Mary sharing her Son’s compassion for sinners. As Saint Bernard declares, the Mother of Christ entered into the Passion of her Son through her compassion (cf. Homily for Sunday in the Octave of the A
more charitable. Because the eyes of your mind would then be fixed on Mary, and her holiness would enter your heart through this contemplation. If you knew how to say it, you would never be afflicted. For
Christ first showed himself to his mother. In fact, she, who at the Annunciation was the way he entered the world, was called to spread the marvelous news of the Resurrection in order to become the herald
her; I'll leave it on her altar in the first church that I happen to come across." The young man entered the first church he saw and walked straight over to the altar of the Virgin Mary, who was expecting
the room, and until, like John the Baptist, he disappeared completely from the Gospel, as Jesus entered His public ministry. To those who love Him, God is not simply present in them. He continues to "manifest"
will be invited to reflect on their baptism; thank God for all the gifts they have received, and enter into a process of conversion to better live as disciples-missionaries of Christ. They will be able
object. An icon is never just an image, but an invitation to go beyond its simple representation to enter into another dimension, forming a bridge between the human and the divine. This is its most profound
incredible miracle that has been performed on his body." The monks rushed in the abbot's footsteps and entered with him into the cell where a marvelous sight awaited them: enshrouded in the rigid folds of his
he was in the basilica, the possessed boy remained calm—his fury began exactly at the moment he entered the Holy House (2). The conclusion is self-evident, and I thank the Blessed Virgin for the material
driver’s strange behavior. He had been afraid for his child and afraid of arriving too late. He entered the house where a young woman was anxiously bending over the cradle of a little child, just a few
