sorrow or plunged into the depths of despair, think of Mary. When you are in danger, distress or desperate situations, call for Mary, cry out to Mary! Oh, that her name may never leave your lips, may never [...] adversity, fix your eyes on the star, and call to Mary! If you are tossed on the waves of pride, ambition or jealousy, look at the star and cry out for Mary! If anger or greed or the beguiling charms of the [...] the flesh rock the vessel of your soul, gaze at Mary. When, racked by the enormity of your sins, ashamed that your conscience is sullied or in terror of the threat of judgment, you are swallowed up by

with the statue of Mary, singing and praying the rosary, offering flowers and food to the soldiers. The power of the people was the power of Mary, and the victory was the victory of Mary. Thierry Fourchaud [...] to respond to the call of our Mother, the Virgin Mary, who never ceases to encourage us to pray the rosary. St. Louis de Montfort wrote: "The Hail Mary well said, with devotion and modesty, is, according [...] flight, and the hammer that crushes him." We rarely associate devotion to Mary with the social or political dimension of life, yet Mary's words in the Magnificat point to a reversal of the social order in favor

wasn’t sure I wanted to know, which exposed the deep-seated unease I still harbored toward Mary - the real Mary, not Mary qua feminist symbol. For a while, I tried to dismiss the whole experience, write it off [...] Jesus through Mary. It involved taking Mary as a spiritual model and guide in order to grow in devotion to Christ. Some of this made intuitive sense to me. As a mother, I knew that Mary’s love for Christ [...] explicit devotion or attention shown to Mary somehow detracted from or competed with my love for Christ. And that was my error: seeing those loves as competitives. [...] Mary is not a mediator in the same way

same day as the feast of the Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth! This convergence of dates is undoubtedly a grace and a sign from Heaven. As if Mary wanted us to receive the visit of the Holy Spirit [...] celebrate the visit of Mary, expecting Jesus, to her six-month-pregnant relative Elizabeth, the future mother of John the Baptist, who while still unborn, leapt for joy as Mary approached. Then Elizabeth [...] with the Holy Spirit, was inspired with the spirit of prophecy and recognized in Mary the Mother of her Lord. As for Mary, exulting under the action of the Holy Spirit, she spontaneously sang her Magnificat

land in the presence of the statue of the Virgin Mary he had brought with him. This is why Brazilians like to say that "Brazil was born in the arms of Mary". In fact, all the villages and ports of this new [...] of Mary to a young Indian girl married to a Portuguese man, in the 1530s. In Itanhaen (near São Paulo), is the shrine of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, probably the first dedicated to Mary under [...] Brazil is the largest Catholic country in the world. Pope St. Pius X solemnly crowned the Virgin Mary as "Queen of Brazil" in 1904. But the history of the Marian devotion in Brazil dates back to the beginning

Virgin Mary.” “When I found myself in her presence, all I wanted to do was honor her overtly. In fact, the first thought that crossed my mind was ‘Oh my gosh. I wish I at least knew the Hail Mary.’ But [...] But I didn’t.” Schoeman said Mary then offered to answer his questions. He said, “My first thought was to ask her to teach me the Hail Mary…but I was too proud to admit that I didn’t know it. So as a kind [...] prayers you love more than others.'” Schoeman said Mary told him her favorite prayer is ‘O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.’ (Our Lady originally presented this prayer

a large number of Christians and Hindus went to St Mary’s Gunadala Matha Shrine, in the heart of southern India, to attend the first Mass of the Mary Matha festival held in Our Lady’s honor. Many Hindus [...] of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous, February 11, 1858, is celebrated in great pomp in Gunadala. A strong tradition, although not confirmed by the Church, asserts that the Virgin Mary appeared on [...] Vijayawada, in the east of India, only 60% of the participants were Christians. For the Hindus, the Virgin Mary is a manifestation of Mahadevi, "the great goddess," and they are comfortable with the expressions

our journey with the Virgin Mary. Mary received the Word of God, she allowed the Word to grow, then gave it to the world. So let us be vigilant and prepare ourselves with Mary, who also prepared for this [...] mission that transformed the history of mankind forever. As Saint John Paul II said: "Walk with Mary. Walk with Mary. Let the echo of her fiat resound in your hearts." This is my wish for all of you during this [...] of Advent. Father Pierre Le Bourgeois Former pastor of Nantua (France) saintmichelnantua.com/Avec-Marie-se-preparer

the same day at 5:00 p.m., she said: "Sing the ‘Hail Mary,’ the canticle I love so well." "Tell the crowd to come forward and recite 10 Hail Marys." At the end of the Rosary the Lady herself repeated three [...] d (France, 1947) "I will give happiness to families" From December 8th to 14th (1947), the Virgin Mary appeared nine times in Ile-Bouchard, a small town in central France, to four children aged 7 to 12 [...] The first apparition took place on December 8, 1947, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Mary was similar in appearance to the Virgin of Lourdes (1858). She said to the children: "I am your heavenly

into the gulf of sadness or the abyss of despair, think of Mary. In dangers, in anguish, in doubt, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let her name be even on your lips, ever in your heart; and the better to [...] of tribulation, look to the star: Call upon Mary! If you are tossed by the waves of pride or ambition, detraction or envy, look to the star, call upon Mary. If anger or avarice or the desires of the flesh [...] flesh dash against the ship of your soul, turn your eyes to Mary. If troubled by the enormity of your crimes, ashamed of your guilty conscience, terrified by dread of the judgment, you begin to sink into