God. The first is the story of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38) that ends with Mary's fiat . Her openness to the Word of God and her free decision to say "YES" is the beginning of our redemption. Thus, we [...] even knowing that my listening and my "YES" to the Lord will be imperfect. The following prayer is on my lips daily, asking Our Lady to help me go to Jesus, her Son: "O Mary, teach me to say "YES" to the [...] every moment of my life; O Mary teach me to say "thank you" to the Lord, every moment of my life." The second passage is that of the Wedding Feast at Cana (Jn 2:1-12). When Mary points out to Jesus the lack
Our Lady of Trapani (Sicily) Love Alone Caused Mary’s Death It is the common opinion of the Doctors and the Fathers of the Church that love alone caused Mary's death. Saint Ildephonsus once said that she
Seamless Garment First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I) The First Saturday Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary was first mentioned by Our Lady of Fatima on July 13, 1917. After [...] devotion to my Immaculate Heart in the world. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace... I shall come to ask for... the Communion of reparation on the first Saturdays [...] consecutive months, shall go to confession, receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the Rosary, and keep me company for fifteen minutes while meditating on fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention
is impressive is this analysis of what Mali is today, because Mary is what is Christ, so the teachings of Christ become the teachings of Mary. The meaning of this evening is that the rebirth of Mali is possible [...] March 11 – Madonna Miracolosa (Italy, 1855) – Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem (Palestine) With Mary, Mali’s rebirth is possible! On the weekend of November 23-24, 2019, Catholics in Mali celebrated [...] Lady of Mali shrine in Kita. Accompanied by a large delegation, the Minister of Religious Affairs and Worship, Thierno Hass Diallo, took part in this event in its entirety, even attending a play by the
September 15 – Our Lady of Sorrows Mary was martyred in her soul The martyrdom of the Virgin is hinted at both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the narrative of the Lord’s Passion. "This child is here [...] here," said the saintly old man of the child Jesus, "as a sign of contradiction; and you"—he is now speaking to Mary—"a sword will pierce your own soul." Blessed Mother, it is very true that a sword pierced [...] longer there, but yours could not pull away from his. Do not be surprised, brothers, if we say that Mary was martyred in her soul. He who is surprised by this forgets—since he has already heard it—that Paul
a discussion about who was the greatest among them. Mary, in contrast, humbled herself not only in all things, but also more than all the others; and more deeply, for she was greater. So too, it is with [...] gentleness, lower than widows, penitent sinners, and her from whom seven demons had been cast out. I plead with you, my beloved children, if you love Mary, seek to acquire this virtue. Yes, if it is in your [...] August 20 – Saint Bernard, Doctor of the Church (d. 1153) Mary’s humility It would be easy to say of the disciples that they were altogether worldly when, not having not yet received the Holy Spirit (because
nobility and the people of Madrid. When they passed in front of a storage place for wheat called the almudith (from the Moorish word almud meaning measure), a cascade of stones fell out of the wall and exposed [...] (Madrid, Spain) - Saint Leo the Great, Pope (d. 461) Two candles were still burning near a painting of Mary 300 years later! A very old tradition holds that when the Apostle St James came from Jerusalem to
Visitation - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Now Mary Said (II) Now Mary said: "You see before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said." A humble Mary is part of the new creation: "You see before [...] whom Sara, the wife of Abraham, was a previous figure. Mary believed unconditionally in the possibility of motherhood sprung from a virginal womb. And on Good Friday, she kept relying unshakably in the divine [...] in technological advances proceeds from this new creation in Jesus, who is the source of all wisdom and science. But still this is just a shadow of the unlimited possibilities, which God has laid down in
Our Lady of Trapani (Sicily) Love Alone Caused Mary’s Death It is the common opinion of the Doctors and the Fathers of the Church that love alone caused Mary’s death. Saint Ildephonsus once said that she
June 30 - Credo of the People of God by Paul VI (Rome, 1968) Mary Cooperatrix of Salvation We believe that the Blessed Mother of God, the New Eve, Mother of the Church, continues in heaven her maternal [...] maternal role with regard to Christ's members, cooperating with the birth and growth of divine life in the souls of the redeemed.
