Nevers attest that she recited it with fervor. Isn’t that remarkable, considering that she had received a special prayer just for herself from the Virgin Mary? She could have considered that this prayer, given [...] February 18 – Saint Bernadette Soubirous (d. 1879) At Lourdes, Mary prayed her Rosary In the life of Saint Bernadette, the Rosary is a consistent thread between the different periods: Just before the [...] had spent six months in Bartrès where one of her only joys was to have the time and the freedom to say her Rosary while keeping watch over a few sheep. Bernadette continued to say her Rosary all her life
each of his children! If Mary has a temporal primacy and a primacy of excellence over us, we however have the same vocation: to respond to love with love. Mary's grace is special only because she perfectly [...] Why Mary's grace is unique Mary is "the first" chronologically, because she was the first to have welcomed Christ, to have participated in her own way in Christ's Passion, and to have entered, with her [...] soul, into a blessed eternity with God. Through our baptism, we too welcome Christ, participate in his death and Resurrection, and can reach the beatitude of Heaven. But we arrive "after" her. Mary is also
Mechtilde of Hackeborn, a German Benedictine nun, to whom Our Lady revealed a way of lifting up a prayer of thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for the privileges granted to the Virgin Mary. Mechtilde was born [...] away from you every power of the enemy. With the second Hail Mary, you will ask that, just as the Son of God filled me with wisdom to such an extent that I have more knowledge of the Holy Trinity than [...] whoever would pray three Hail Marys every day would receive her help during life and her special assistance at the moment of death—the Virgin Mary would appear to them with such brightness and beauty that
certainly deliver us if we have recourse to her with the Antiphon: We fly to thy patronage: "Sub tuum presidium," etc, or with a "Hail Mary," or only invoking the most holy name of Mary, which has particular [...] pronounce the names of Jesus and Mary Of all devotions, none is so pleasing to our mother, as appealing frequently to her intercession, by asking help of her in all special necessities, as in taking or giving [...] particular power against demons. The blessed St Francis, in a temptation against purity, had recourse to Mary, and she immediately appeared to him, and placing her hand upon his breast, delivered him. It is useful
retract; you are a priest forever of the order of Melchizedek" (Ps 110:1-5). A true son of God: "I shall be a father to him and he a son to me" (2 Sam 7:14). "You are my son, today have I fathered you" [...] people waited for a new presence of God among them, a new Temple, made not by human hands, but the prophecies announced in such a mysterious manner even more. They spoke of a priest who would be called [...] December 15 - Our Lady of the Armed Forces Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (VI) "I shall be a father to him and he a son to me" (2 Sam 7:14) The Blessed Virgin, just as all Israel, questioned the
retract; you are a priest forever of the order of Melchizedek" (Ps 110:1-5). A true son of God: "I shall be a father to him and he a son to me" (2 Sam 7:14). "You are my son, today have I fathered you" [...] people waited for a new presence of God among them, a new Temple, made not by human hands, but the prophecies announced in such a mysterious manner even more. They spoke of a priest who would be called [...] December 15 - Our Lady of the Armed Forces Mary in the Midst of Israel's Waiting (VI) "I shall be a father to him and he a son to me" (2 Sam 7:14) The Blessed Virgin, just as all Israel, questioned the
consecrate the parish to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In a great act of faith, the priest entrusted the pastoral success of his parish to the Virgin Mary, and created a spiritual organization in honor of the [...] became a parish church. There were few parishioners, as it was in a commercial area, and in fact the priest, Fr. Charles Dufriche-Desgenettes, was considering resigning due to what he perceived to be a failure [...] to entrust all future military campaigns to Mary. In October 1637, Brother Fiacre de Sainte-Marguerite (1609-1684) received a revelation telling him to have the people of France recite novenas for the
Us to pray to her, for so long a time, with special appeals. But We entertain another object: (...) That God may be more favourable to Our prayers, and that He may come with bounty and promptitude to the [...] crisis in the Church, it is imperative to pray to Mary and Joseph! At this proximity of the month of October, which We have already consecrated to the Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary, [...] Church, We judge it of deep utility for the Christian people, continually to invoke with great piety and trust, together with the Virgin-Mother of God, her chaste Spouse, the Blessed Joseph; and We regard it
Virgin Mary The fact that we have consecrated ourselves to Mary is truly a special and effective way of living our ecclesial and personal faith in Christ. By entrusting ourselves to the Virgin Mary’s maternal [...] we benefit from her intercession, joining our feeble efforts with her powerful prayers and her closeness to Jesus. As you know, there are a large number of dioceses, eparchies, parishes, schools, streets [...] movements, institutes of consecrated life and various institutions that bear the name of the Virgin Mary. The humble Virgin of Nazareth is undeniably an integral part of our Christian heritage and religious
was with his parents and Mr. Tri, an architect who had helped build the Marian center. At precisely 9 a.m. on December 28, 1975, the priest brought the Blessed Sacrament to Ho Ngoc Anh, who, with the help [...] lower limbs! Believing he must have suffered a stroke, those around him were alarmed, but Ho Ngoc Anh sat up straight, and said, "Don't touch me! Let me pray!" To the priest he declared, "Father, let me [...] of Benoîte Rencurel of Le Laus (France, 1647) Cured by Mother Mary on December 28, 1975 One day, the Blessed Virgin appeared to Ho Ngoc Anh, a young resident of Saigon (South Vietnam) and promised to cure
