center of a priest’s life: the cross, the Eucharist, and the Virgin Mary Cardinal Robert Sarah reflected on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and the meaning of the priesthood in a Mass in St Peter’s [...] Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments said the inner life of a priest should center around three things: the cross, the Eucharist, and the Virgin Mary. “According to St Josemaría [...] friendship with him.” “In this Eucharist we entrust the Church and all priests to the maternal goodness of the Virgin Mary, our Mother and Mother of the Church,” he prayed. Courtney Grogan/CNA September

took this pledge seriously. Through war and exile and the tragic turn that their life took, it guided their commitment to each other. Charles’ beatification and the current case for the beatification of [...] October 26 – Our Lady of Health (Venice, Italy, 1630) Charles and Zita of Habsburg entrusted their marriage to Mary "Now we have to help each other get to Heaven." These are the words pronounced by Archduke [...] promise beautifully. On October 21, 1911, Charles and Zita were married at Schwarzau Castle, Austria. In their wedding picture, 24-year-old Charles stands proud and smiling next to his 19-year-old bride, looking

promoting love and unity. "My songs proclaim the fact that God and the Blessed Virgin Mary make us a people of brothers and sisters," says Rona. We are not brothers and sisters without a father and a mother [...] of the Capuchins (Italy, 1574) Singer Rona Hartner praises Jesus and Mary Since her conversion 26 years ago, Franco-Romanian singer and songwriter Rona Hartner has been sharing the Gospel whenever possible [...] possible. However, it is not an easy thing to reconcile show business and a Christian life. Rona Hartner tells us about it in her new book, Je te donnerai un vrai bonheur (I Will Give You Real Happiness)

Araguaia (Brazil), and a few young people, including Aymeric and Christine O'Neill. This small community describes itself as a "presence of compassion in the service of the little ones and the humble" in [...] Bahia. Her life changed when Mary looked at her as a person. She was sure then of being loved. The only true exit door that exists is God’s gaze, through Mary," says Aymeric. "Mary appeared in Lourdes in a [...] the Salve Regina “O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Maria!” added by Saint Bernard Mary looked at him as a person, and his life was changed! The Bernadette Fraternity (Saint Bernadette of Lourdes) was born

Actor Jim Caviezel dedicated his life and career to Mary in Medjugorje The star of Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ recently paid tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary, crediting her intercession for his [...] now-weeping woman had prayed that day for a new rosary and that she was Mallick’s wife. Caviezel believes the encounter was due to Mary’s intercession and led to his role in Mallick’s Academy Award-winning [...] Medjugorje, a place where some believe there have been Marian apparitions, and consecrated his life and career to the Blessed Virgin Mary. “Filming The Passion of the Christ brought me even closer to Our Lady

The providential and maternal protection of Mary On June 9, 2019, the feast of Pentecost, Patriarch Ria, the head of the Maronite Church in Lebanon, renewed the consecration of Lebanon and the Middle East [...] states, that Mosul and the plain of Nineveh were finally taken back from ISIS, and that Syria escaped dismemberment. He encourages the people of the region to turn to the Virgin Mary to defeat "the world [...] of the Virgin protects us and prevents the fall." The patriarch went on to mention some positive developments in the Middle East, which he perceives as being the benefits of Mary's providential maternal

July 16 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mary, Mother of Men and of Unity More than 5,000 Christians took part in the traditional procession in honor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, popularly called Taalat al-Adra [...] the Latin parish of Haifa to the Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery, located on Mount Carmel, the faithful from all the different rites marched reciting prayers and singing hymns to the Virgin. Carmelite [...] by young university students and groups linked to movements, such as the Focolari. There was also a choir from Beit Sahour. Hundreds of Filipino, Indian as well as African and Asian immigrant workers took

(Antipolo, the Philippines) Blessed Charles and Zita: Two royals under Mary’s gaze Charles and Zita knew each other during childhood, but it wasn’t until Zita was 19 and Charles 24 that the two started to spend [...] Birth of the Virgin Mary (also known as the Mariazell Shrine) in Austria. They loved the Virgin Mary and made it a point to start their marriage off under her protection. Charles and Zita had their wedding [...] about the truth and when he discovered it was false, Charles made immediate plans to ask her hand in marriage before any other possible suitor. Both shared a love of the Catholic faith and so it wasn’t a

themselves: Why Him and not me? Jesus knew the people that, instead of listening to him, were scandalized by his words. They were relatives, friends, and neighbors who were dear to him. And he never managed [...] his work because he was enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary, where he drew all his energy. Through Mary's heart, his love went to the heart of the Father in the Holy Spirit. Adapted from a article [...] Saint Joseph the Worker – Our Lady of Laus (France, 1664) He was enraptured by his love for Jesus and Mary When Jesus returned to his village at the age of 30, he surprised everyone by his proclamation of

Lady of the Rain (Italy, 1367) The present Church crisis and Mary Does the Mother of Jesus have any relevance to the present Church crisis? Mary brings the Divine Redeemer into the world by an obedient [...] II confirmed that before and beyond the Petrine model of the Church is the Marian model… Mary was superior to Peter in knowledge of the Gospel, wisdom in its application, and purity in its lived expression [...] would Mary respond to Peter’s authority? In spite of her superiority to Peter in most every conceivable measure, Mary responded to Peter’s office of authority with the same obedient fiat . For Mary saw Jesus