John was sent on a recognition mission riding a captured horse, without a saddle or a bridle. He was ordered to ride over to the French border when, suddenly, hearing the signal of a trumpet, his horse [...] standing next to him, who spoke to him with compassion. She was dressed like a shepherdess, with a stick in her hand. She leaned towards him and held a ladle out to him. John drank greedily. ( ... ) The foreigner [...] stand on his own two feet. The young girl held him up, and he took a few steps, staggering like a drunkard. All of a sudden, he felt a marvellous force that triumphed over his weakness. The shepherdess
the Presentation we can glimpse the meeting of Israel's hope with the Messiah. We can also see in it a prophetic sign of man's encounter with Christ. The Holy Spirit makes it possible by awakening in the [...] taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations" (Is 42:6). And again: "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes [...] heart the desire for this salvific meeting and by bringing it about. Nor can we neglect the role of Mary who gives the Child to the holy old man Simeon. By divine will, it is the Mother who gives Jesus to
later became a priest. It all started on April 15, 1980 in the little town of Cuapa, 59 miles northeast from the capital of Managua. Bernardo, then a sacristan, was in an old chapel when he saw a statue of [...] enough to understand ... to be prayed at a set hour when there are no problems with the work in the home.” The Blessed Mother also said: “Love each other. Comply with your obligations. Make peace. Don't ask [...] town of Cuapa, 59 miles northeast from the capital of Managua. Bernardo, then a sacristan, was in an old chapel when he saw a statue of the Blessed Mother emanating “supernatural light.” In 1994, Nicaragua
knows you better than yourself. We should have that same relationship with Our Blessed Mother Mary. As we grow up, the relationship with our earthly parents changes, but to Our Lady, we will always be her [...] Strength of Our Lady’s Protection When you were a child, and you would be playing outside, sometimes you would trip and fall and scrape your knee. To a child that hasn’t experienced very much physical [...] send you back out into the world to conquer another day. Or maybe you remember trips to the store with your mom where you would pass something that you wanted so badly and you would turn to her, pleadingly
God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David, and the virgin's name was Mary (Lk 1:26). "Rejoice, full of grace! The Lord is with you!" (Lk [...] still do not know this prayer by heart. Then why not memorize it and say it at least once a day at noon? It would be a beautiful gift to the Blessed Mother during the month of May, in thanksgiving for her [...] her graces! Saint Louis de Montfort, also, wrote that every time we recite the Angelus, Mary feels the same joy as the one she felt when she received the visit of the Archangel Gabriel in Nazareth.
possible degree of mediating with respect to any creature or person whose mediator He was. But for no other person did He exhibit a more excellent degree of mediation that He did for Mary...But this would not [...] April 8 - Our Lady of Basella (Italy, 1356) The Immaculate Conception and the Mediation of Christ Mary did not contract original sin, because of the excellence of her Son, inasmuch as He is Redeemer,
appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must [...] This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being
Taken from an interview with the French geneticist, who discovered the cause of Down syndrome and was a fervent disciple of Mary, published in the magazine Le Sourire de Marie (Mary’s Smile). [...] so perfectly Fighting against something doesn’t achieve anything; it is fighting for a cause that is worthwhile. A doctor fights for life, he cannot change sides. The very small children, who are still [...] that is early childhood, in just a few words. Go back to the story of the Visitation: How old was the little prophet who leapt inside Elizabeth at the approach of Mary carrying Our Lord? He was 6 months
get you The Oblates of Mary arrived in Lesotho in 1862. The following year, one of them, Father Joseph, was traveling through the mountainous regions on horseback with a catechist. A rosary in hand, he visited [...] "There might be a soul to save. I’m going!” And Father Joseph went to the village followed by a very nervous assistant. As soon as they arrived, the women took the priest to a hut where a teenage girl was [...] sacrament. At the words: "Mary, I baptize you," a radiant joy illuminated her face. He then asked her where this desire for baptism had come from: "I had a dream," she said, "in which I saw a beautiful white lady
her heart beats, we know, together with all the appointments of history, with all the happenings in our national life: how many times, in fact, has it vibrated with the laments of the historical sufferings [...] this holy place with attentive pastoral ear, to listen to the beating of the heart of the Church and of that of the motherland in the heart of the Mother. Jasna Gora is, in fact, not only a place of pilgrimage [...] the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 8 September 1946. Ten years later the vows of King Jan Kazimierz were renewed at Jasna Gora on the 300th anniversary of the time when he, after a period referred to as one
