Virgin Mary is in excellent position, ranking #5! This gave Google the opportunity to explain to its users - via Wikipedia - the dogma of the Assumption: "The Assumption of Mary is the orthodox and catholic [...] 1550) The Virgin Mary creates a "buzz" on the net! The search engine Google has published its ranking of the most looked up French definitions on the Web: Oligarchy, ergonomist, regal, PMA and Assumption are [...] catholic religious belief that the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, did not die like everyone else, but entered directly into the glory of God (or "ascended to heaven"). We are glad of this (unexpected but real)
(Latin America) Mary, the Mother who has never let me down! My experience with Mary started right at my mother’s breast! Mary, the Immaculate Conception, has always accompanied me and has been a light [...] Spain; and still today, in my mission as Bishop of São Miguel Paulista (Brazil). Manuel Parrado Carral, Bishop of São Miguel Paulista Exclusive interview by Thácio Siqueira for A Moment With Mary [...] my journey since childhood, through her words "Do everything that He tells you." Today the Virgin Mary is ever-present in my episcopal ministry. I can testify that she has never let me down, especially
Rosary (d. 1926) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (III) The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In a unique way the face of the Son belongs to Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was formed [...] faithfully as Mary. The eyes of her heart already turned to him at the Annunciation, when she conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the months that followed she began to sense his presence and to picture [...] eyes were able to gaze tenderly on the face of her Son, as she “wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger” (Lk 2:7).
July 25 – Our Lady of the Castle The Virgin Mary remains young forever Mary was young—probably just a teenager—when the Angel spoke to her, upsetting her simple plans, in order to make her part of God's [...] despite the passing of the years, she became a disciple of her Son with the enthusiasm of the young, and she followed him to the Cross with the courage that only young people have. She remains forever young [...] even now that we contemplate her assumed into Heaven, because holiness keeps us eternally young, and it is the true "elixir of youth" that we need so badly. It is renewed youth that the resurrection of
their own “knots” and sufferings, but also their expressions of thanksgiving. The shrine is open from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week, and anybody can leave a prayer intention to Mary. On Mondays a high [...] approval pending) A new shrine to "Mary Who Unties Knots" On February 12, 2018, Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon blessed the first official shrine dedicated to "Mary Who Unties Knots" in France, at the [...] mass to "Mary Who Unties Knots" is celebrated at 6 pm for all those intentions. It attracts many pilgrims from all walks of life. Handmade or inscribed on marble plaques, ex-votos are left at Mary's feet
theologians’ loyalty to Mary A group of Lutheran theologians from East Germany published a manifesto in 1971 that contains lines of moving loyalty to Mary: "At Lourdes, Fatima and other Marian shrines, the [...] supernatural facts that intimately relate to the Virgin Mary, either because of the apparitions or because of the miraculous graces requested and obtained by her intercession. These facts defy any natural
February 9 – Our Lady of the Castle (Italy, 1558) A 66,500-mile pilgrimage for Mary He is known simply as "the pilgrim" and for a good reason! At the age of 67, José Antonio García, a native of Cadiz (Spain) [...] (Spain), has walked 66,500 miles to fulfill a promise he made to the Virgin Mary after surviving the sinking of a fishing boat. This tragedy occurred in 1999 off the coast of Norway. He was the only survivor [...] as he was fully recovered in 2006, he began a series of pilgrimages (including one to the Holy Land and another to Lourdes), in order to honor his promise to the Virgin of Carmen, Patroness of fishermen
of death for herself and the entire human race; so also did Mary, betrothed to man but nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and the whole human race [...] July 01 - Our Lady of Happy Deliverance (Paris, France) Mary, the New Eve When Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to thy word," she was found to be obedient. Eve [...] the knots. Thus, the knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience, for what Eve had tied by her lack of faith the Virgin Mary untied with her great faith.
Rosary (d. 1926) The Rosary of the Virgin Mary (III) The contemplation of Christ has an incomparable model in Mary. In a unique way the face of the Son belongs to Mary. It was in her womb that Christ was formed [...] faithfully as Mary. The eyes of her heart already turned to him at the Annunciation, when she conceived him by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the months that followed she began to sense his presence and to picture [...] eyes were able to gaze tenderly on the face of her Son, as she "wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger" (Lk 2:7).
Delon: "Mary is the woman I love the most in the world" A cinema legend with a reputation as a ladies’ man, French actor Alain Delon (b. 1935) frequently shares his attachment to the Virgin Mary. Can she [...] Festival for his prestigious career. Today, living alone and with declining health, he says he has only one woman in his life: the Virgin Mary. A surprising revelation from this eternal charmer, who confides [...] abstract for him? Mary, on the contrary, is very real to him, with her two feet on the ground. Could this be the secret of the attraction she exerts on the star? "I really believe in Mary. I talk to her a
