Blessed Sacrament. He entered the order of Carmel on October 6, 1849, and received the habit under the name of Brother Augustine Mary of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Hermann aspired to a life completely hidden [...] the Blessed Sacrament and to Our Lady, in particular the apostolate of the Scapular of Our Lady of Carmel Mount. He established an association whose mission was the exposition and nocturnal adoration of [...] prisoners. He died there in Berlin, a victim of his devotion and his immense charity. The evening of January 19, he made his confession peacefully, and received Holy Communion. His calm breathing continued until
brings, in fact, peace and reconciliation. It contains within itself the healing power of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, invoked with faith and love at the center of each "Hail Mary". Benedict XVI, address [...] for Jesus and his Mother, Mary. In the current world, so dispersive, this prayer helps to put Christ at the centre, as the Virgin did, who meditated within all that was said about her Son, and also what [...] what he did and said. When reciting the Rosary, the important and meaningful moments of salvation history are relived. The various steps of Christ's mission are traced. With Mary the heart is oriented toward
take place between Jesus’ death and Resurrection. For when the Virgin Mary, "seized with emotion," cried out: " My child, why have you done this to us? Your father and I were looking for you in anguish" [...] anguish" (Lk 2:48), she obviously expressed the deep pain and fear she and Joseph had both experienced. But according to the Scriptures and Church tradition, through all these hardships Joseph remained "a just [...] of the Lord. A man of prayer and faith, he reacted to the unexpected events of his mission by responding without delay to God's calls: when he had to journey on foot with Mary, who was expecting Jesus any
of St Louis Marie, I realized that if one lives the mystery of Mary in Christ this risk does not exist. In fact, this Saint's Mariological thought "is rooted in the mystery of the Trinity and in the truth [...] devotion to Mary "became too great, it might end up compromising the supremacy of the worship owed to Christ" ( Dono e Mistero, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1996; English edition: Gift and Mystery, Paulines [...] A work destined to become a classic of Marian spirituality was published 160 years ago. St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort wrote the Treatise on True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at the beginning of
Lord who sent the message, the Virgin to whom it is sent and the Virgin’s fiancé, using precise details by stating the family name, the city and the country of origin. Why does he say all this? Does he [...] details are filled with divine mysteries and overflow with celestial sweetness. If they find a diligent listener who is able to savor the honey running out of rock, and taste the excellent oil that collects [...] Eleventh Apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Our Lady’s Messenger (I) Why does the evangelist specify names in such detail at the Annunciation? Undoubtedly, it is because he wants us to pay the same amount
Lord who sent the message, the Virgin to whom it is sent and the Virgin's fiancé, using precise details by stating the family name, the city and the country of origin. Why does he say all this? Does he [...] details are filled with divine mysteries and overflow with celestial sweetness. If they find a diligent listener who is able to savor the honey running out of rock, and taste the excellent oil that collects [...] Eleventh Apparition at Lourdes (France, 1858) Our Lady’s Messenger (I) Why does the evangelist specify names in such detail at the Annunciation? Undoubtedly, it is because he wants us to pay the same amount
kneeling, I was ravished in spirit. The Virgin appeared to me and said: "My daughter, God’s beloved and mine, my Son has already come to you, and you have received his blessing." She made me understand that [...] think so." The Virgin spoke with great humility, and deposed in my soul a new feeling of an unknown sweetness ... The Virgin Mary added: "After the visit and the blessing of the Son, it is fitting that you [...] firelighter like the presence of Christ. Saint Angela of Foligno Book of Visions and Instructions , Chapter 39: Mary rosaire-de-marie.fr
exclaimed, "Thank you Mary, thank you Immaculate Heart!" The devil immediately replied, "Leave that Heart alone: we thrust a sword into it and it did not die; we crucified her Son and she did not die; she [...] themselves to atone for them; and each soul pulls out a thorn, and each thorn that is removed drives a post of fire into our brain. They are hit, beaten, burned, scratched, pierced, and they remain absorbed in [...] 'rejoice' and, instead, She was killing us with Her tears: Her tears are a fire that 'kills' us." Another day, while this same exorcist was invoking the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the devil
cross addressed to Mary, "Woman, behold your Son," and to John, "Behold your Mother," the devil spoke and said: "In that single moment, She loved all her sons for all generations, and She said her second [...] frightful disgust that showed in his voice and attitudes, added: "Pure souls take the Mother of God into their hearts. Your body and mind are the house of the Lord and that is where you must take her. All the [...] the children of God should take Mary into themselves and all that she has taught you through her life. You have a great support which is Mary, use it more. Pray to her, pray to her more, make her yours
at the feet of the Black Madonna of Le Puy, and was baptized. On the day of his baptism, Mirat changed his name to Lorus, which became the name of his city, and later “Lourdes.” A thousand years before her [...] Istanbul,Turkey) with great devotion and wore a medal of Our Lady around his neck all his life. As he was nearing his death, he asked to be buried with a statue of the Madonna and Child placed on his heart. After [...] Charlemagne was about to give up and lift the siege, when his friend Turpin, bishop of Puy-en-Velay (southern France), had an inspiration. He obtained permission to go and parley with the besieged, asking
