alone. A very small God who can be hugged and kissed, a warm God who smiles and breathes, a God who can be touched and is alive. And it is in those moments that I would paint Mary, if I were a painter [...] in these moments that I would paint Mary The Madonna is pale and she looks at the Child. The way one should depict her should be with a sort of anxious wonder that has only once appeared in a human face [...] she can even imagine. And it is a hard test for a mother to be ashamed of herself and her human condition in front of her son. But I think that there are also other moments, fast and transitory, where she
1st century) "From the moment of her immaculate conception, Mary knew that she was to become our Mother" In the following excerpt from Luisa Picarreta's book(1), the Virgin Mary recalls the nine months [...] bring on Earth. My daughter, you must know that from the moment of my Conception I loved you like a mother; I carried you in my Heart; I burned with love for you, although I did not understand why this was [...] investing Heaven and Earth and reaching all hearts. With its ardent rays, it called out to all creatures, saying: "My children, open up to me, give me a place in your hearts. I have come down from Heaven
the others. It is more than likely that John met Luke, who was an intellectual and an artist, a man with a very fine intelligence. Luke wrote perfect Greek, while on the other hand John's Greek was much [...] Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] he immediately found a good excuse: "Please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent." And God answered him: "There is your brother Aaron the Levite, is there not? I know that he is a good speaker" (Ex 4:
the others. It is more than likely that John met Luke, who was an intellectual and an artist, a man with a very fine intelligence. Luke wrote perfect Greek, while on the other hand John's Greek was much [...] Innocents - Death of Benoite Rencurel (Our Lady of the Laus, France, 1647) The First Moment of Christian Tradition Began in Mary's Heart (II) According to the recent findings of qualified exegetes of Saint John [...] he immediately found a good excuse: "Please, my Lord, I have never been eloquent." And God answered him: "There is your brother Aaron the Levite, is there not? I know that he is a good speaker" (Ex 4:
the Angelus bell to be rung three times a day (1456) French mystic Marthe Robin (1) on her relationship with Jesus and Mary "I live off Jesus, in Jesus, through Mary, in the Trinity! Jesus is the soul of [...] communion of existence with Him that I can love everything, suffer everything... and keep silent about everything." (March 29, 1932). "Who could ever, in a luminous writing, give a glimpse to ordinary souls [...] inexpressible joy of being, through Mary, the Virgin Most Pure, truly united with the divine Trinity?" (April 16, 1932). "When, in my never crucified enough nature, I feel a shudder of fear coming, I quickly
the Immaculate Heart (1952) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (II) And I started saying non-stop, initially to myself, then in a low voice, ‘Hail Mary, full of grace…’ I was just so desperate. We laid [...] me that it was time to prepare a cloth in which to wrap the body of my child. I was in such a state of anguish that I could not articulate a sound, except for my “Hail Marys” and the “Lord's Prayer” and [...] invocations like: “Save my child!” I told my mother where she could find a cloth and continued clinging to my “Hail Marys” like to a life buoy. At this point, I started following the Way of the Cross in my
the Immaculate Heart (1952) Fight Against Death With a Hail Mary (II) And I started saying non-stop, initially to myself, then in a low voice, ‘Hail Mary, full of grace...' I was just so desperate. We laid [...] me that it was time to prepare a cloth in which to wrap the body of my child. I was in such a state of anguish that I could not articulate a sound, except for my "Hail Marys" and the "Lord's Prayer" and [...] invocations like: "Save my child!" I told my mother where she could find a cloth and continued clinging to my "Hail Marys" like to a life buoy. At this point, I started following the Way of the Cross in my
Providence (1749) - Fraternity of the Heart of Mary at Our Lady of Victories Church in Paris (France, 1836) In the UK, "A Day with Mary" "A Day with Mary" (DWM) is a lay-driven apostolate. The days of prayer [...] and on Our Lady in particular, hymns, a program on the story of Fatima and periods of rest with refreshments. The Sacrament of Penance is readily available. There is a bookstall and the opportunity to enroll [...] Mother of God. Adapted from A Day with Mary
November 5 - Mary Throne of Wisdom (“Sedes Sapientiae”, Cologne, Germany, 1280) Saved from shipwreck, a child evangelized pagans with the Rosary In the early 19th century, a priest entered the islands [...] Fernando-Po and Amban, now Equatorial Guinea. He was surprised to find a crudely-built cross on the shore not far from the sea, surrounded by a group of native children, one of whom was white. They were reciting [...] it. As I didn't have a statue of the Blessed Virgin and didn't know how to make one, I made this cross in front of which I say my prayers every day. My little friends come here with me, and I've tried to
soothe his cries was to present him with an image of the Virgin Mary. He was not yet a year old when he was heard to pronounce the angelic salutation (the Hail Mary) several times. This precocious devotion [...] light and accompanied by a great number of blessed spirits. She gave him a scapular, saying: "Receive, my son, this scapular as the sign of a close covenant with me. I give it to you as the habit of your order; [...] May 16 - Saint Simon Stock receives the brown scapular from Mary (1164-1265) "Receive this scapular as the sign of a close covenant with me" Saint Simon Stock was born into an illustrious English family
