secrets of the King. Finally, we must cry out with the apostle Paul, "What no eye has seen and no ear has heard, what the mind of man cannot visualize" - the beauty, greatness and excellence of Mary, the [...] exalted, honored, loved and served Mary adequately. She is worthy of even more praise, respect, love and service. Indeed, let us repeat after the Holy Spirit, "All the glory of the King's daughter is within" [...] the miracle of miracles of grace, nature and glory. "If you would like to understand the Mother," a saint said, "then understand the Son. She is a worthy Mother of God." Hic taceat omnis lingua: Here let
May 18 - Our Lady of Holy Desire (Italy, 1890) Why Mary Remained in this World after the Resurrection The time Mary remained with the disciples was a great consolation to them. This was not a great hardship [...] hardship for the mother, but it did bring wonderful remedies of salvation to the world. Indeed, the Lord Jesus wanted the apostles to benefit from Mary's maternal assistance and education after His return to [...] much more to learn from the one who gave the Sun of Justice to the world and poured out from her immaculate bosom, like virginal meadow, the source of Wisdom. Lastly, in His admirable goodness, Providence
23 - Our Lady of the Penha (Brazil) Saved by a Fervent “Hail Mary” (I) We had embarked on a mission with a couple of helicopters on a frigate, when we suddenly discovered the absence of a crew member, [...] hours, the explored area grew larger and larger. The crew on the footbridge of the ship was overcome with doubt and feelings of discouragement. Cadiou, the winch operator (appointed to the position on the [...] the rescue winch) had a partial view over the ocean. After several hours of fruitless searching over the liquid mass, he observed with dismay that the sun was setting in the west. He knew that a man without
April 24 - Our Lady of Lujan (Argentina) Saved by a Fervent “Hail Mary” (II) As he murmured the last words of his humble prayer his eye was attracted to a small spot between two waves. With little conviction [...] direction. As they made progress in the indicated direction, the crew's doubt turned into an insane kind of hope. Within no time, the reality was obvious; it really was the man they were looking for and he was [...] his comrades who did not dare to mock him. It was clear to everyone on board that the circumstances of this unbelievable happy ending were heaven-sent.
Fatima: the Miracle of the Sun (Portugal, 1917) "Mary came to save us from a fundamental ideological error" On the occasion of Pope Francis' brief visit to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal on [...] on August 5, 2023, at the time of the World Youth Days, author Bernard Balayn (1), who has worked extensively on the apparitions of Mary, revisited the relevance of the Fatima messages in today's global [...] secret would Our Lady of Fatima have for us today? "We must have the courage to say that Mary's great suffering is the fear of seeing souls go to hell. The young shepherds saw the reality of hell. We shouldn't
the summit of love, and may the Blessed Virgin envelop us in the rays of her tenderness and love, and let us taste in advance a little of that heaven with which she is inebriated. Mother Marie of the Cross [...] Exaltation of the Holy Cross Let us stand close to the Cross, with Mary Through the Mystery of the Cross, the Lord restores our souls to splendor through all his sufferings. Let us stay with Mary, close to [...] by a sword of grief. And what bitter pain was hers! The Heart of Jesus could not be immersed in sorrow without Mary's soul sharing in the crucifixion. Her compassionate heart is the fruit of a great love
answer of a young girl, the Virgin Mary: "Fiat mihi ... Let it be done to me according to your word," Mary replies to the Angel. Having opened the way of her heart, Mary also opened the way of her body: [...] salvation to enter the world by the will of a woman, Mary, just as sin entered the world by the will of a woman, Eve. Eve, the "mother of the living," was the cause of death for mankind, for through her Adam [...] and Mary in Nazareth is an inverted mirror of the dialogue between Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden. In contrast to Eve's disobedience, Mary acts in obedience to God: "I am the handmaid of the
that chooses Mary as an advocate can be sure that its prayers and requests will be answered. Jesus refuses nothing to Mary. Mary is the powerful Virgin, the Virgin full of goodness, the Gate of Heaven, Our [...] Lady of Love. She listens to the prayer that springs from the pure, humble, simple and confident heart. Ah! If we could see all the wonders that Mary works in souls! To say that Mary is Queen of Heaven [...] November 1 – Queen of All the Saints – All Saints’ Day Mediatrix of all the causes that penetrate Heaven The following are a few thoughts from French mystic Marthe Robin on Mary: God has given us Jesus
Jesus with the Heart of Mary. When we recite the Rosary in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, we offer Jesus the perfect Adoration of Mary. We join our own love for Jesus to Mary's worship and perfect [...] from the Heart of his Mother. The Immaculate Heart of Mary makes up for what is lacking in our hearts. Father Martin Lucia, Rosary Meditations with Mother Teresa of Calcutta Missionaries of the Blessed Sacrament [...] welcomes our time of Adoration as if it were Mary’s own prayer. No matter how weak our faith or how poor our love, Mary receives us into her Heart, and Jesus acknowledges our time of prayer as if it came
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 [...] that preceded the fall of the dictator Marcos (ex-president of the Philippines) and that was carried by the prayer of the rosary of the Virgin Mary: When Benigno Aquino (leader of the opposition to Marcos) [...] 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 of God's Reign. Let us take, for example
