Martyrs Contemplate Jesus through the Virgin Mary's eyes I am convinced that when the shepherds arrived at the grotto of Bethlehem, they did not immediately go to the baby Jesus: they first looked at [...] her, before they actually were shown her Child. That is when they were finally able to contemplate Jesus. We too should always contemplate the mysteries of the Gospel through Mary’s eyes. After meditating [...] will take you under her mantle and cover you up, and help you to contemplate all the mysteries of Jesus Christ with her own eyes. Cardinal Charles Journet Swiss Catholic theologian (1891-1975) Entretiens
(Italy, 1879) - Paul Claudel (d.1955) Thank You, Mother of Jesus Christ "It's twelve noon. The door of the church is open. I must enter. Mother of Jesus Christ, I'm not coming to pray. I have nothing to offer [...] out of God on the morning of her original splendor: ineffably intact because you are the mother of Jesus Christ, who is truth in your arms, and the only hope and fruit. Because you are the woman, the Garden [...] because you are there forever, just because you are Mary. Thank you simply because you exist, Mother of Jesus Christ."
(near Salamanca, Spain) - Saint Polycarp (d. ca. 155), bishop and martyr Jesus, Saint John and His Mother "Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary [...] near her, Jesus said to his mother, 'Woman, this is your son.' Then to the disciple he said, 'This is your mother.' And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. After this, Jesus knew that [...] there; so, putting a sponge soaked in the wine on a hyssop stick, they held it up to his mouth. After Jesus had taken the wine he said, 'It is fulfilled'; and bowing his head he gave up his spirit" (John 19:
conceived Jesus. May the grace to know Jesus be granted to me through the Spirit who enabled you to know, To have and to bring forth Jesus. May my lowliness show forth the greatness of Jesus in virtue [...] Prayer to the Mother of Jesus O Holy Virgin, I beg you, enable me to receive Jesus from the Spirit, according to the same process by which you bore Him. May my soul possess Jesus thanks to the Spirit through [...] according to the angel's word. May I love Jesus in that Spirit in which you adored Him as your Lord and contemplated Him as your Son. May I have holy fear of Jesus, just as He, being God, submitted Himself
January 11 - Our Lady of Bessiere (Limousin, France) To Jesus through Mary "Father Montfort probably didn't know when he wrote the Treatise on True Devotion, that he was writing under the direct inspiration [...] Saint Louis de Montfort, as reported by Father John Hemery in his book on the Virgin Mary (La Mère de Jésus était là, ed. Letheilleux). The Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin has experienced e [...] sentence of the book is like a prophecy and a program: "It was through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Jesus Christ came into the world, and it is also through her that he must reign in the world."
Covadonga and Aranzazu - Blessed Alain de la Roche (d. 1478) I Have Chosen You to Fight Under the Flag of Jesus Christ! (I) One day, in a Dominican church in Paris, during the All Saints' Day octave in 1465, Blessed [...] have experienced up to now. I have chosen you to fight like a brave man and a hero under the flag of Jesus Christ, not like a parody of a soldier! You will stand next to me under my banner. As for the moments
September 10 - Saint Mary of Life (Italy, 1613) I Have Chosen You to Fight Under the Flag of Jesus Christ! (II) This is how Blessed Alain de la Roche described the apparition that sent him out into the
September 28 - Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (Issoudun, 1854) The Salutation to the Hearts of Jesus and Mary Hail, Heart most holy, Hail, Heart most meek, Hail, Heart most humble, Hail, Heart most pure [...] Heart most faithful, Hail, Heart most blessed, Hail, Heart most merciful, Hail, most loving Heart of Jesus and Mary; Thee we adore, Thee we praise, Thee we glorify, To Thee do we give thanks Thee we love,
Lady, Health of the Sick Jesus Teaches Us to Love His Mother (I) Love is experienced in two ways: first, the most sweet and transforming feelings in the presence of the beloved. Jesus showed this kind of love
August 25 - Our Lady of Rossano (Calabria, Italy) Jesus Teaches Us to Love His Mother (II) The Mother herself shows what great sorrow she felt, caused by the highest virtue, when she says, “We have been [...] was conceived she was filled with the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit, nevertheless, the boy Jesus acted towards her thus, so that the life of both the Mother and the Son would serve as an aid and
