consecrate ourselves to Mary? What does it mean to take Mary into our homes? It means to truly entrust ourselves to Mary, to truly put our trust in the intercession of the Virgin Mary, for Heaven and for today [...] mother: "When you receive this letter, little mother, your son will be in Heaven with the Blessed Virgin Mary." He entrusted the letter to a monk friend, who reacted with surprise: "Are you so sure that you are
excessively dear to Mary, because we have cost her excessive pain. This is the nature of mothers. One day St. Alphonsus of Liguori, of the Society of Jesus, found himself before an image of Mary and, feeling [...] the Church (d. 1787) "My love for you far surpasses the love you have for me!" The first reason why Mary has a great love for men is that she has a great love for God. Saint John tells us: "And this commandment [...] love his brother." (1Jn 4:21). If then, even among the blessed spirits, no one loves God more than Mary, we will never find anyone, after God, who loves us more than this most loving Mother. Why does our
must pray for yourself.’ What great joy I felt! What a reward!” Today, Marie Andrée gives talks to bring glory to the Virgin Mary. ________________ (1) Saveurs divines, une athée raconte sa conversion [...] of the Rosary Church in Pompeii (d. 1926) The Rosary helped her husband leave Purgatory for Heaven Marie Andrée, a wife and mother, used to lead a life without God. She had an ordinary life, working as a [...] tragically. This traumatic event made her find the faith. She said: (1) “I learned that the Virgin Mary is particularly devoted to the Rosary. She grants souls who pray to her what they ask. In my childlike
who were born in January 1974, recently learned that their mother consecrated them to the Virgin Mary as infants in order to save their lives. Now serving as a nun and a priest, one of them shared their [...] Monica took her final vow and officially became a part of the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint Mary of Providence in Chile. She revealed to the Catholic News Agency that it is no coincidence that she [...] few years back, Sister Monica's learned from their mom about how she consecrated them to the Virgin Mary when they were only three months old. She and Cristian had been sick with a severe case of pneumonia
pray.” But during those years, Esther says she experienced the presence of the Virgin Mary. "In my sleep, the Virgin Mary was appearing to me. She said, ‘My child, your salvation is not here. Please go back [...] and have come back to the Church explained that they did it because of an intervention of the Virgin Mary their lives. Here are two excerpts from their many testimonies published by La Croix Africa: "After [...] Coast), decided to return to the faith in which he was raised. His wife, involved in the Legion of Mary, regularly encouraged him to pray to Our Lady. Impressed by the positive fruits of this intercession
womb!"(Lk 1:41-42). Again, Mary - unlike the other saints (...) - is "blessed" in life, from the first moment we see her, and not merely in death, having "died in the Lord." Mary herself testifies that this [...] June 3 - Our Lady of Sasopoli (Italy, 14th C.) All Holy Vessel of Honor (II) Mary's kinswoman Elizabeth, inspired by God, recognizes the young girl's uniqueness as she cries out: "Blessed are you among [...] years. Yet the Bible itself has canonized the outlandish claim of this poor Nazarene village girl. Mary's blessedness - her beatitude - is not merely a peculiarity of Saint Luke's Gospel. It is in the Book
Our Lady of the Underground (France, Chartres, 911) The Silence of the Holy Family (II) How could Mary not have been quiet? A creature who lived for such a long time with the Creator could not speak much; [...] long years relatively speaking, bringing up her Child, yet these years went by like holy ecstasy for Mary, full of painful love. She carried Jesus in her arms. She watched over Jesus while He slept. She fed [...] revealed His heart to her. She learned how to understand Him. All God’s similarities passed through Mary’s heart. We know to what extent God is quiet.
Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary (Cf. Prov 8:1-9:6; Sir 24). Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom." Catechism of [...] 1933) – Week for Christian Unity: January 18-25 The dwelling place of the Son and the Holy Spirit Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit
Our Lady of the Underground (France, Chartres, 911) The Silence of the Holy Family (II) How could Mary not have been quiet? A creature who lived for such a long time with the Creator could not speak much; [...] long years relatively speaking, bringing up her Child, yet these years went by like holy ecstasy for Mary, full of painful love. She carried Jesus in her arms. She watched over Jesus while He slept. She fed [...] revealed His heart to her. She learned how to understand Him. All God's similarities passed through Mary's heart. We know to what extent God is quiet.
and give you peace” (Num 6:24-26). In celebrating the Solemnity of Mary Most Holy, the Holy Mother of God, the Church reminds us that Mary, more than anyone else, received this blessing. In her the blessing [...] (cardo) of our salvation – was knit together in the womb of Mary (cf. Ps 139:13). This inseparability is also clear from the fact that Mary, chosen beforehand to be the Mother of the Redeemer, shared [...] without his Mother Today we are reminded of the words of blessing which Elizabeth spoke to the Virgin Mary: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And why has this happened to
