these two girls from France saw something of Mary's smile and their lives were changed forever. Father Pierre Descouvemont In Marie au cœur de nos vies , (Mary in the Center of Our Lives) Paris, Cerf, 1999 [...] True Marian devotion does not only consist in saying a series of Hail Marys , but in getting into the habit of living under Mary’s benevolent gaze. Since her Assumption, her face has been transfigured [...] contemplated the fullness of Mary's maternal tenderness. If they had seen it, they would have died of happiness. Only in Heaven will we be able to measure how much God, the Virgin Mary, and the saints love us

again because the Mother of God wants it!" The Marie de Nazareth Association will, for its part, reflect on concrete ways to rebuild our Church as well. The Marie de Nazareth team [...] the heart of the capital. It is the symbol of France, of her Christian roots and of her love for Mary. It is also a witness of her national history for the past nine centuries, as well as cultural and

devil trembles and flees when he hears this prayer One day, after Saint Bernard had prayed a Hail Mary with great respect in front of a statue of the Virgin, the statue gently bowed her head and answered: [...] , that the demon flees when he hears it. Saint Alphonsus Liguori had a great devotion to the Hail Mary . He recited it every day on the hour every hour. When the hour struck, he would stop to recite it

the candlelight procession ends in front of the Gnadenkapelle with the invocation: " Help me Mary, help me Mary! Help me also! I stand before you, a sinner! O Mother of Mercy, stay close to me on the day [...] light, paying with his life for this courageous act while saving the shrine from destruction. The Mary of Nazareth editorial staff Source: Marian Encyclopedia

in Nazareth, he announced to the Virgin Mary that she was called to become the mother of Jesus, the Son of the Most High (Luke 1: 26-38). Indeed, the Virgin Mary needed "God’s strength" at the moment of [...] vocation of the protagonists of the new times: John the Baptist, the Virgin Mary, Jesus ... and us too when we invoke him! Marie de Nazareth [...] put it in his apostolic letter Mulieris dignitatem on the dignity and vocation of women, § 3: Hence Mary attains a union with God that exceeds all the expectations of the human spirit. It even exceeds the

"To love Mary and to make her loved." … To love Mary is to put her in our hearts and thus allow the Holy Spirit to find a favorable ground for the life of Jesus to grow in us. This love of Mary is at the [...] everything The Marian devotion of Saint Pierre Chanel came from his mother Marie Anne, who had consecrated him to the Virgin Mary well before his birth. Pierre was baptized on July 16th, the feast day of [...] the source of our life with Christ. To make Mary loved is the summit of our life as disciples of Jesus, which in turn means to be missionary, living Christians and not living-room disciples! Often, we would

given by Dom Louis-Marie Spick In Chaque jour avec Marie dans la sainte Espérance (Living in Holy Hope Every Day with Mary) , December 29, p. 94 Hermitage of Saint–Evroul Notre-Dame-du-Bois, France [...] 1630) From whom does Christ derive his human nature? In Mary, we contemplate a true maternity that transports us into a divine and superhuman sphere. Mary conceives Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit, and [...] pure reproduction of Mary’s features, with a stamp of virility and divine splendor. Jesus, who because he is God is of the same substance as the Father, not only chose to take Mary’s features, but also her

receive Holy Communion at the Funeral Mass!" This pastoral experience taught me how true it is that Mary—the Mother of God and Our Mother—brings us back to Jesus through her Rosary! She is truly the Mother [...] of Reconciliation! Adapted from a text by Father Mario Attard, OFM Cap., a reader of A Moment with Mary from Malta - February 2021

above To be re-birthed in spirituality. - Damien Gilmartin 2020, written by a reader of A Moment with Mary ( originally composed in German)

believe in miracles? F.G.: Because of what happened, I have to! I have been praying to the Virgin Mary every morning since 1996. She is even tattooed on my shoulder! Before that I was an atheist. I became