in 2004. Pope Francis Homily of September 24, 2018, at the Shrine of the Mother of God, Aglona (Latvia) Vatican.va [...] have been had her Son’s friends, or the priests of his people and their rulers, acted differently. She does not give in to frustration or helplessness. Mary trusts Jesus and receives his disciple, for the
Labouré (d. 1876) - Our Lady of Kibeho (Rwanda, 1981-1989) The Virgin Mary and the Musician In 2017, an 82-year-old Estonian Orthodox composer was one of the three winners of the Ratzinger Prize, together [...] rightly, that his compositions evoke the silence of the Virgin Mary at the foot of the Cross, something evident in his Stabat Mater . But it is also the silence of the Virgin welcoming the Word made flesh. There [...] the music of Pärt, which comes to dwell in the soul of the listener; an encounter between the infinitely great and our humanity marked by finitude. This presence, following the example of Mary at the A
