had returned from Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) and was praying 10 Hail Marys every day for the intentions of the Virgin Mary. Again, I found this very good and wise, and this time I tried to stick to [...] members committed to praying a dozen Hail Marys every day at home. I realized that I had already been doing this for almost a year and that I owed it to the Virgin Mary in gratitude for my healing! And I have [...] have been happy to pray the Rosary for a long time” I was moved by today's testimony in A Moment with Mary, where a lady explains how she came to pray the Rosary because of the September 11 attacks in the
a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Marie Rivier (1768-1838), founder of the Community of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (1794). John Paul II beatified her on May 23, 1982. This [...] years she begged the Virgin Mary to heal her, praying before a statue of the Pietà. "If you heal me, I will bring you children, I will teach them," she promised the Virgin Mary. Despite the anticlerical [...] When she died at 69, Marie Rivier had founded 141 schools in 14 dioceses and more than 350 sisters had joined her to continue her work. Today, the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary number 988 in 18 countries
Then I did this novena to Mary of Knots and managed to stop watching those movies! Since the novena ended over a year ago, I haven't watched this type of movie. Thank you Mary Undoer of Knots P. C. Testimonial [...] Carmine (Italy, 1663) “I received the grace to stop watching pornography” Thank you Lord and thank you Mary Undoer of Knots for your intercession, because I am now free from my addiction to pornography. I watched [...] Testimonial of a participant from one of the "2021 Retreats of Trust in Mary Undoer of Knots" (Cotignac, Le Laus, L'Ile Bouchard, Marienthal) Find out more about these retreats here
Virgin Mary in several apparitions, as a gift to help convert sinners. He thus asked his brothers religious to wear a rosary on their belts. Numerous artistic representations depict the Virgin Mary entrusting [...] Virgin Mary as a crown, the rose being a Marian symbol. In the 15th century, the Carthusian Dominic of Prussia invented and taught the faithful a form of Marian psalter with only 50 Hail Marys, each followed [...] followed by a "clausule". The clausulae are small additions to the Hail Mary prayer, which follow the name of Jesus and help with the meditation of the mystery being contemplated. In this way, the two-fold
Even then, Mary is never far away from us, only a prayer away, really. She urges us to surrender all bitterness and self-absorption, and instead entrust ourselves to God’s providential love. Mary did not [...] Many episodes in Mary’s life illustrate this quality. As she entered the house of Elizabeth, her cousin cried out, “Blessed is she who believed that God’s promises would be fulfilled!” Mary’s faith never wavered [...] Angels (Italy) Let us not be “fair-weather disciples!” When the Angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that God had chosen her to be the Mother of his Son, the Messiah, her “yes” to God was total and ongoing
does. The exceptional grace that God gave to Mary was the ability to say a perfectly free yes when He asked her to be the Mother of the Savior. On her own Mary could not have escaped the mark of original [...] who like to assert that Catholics and Orthodox look at Mary as if she were God. No Catholic or Orthodox believes this. They simply believe that Mary is All Pure, All Immaculate, and has been so from the [...] original sin. But to God nothing is impossible. Mary is filled with grace; the Immaculate Conception is an absolutely free gift from God. This is what Catholics believe. Protestants have no difficulty either
Jesus and Mary redeemed us at great price, how can we not repent of our sins and make reparation for so many offenses? That is why the devotion to the Sacred Heart, as Christ asked Saint Margaret Mary in P [...] devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary given in the 20 th century in Fatima, are both meant to be offered in atonement for our sins... The love between Jesus and Mary, and for each one of us, is such that [...] burning with love for God and our brethren. We can only love Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Michèle Reboul Excerpt from de L’Immaculée Conception, clé de voûte de la Création , Éditions Via
pondered, I felt Mary’s presence more strongly, as if she were guiding me to a deeper love for God. Then it occurred to me: hers was both a receptive action and an active receptivity. Because Mary embodied the [...] these things” “She pondered all of these things in her heart…” I’d hear this beautiful description of Mary’s love and instantly grow sad. It wasn’t that I didn’t ache for the ability to carry hidden truths [...] . Growing up in a devout Catholic family, one would believe that I knew what it meant to embrace Mary’s love. I didn’t. We faithfully attended Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation, prayed before
heart of Mary is still bursting forth today. Then, at Cana, she interceded for an earthly wine, one that would delight the guests and keep the spouses from embarrassment. Today, the Virgin Mary still intercedes [...] Lourdes To answer the prayers of his Mother The last words that have sprung from the loving heart of Mary were spoken at the wedding of Cana. "As the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have [...] the wedding wine is the New Covenant, the new wine of the Gospel, to be poured into new bottles. Mary, as a good mother, asks of her children to receive the Gospel, to open their hearts to the meaning
of Creation! In contrast to her cousin Elizabeth, Mary is not barren. Her child does not come into existence because God removes sterility. Rather, Mary is a virgin who has not known man—her child is totally [...] Jerusalem Temple, signifying continuity with the Old Testament institutions. But the annunciation to Mary takes place in Nazareth, which does not appear in the whole Old Testament, again a sign of total newness [...] what God is doing. Lastly, John the Baptist is the answer to his aged parents’ yearning for a child. Mary does not yearn for a child, for she has not yet lived with her betrothed. Jesus is the surprise of
